Greene County to the north and Louisa and Orange Counties to the east are growing too.

There are tons of Meetup events in North Jersey, great way to start networking, there is a really good one at the Boathouse in West Orange the first Wednesday of every month

We have been going to OBA / GS for 10 years and know the area well.  We are considering a STR there, but in looking at properties it seems things are still a bit inflated.  There seem to be 2 groups: 1) Those who boug...

I have been trying to read a lot, study the market, listen to podcasts, etc...Long story short, my wife and I purchased our first home in 2019 in Orange County, CA and are coming up on our two years here this summer.

@Balaji Devendran A garage conversion to ADU in Orange County is running between $90-150k right now.A new ADU above a garage is more expensive...probably around $450-500/sf.In order to determine how many ADUs you can build on your property, you need to either go to your City's Building/Planning Department and ask them or find a local architect/designer who knows the city's ADU guidelines.If you want to DM me...I can provide you an ADU resource guide for all OC cities and some OC contractor recommendations. 

So insuring "above" it is apples to oranges. 

None of those questions really tell you much, but how quickly they respond, what their response is (how verbose) and the overall feeling you get.If they don't get back to you quickly, if they answer in single words (NO) or don't respond at all, it gets my agent orange up.

While the prices seem great I am having a difficult time getting comps so what looks good in comparison to my market may not actually be good in Indy.How would you classify the following areas (still researching which hundred blocks to focus on):Fountain Square: Laurel St, Spruce St, Woodlawn Ave, Lexington Ave, Pleasant St, Linden, Prospect, Orange, in FS but near it Reid Pl, S State StBates-Hendricks: (400-600 block) Wright St, Terrace St, Cottage Ave, S East St, 1400 block S New JerseyBroad Ripple Village: (East 60th St to 67th) Burlington Ave, Evanston Ave, Crittenden Ave, Norwood Ave, Kingsley Dr, Ralston Ave, Primrose Ave, Rosslyn Ave, Indianola Ave, Haverford AveButler-Tarkington: Still researchingMedian-Kessler: Still researchingI am not opposed to low income cash flow properties in certain areas in 46218 Center NE.  

Apples and oranges in my humble opinion.  

If you are in southern california, Riverside and San bernadino counties have better yields than Orange and Los angeles.On a personal note, I will buy myself a primary residence first and then get into rentals, but absolutely not a fan of condos due to HOA issues.Do your due diligence and then decide what appeals to you.