I'm looking into potentially house hacking a small multi-family home, preferably in northern NJ (such as Morris county) or Westchester, NY if possible, but I'm open to other areas that are hopefully within about 1.5 hours (driving or public transit) of Manhattan.

I found out about the state of the lawn through a friend that did me the favor to drive to the property to check it out.

I have a PhD in Theoretical Chemistry/Quantum Dynamics... https://pubs.aip.org/aip/jcp/article/142/24/244112/74387 ... and I literally designed and built my own house off of 30A in Florida ... https://www.scenicsir.com/homes/242-Blue-Gulf-Drive/Santa-Ro... ....

You can buy something like a cheap Arlo camera system at Costco and pay for the Internet connection in one of your units.You could ask law enforcement to do routine drive-bys or safety checks.

Most folks would prefer to drunk drive home from the games unfortunately.

Like I cant drive and just recently I lost job.

With 9,000 of these positions offering salaries exceeding $100,000 annually, the influx of employees and their families is projected to drive up demand for housing significantly.

You age, experience, and family make up is what drives my opinion.

With the area’s growing popularity, house hackers can have half of their mortgage paid by tenants in just a few years.In this article, I will examine market trends to show how the two-family market in this landmark section of Northern Queens has fared over the last three years.2-family Property Values in AstoriaThus far in 2024, Astoria sellers seem to be anticipating a bit of a standstill on property value increases.

Most things sit on the market for a couple of years and it's relatively informal (i.e most houses found either by driving by or on Encuentra24, similar to Craigslist).