I am not from the "REAL" Northern NJ :) BUT, I did just finish a project right by you (Hamburg/Hardyston area), so I'm familiar with the area if I can answer any questions.

You were talking with a Real Estate Attorney, that is probably their perspective, but from their universe.Kind of like asking a worker at a hamburger joint if most people eat hamburgers.  

They earned a hamburger and fries from FarmerBoys.

The infographic says this is comparable to the effects of cocaine.After 20 minutes, addictive ingredients such as high-fructose corn syrup – present in high levels in the Big Mac bun – and sodium will set in, making us crave more, according to the infographic.After another 10 minutes, the high salt content of the Big Mac begins to take its toll on the body, leading to dehydration.

Even McDonald's franchisees spend weeks at Hamburger College to learn every part of running the drive-in before they are allowed to own and operate their own unit.

Investments to me are all the same hamburger. 

I will gladly pay you Wednesday for a hamburger today.

How about an easier one, lower the cost of a hamburger by 20%, it's just burgers, give that a whirl before trying to lower cost of housing and it's 4,000 components. 

When I get a bad hamburger at McDonalds, I don't drive to the owner's house because I don't know where he lives... and I'm not a weirdo.  

Georg/Hamburg, Neukoelln/Berlin or many others where you have seen complete neighborhoods changing both in investor and tenant perception (with the corresponding hikes in rentals and sales prices).