I prefer the live, class room myself.  

Yes, I've sold homes and land for people I've never met, but I always prefer to meet a person in the flesh.

Preferably located in northern NJ.

A security deposit assures, to some degree, the rented premises can be returned to their former condition before the tenants occupancy.

There is a site called georgiamls.com that includes the whole state, but I prefer Zillow for usability.  

Post it on the door and take a picture, preferably with the address of the building in frame.

Legal - refer to your selected attorney, preferably someone well versed in REI.The steps?

Do you target certain types of property on which you prefer to lend?

Stay for a year and then head back downtown where we prefer to live.This all happened within the last 5 days, so a bit of a whirlwind.

I have a local mentor who is busy and has offered to help, but he prefers I do most of the research first (which I think is the right way to do it).After finding a few of the wrong lenders and running through many scenarios we have a pre-approval where my husband and a friend are on the loan.