The guides.
Five short books on how real estate actually works here.
Selling, buying, renting, owning a rental and investing, each one written the way I explain it across a table: New Jersey rules, Hudson County specifics, plain language, and no production numbers or sales pitch. Leave your name, email and phone and the PDF opens on the spot.
The Seller's Guide.
The conversation I have with every seller before we sign anything, written down. How a home gets priced, the road map the New Jersey way, the preparation and photo-day checklists, how the marketing works, what an offer really says, attorney review to closing, and what it costs to sell here, including the transfer fees that changed in 2025.
From the blog: Selling a home in Jersey City: the three mistakes that cost sellers the most
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The Buyer's Guide.
How to buy a home here without overpaying or missing the one that fits. Money first and the real budget, help for first-time buyers in New Jersey, the written buyer agreement explained, the search, condo versus co-op versus brownstone, reading a listing like an agent, the offer that wins, attorney review to closing, and what it costs to buy.
From the blog: Buying a two-family home in Jersey City: what I learned as a buyer
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The Renter's Guide.
How to find, win and keep a good apartment in Hudson County, and the rights you have once the lease is signed. The folder that wins the apartment, reading the lease, the security-deposit rules, rent control town by town, repairs and habitability, your right to stay under the Anti-Eviction Act, and moving in and out without losing money.
From the blog: Renting in Jersey City and Weehawken: three leases compared
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The Landlord's Guide.
How to price, lease and run a rental without the expensive mistakes. Registration and certificates before the first listing, pricing, marketing, screening within the law, the lease and Truth in Renting, the deposit rules, rent control, lead-safe inspections, what to do when a tenant stops paying, and the numbers that decide whether the building pays.
From the blog: House hacking in Jersey City: buying a 2–4 family with tenants in place
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The Investor's Guide.
How to buy income property here. The building types and what each really is, the one-page underwriting, the numbers that lie, financing from the FHA house-hack to DSCR loans, rent control and tenant law inside the numbers, due diligence on an income property, taxes and the 1031 exchange, value-add that returns, and the first ninety days.
From the blog: House hacking in Jersey City: how to buy a 2–4 family
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