Best Towns to House Hack in NJ?

[Michael Peralta]

Hi BP Community,

I am currently shopping for a multi-fam in NJ ($250K) and wanted to know what are the best towns to house-hack in NJ?

Thanks,

MP

[Alex V.]

@Michael Peralta welcome to BP! For $250k you're going to have a hard time finding anything other than a very beat up 2 fam. 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). 

Out of the ones I listed, Newark, East Orange, Passaic, Harrison and Patterson are probably your best bets for finding properties under $250k. Good luck with your hunt! 

Here is a search on RedFin that has your criteria:

https://www.redfin.com/city/6627/NJ/Garfield/filte...