For perspective, I'm a recent college graduate who currently lives in the Queens, NY area and I've been searching for homes in Connecticut and PA but have not any luck with affordability(100k or below).

However it looks like they only carry a few of the municipalities and not the one I'm looking for (Newark, Elizabeth).

@Elizabeth Faircloth A slightly different question, but always on my mind when I think of Trenton, as I am just across the river.

Look into Elizabeth too, a bigger city with a lot of neighborhoods that may work for you.

single family in Elizabeth NJproperty ARV 190k-210k3 beds 1 bath3,880 sqftproperty sqft is 1,489year built 1900 (no oil tank) home is converted to gas alreadyRehab 60k-70k (I did the math and its close to 63k)Asking 67kEver since the beginning my realtor provided me with comps showing 190k-210k the only difference I see is that one of the subject properties has 2 bathrooms this is the high 210k the other has 1.5 bath and that sold for 199k.

Was looking to rent in a 2 bedroom apartment, living room and kitchen are decent sizes but the bedroom can barely fit in a queen bed like it would take up the whole wall.

Originally posted by @Elizabeth Colegrove:How much money is the question?

There's plenty of MF housing stock in southern Bergen county (Garfield, Wallington, East Rutherford, Lyndhurst, North Arlington, Kearny), Essex (Newark, Harrison, East Orange, Bloomfield), Passaic (Clifton, Passaic, Patterson), Hudson (Harrison, Union City, parts of JC) and Union (Elizabeth). 

@Elizabeth Mae In your loan scenario its worth to cash out after 1 year because of lot of equity unless you don't want to use for another property. 

I actually happen to find his business card one day in a buddy’s house who had work done also.I have 2 properties in Howard Beach, Queens and 1 in the Bronx as well as Westchester County.