I planned to purchase a home first, settle in, and look for a job closer if commuting is too much work. 

I would binge an hour worth of episodes on my commutes to work while I was still a nurse.

This was only 10 minutes from where I live so easy commute.

Would these commute times make my rental unattractive to a local renter?

(Need to commute to midtown w/o a car and for it to be safe enough for my girlfriend to be comfortable walking alone in the evening)I’ve thought about D4D/direct marketing but I don’t know how effective it would be in the NYC area?

Many commuter towns (ie.

I had one lender who was taking issue with anything that was greater than 1 hour away as they were concerned with my commute to my W2. 

I'm sure that it's taxing emotionally to have to deal with tenants as well as making the commute. 

Such an easy commute from there. 

You're rolling the dice a little bit, banking on that though, so when just starting out, stick with a solid rental that's performing well enough within commuting distance from Clay.Alright, hope that helps!