Excellent! I’m visiting again in June. I plan to spend a full day or two in Piscataway.

I lived there for 20 years. They love The Boss as much as we do. But never ever ever say you like the Yankees. You WILL get beaten up. And make sure you say you’re from Jersey: not Metro NY.

Excellent! I’m visiting again in June. I plan to spend a full day or two in Piscataway.

He would! The only thing is he lives back in Tennessee. I wonder if that would be an issue?

You hate, and are encouraging others to hate someone, because of the broach they wear. That’s what you say?

Very useful info! Thank you!!

NJM all day. I worked at geico and I am still in the claims end of the business. Geico is fine but NJM is a gem.

Jesus fuck, it's like no one ever looks for similar threads. Just go through the dozens of "moving here" threads over the past couple/few months. But no, everyone thinks "my case is special" - it's not. Go read the other threads.

Thanks for sharing! I was trying to find a picture online and couldnt

Hey, your place looks fun. 100% going to swing by next time we go karting.

I've found NJM to be more expensive than Geico for the same coverage.

$290 NJM but $202 for Geico

Trying to decide if it's worth paying that much extra per month.

I have been with with NJM for over 20 years and highly recommend and I work for a competitor.

NJM is about $400 more for me than GEICO.

Sure! Honestly, it's worth talking to someone in person (or, if you can't, over the phone) about a long-term rate; I was able to get my stay down to $65/night due to the length of my stay.

Don't forget about discounts, too - AAA and the like - could reduce the rate further.

Welcome to New Jersey!

You are correct in you will best be set with a local landlord who will understand your situation. You will get bonus points for being a teacher, they are generally awesome tenants.

You MAY be able to find larger places in Rahway, Cranford, etc, who take bonding agreements. Basically you pay a 3rd party a fee (usually about a month's rent), who has an agreement with the property that they will cover your rent if something goes south. (note it doesn't get you off the hook for rent, the bonding company will now be the ones who chase you down), but it can help someone without a history, perfect credit, or with an unusual job situation at the time they need to sign a lease.

The student loan stuff is BS, nobody cares as long as your income is in line with the 30 or 40x gross annual income to rent rule and your debt to income ratio is healthy.

One thing you may want to do is reach out to your new school district, and see if they know places that have been cool with renting to teachers in the past. I wouldn't frame it as, "I'm having a hard time" i'd frame it more as "I'm looking at a few different places, do you guys have any recomendations about good spots for teachers to start out from?"

NJM or USAA if you qualify. Can’t do better.

Massholes are bad, Boston Massholes are very very bad.

Ben Stiller does a better Bruce than Bruce

It's like a TShirt Hell shirt with R2D2 on it and the caption is 'Star Trek'

Thank you, I would just add that Canadians are awesome. Life long hockey/Devils fan so I have had plenty of time hanging around them, lol. I met Ken Daneyko (Legendary NJ Devil/Canadian if you are not a hockey fan) when I was a kid and he slapped me across my back with one of his gigantic hands and I almost fell over. Ken turns to my Dad and says, "He's a bit small but he's got guts!" hahahaha.

Figh-wuh!

Go to r/lawncare for real answers. This looks like Hairy bittercress like others have said.

I think I played pool there .

I live right down the street