(Just as an aside, I once made it from Cambridge to Manhattan on a Saturday morning in 2:20!)

Manhattan Beach just overturned their ban on strs & Hermosa Beach is pretty clear on their policies. 

One of the keys to investing in Westchester is proximity to downtown and to trains to Manhattan.  

I am in Manhattan and have been eyeing The Bronx for sometime.

Also, look at NYC, which in the 70's and into the 80's was becoming more violent every year, even in the nicer parts of Manhattan and was literally almost bankrupt at one point, murders and arson were rampant, they had blackouts, the mob had its hands in the pockets of literally every business no matter how small, people were predicting the most dire of futures and many big businesses were seriously drawing up plans to exit NYC, either for the burbs or for another part of the country and some did leave.

The Shanghai Index dropping 8.5% yesterday isn't going to make getting property in SF, LA or Manhattan any cheaper in the short term as you see that money fleeing to safer harbors... with those RE markets viewed as safe by international investors. 

I would love to quit my job and do real estate full time. but it'll be another year or two before I can do that.I think it's unreasonable to expect a young person to decide what he/she wants to do for the rest pf their life when he/she has done nothing and experienced nothing.

I've got a Master's in Real Estate (investment/analysis/development/construction) from Baruch College here in Manhattan and I interned putting together request for financing proposals for a pretty large investment firm (a few billion in assets) here in the city in the past.

I would love to be a part of a bigger pockets meet up in the city, I have connections with many venues across Manhattan that would love a group of professionals hosting an event at their location.

if they would start to  lower taxes in NJ ,houses will go up in value like  Manhattan prices!