I also closed on my first deal within my first year after graduating undergrad, so your thoughts are in the right place.As others above have mentioned, NJ is a competitive and high-price/high-tax market, so it's difficult to point you in the direction of specific areas or towns without knowing more about your criteria, budget, and investment goals.I'm an investor and investor-agent based in Northern NJ.

I have 3 kids and yes moving would be challenging, I have 6 more years before my youngest graduates HS.

I am a senior at the University of Iowa, graduating this summer.

Millennials have been "coming home" after graduating college instead of "going away" with the increase in business here and the remote work capabilities (even pre-pandemic).

If you change the roof or the boiler, it will eat away all of your equity which will happen.Get your equity now, hold it and buy something when your daughter graduates, it is not that hard to buy a not cash flowing house, wait for a market crash but dont spend the money.if you share the address I can give you better idea on your equity, how much you can get etc...

They are teens, so this move would only be until they graduate from High school.

If its a salaried person handling it, its a little harder to nail down.I put the agents on my team on a progressive split that starts at 50% each year, but they graduate up to 75% with the more volume they do. 

Unsure if this is universal or more on a local level (I'm in North Jersey if it matters), but is it possible to graduate from flood insurance? 

My name is David and I am 34 years old Morehouse college graduate who lives in Laurel Maryland. 

I am a senior at the University of Iowa, graduating this summer.