They simply have no adult concept of economics. What I can't figure out is why no one expects farmers to provide for free the food they grow with labor and capital.

The best I can figure out is this is a "cultural memory" throwback to the medieval system when "landlord" meant literally the man who owned the land that you built your house on. He provided nothing and thus had no expenses, and likely inherited the land. Modern rental housing is a capital and labor intensive business. It's not magic. I'd love to hear the Comrades here explain exactly how they think it should work.

yeah cops are either idiots or liars, news at 11

I grew up in poverty, gained a skill, worked my ass off, made smart financial choices, and I'm now a landlord in JC. I also still have my salary job, and Im the one that does the standard maintenance around the building.

>Inherited wealth? Sheer dumb luck? Rich dad?

These are all the excuses that people believe in as a consolation as to why theyre not financially comfortable.

Most of these "landlords shouldn't exist" crowds are people with the fallacy that quality of life would increase if housing were free because they don't realize that the burden of preventing a building from collapsing on itself, or preventing themselves from freezing when the boilers go out in the dead of winter, or dealing with irresponsible tenants who destroy the property, or dealing with the tons of other maintenance issues that arise with property ownership, would all fall on their shoulders.

Inherited wealth? Sheer dumb luck? Rich dad? Lots of ways to attain capital that isn’t through working hard and having skills otherwise there would be a lot more rich people.

You’re going to be disappointed to learn most wealthy people aren’t rich because of their innate talent and brilliant mind.

Seriously - Zocdoc literally has a better search engine than my insurance company.

Do not go to a medical facility named after someone who died of exposure after three days of untreated wounds.

If they had no skills, how were they able to afford the property in the first place?

He missed a pretty big hvac issue, and we ended up spending over $5k getting it resolved soon after we moved in. Found out he was also friends with the sellers agent - made us question how unbiased he was. Nice guy tho!

I liked the work I’ve gotten done at Autograph and the owner is really nice!

Also, there’s an NJ film photographers discord! Not strictly film, but good folks in there: https://discord.gg/qUCUv25w :)

Similar issues happening in Hoboken group as well. A lot suspect they aren’t from hoboken or downtown JC…

i was born there

Street takeovers with idiots doing donuts in intersections aren't dangerous?

They were apparently doing donuts and spinouts on Washington and Park, marks are still there.

All fun and games till someone is pulp on the sidewalk..

I have a home inspector who is also a licensed engineer to try to catch possible structural problems with the building. Her office is near Journal Square.

In terms of things you want to be on the lookout for, I'd be more concerned with the overall financial numbers of the HOA than anything outside your four walls since the HOA is on the hook to make repairs outside your unit anyway.

Daniel Lin from Lin Home Inspection. He was very thorough and had some follow up recommendations for roofing, underground oil tanks, etc that were a life saver when we were looking to buy.

Edit: based on other posters, YMMV. I had a great experience and felt issues were properly assessed, especially compared to my first home buying experience where the home inspector was dog shit.

Downtown east of Monmouth street should be close to mv traffic /from grove to 9th . Shut it down !

Getting rid of red light and speed cameras has to be one of the worst policy decisions in NJ state history.

Means nothing without proper traffic law enforcement, which JCPD is notoriously bad at — especially in Downtown JC.

Avoid this business.

Fuck christ hospital.

ive never had a bad experience there. better than jcmc imho

Beware of getting an eviction on your record. You may not ever be able
to rent another home, it's just too easy today for even mom & pop landlords to access credit, eviction and backgrounds checks. Zillow and Apartments.com are happy to do it at the tenant's expense. And you better have a job where your wages cannot be garnished by a court award against you.

I recently had a tenant whose life destabilized and she couldn't pay, she gracefully left owing a few months rent. I am not pursuing her about it, it's the risks of the business. But if someone jerked me around just because they thought they could, I'd do all I legally could to make their life hell. Assume your landlord will do likewise.

2nding UBL for roofing inspection!

Ah, you must be new here. The police don’t enforce anything, welcome to jersey city

I somewhat agree with you. One of the clearest indicators that developers and the city are working hand in hand strictly for profit with no regard for quality of life is the fact that everything being built in the name of “progress” are 600 sq foot rental apartments that guarantee no residents will stay in JC long enough to make any real change in the community. It’s a revolving door community where developers and politicians make money hand over fist with seemingly no one to answer to and they’ve got genuine idiots on here defending them.

People point to how expensive hoboken is to defend the non stop rental construction but the tables have definitely turned from ten years ago and I’d rather live in hoboken than downtown JC because there’s a semblance of community left. Downtown just feels like a giant soulless mall but with worse stores - atleast hoboken retains a shred of its character.

Their administrative and handyman skills that would fetch maybe a $25k salary on the job market totally justifies them lording over other people. Has absolutely nothing to do with being fortunate enough to have enough capital and be in the right time and place to buy at a housing market low that people today can't luck into.