Maybe! Before I get into the weeds here, please note, I am only getting into the ability to qualify for this example investment property, not necessarily personal affordabilty. In fact, it may even be easier to qualify for a $1 million investment property than it is to qualify for a $750,000 single-family. Huh? This sounds backwards... Well, the answer has a lot to do with how the lender looks at income. When you're buying a house to live in yourself, the lender is primarily

I saw an article recently where New Jersey was ranked the #2 happiest state behind Hawaii. NJ Ranked #2 Happiest State to Live Recently, another article ranked New Jersey as the #2 best place to live, behind Idaho. I won't get into the incongruity of comparing Hawaii and Idaho in these respective lists. I'll just focus on how NJ is ranked here. On the "best place to live" list, it cited the usual factors: proximity to transportation, jobs, parks, the beach, and food. On the "

Apparently, the rest of the country is finally catching on.... A new WalletHub ranking just named New Jersey the second-best state to live in the entire country. Yes, lil' old us in New Jersey.... The state everyone loves to make fun of. The state of traffic, tolls, property taxes, the mafia (shhh, who said that?!) and the occasional Turnpike smell you would rather not investigate... And yet, here we are at #2! (we'll take it!) As someone born and raised in New Jersey, I tr