I live in North Bergen and work in Manhattan, so I do the daily commute, and find t very easy and quick.

If you want to refund him anything, you pro-rate the daily amount and refund that to him on the day he moves out.You'll also want to make sure that third person gets on the lease so you can get a background check done on him and have the ability to enforce the lease against him as well.

Hi Rigo, I'm a realtor and would be happy to set you up with search criteria so you receive daily auto e-mails alerting you of any new listing, price reductions ect.  

You need to get a feel for what a property is worth based on a lot of data points you have absorbed, including crunching the numbersHow I look at / for a property:1) Zillow alerts and daily Auction.com checks for three zip codes around me, sale price under 40,0002) Check the 'Foreclosure Estimate', meaning 'sort of roughly ballpark what its worth' - is it a huge gap?  

I accused my PM company of preferential treatment and told them that if my property was in Lincoln Park they would be calling me with daily updates.

Money Mustache blog helpful in identifying waste spending in your daily life:http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/Zero money down investing is possible but having money in the bank and living well below your income level makes things worlds easier. 

I'm particularly interested in knowing what others in my same boat are doing on a daily basis.

Make a plan and set some SMART goals, write them down and look at them daily.

I haven't yet gotten to the blogs or podcasts yet either so I will make sure to start including then in my daily study.I appreciate the advice!

(I can search daily or 3x / day if I like).2.