capttony84
capttony84 t1_j9udpwq wrote
Reply to Where do I live?? by amberleemerrill
I would call that the bay shore
capttony84 t1_j7h3gt3 wrote
Reply to Apartments at Hackensack, NJ by Warm-Description5335
It's not bad. A lot of new development. Public transit is the toughest part. Many new buildings have been put up or are being leased up right now.
capttony84 t1_j7go431 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Why Rival Sides In The Housing Crisis Plaguing NYC Are Considering Peace by psychothumbs
I'd love to see the government subsidize the affordable units. I don't think you understand my initial point. IZ reduces the acquisition cost by requiring X amount of affordable. Believe me if I could pass on the costs to my market rate tenants I would but they would just go somewhere else so my market units are at market and the affordable are less thus forcing the buyer to lower their acquisition cost
capttony84 t1_j7gnmrv wrote
Reply to comment by queensnyatty in Why Rival Sides In The Housing Crisis Plaguing NYC Are Considering Peace by psychothumbs
I'd love to see that, no idea how though
capttony84 t1_j7gfsgb wrote
This should be interesting to see how it goes. Having worked with similar style groups to both of these it is good to see that that are acknowledging reality. Density itself will not reduce rent. New buildings are way to expensive to build to have anything but the highest, achievable rents. The key to more affordable housing is some sort of subsidy whether it is a true subsidy like an old Sec 8 deal or modern 4 or 9%'s. I like the inclusionary zoning that some cities are doing because it tends to work for everyone if executed properly. The price of deals is artificially deflated by forcing X amount of units to be available to people below 80% or 60% or whatever % of AMI so the developer can build that rent into the model and adjust acquisition costs respectively.
capttony84 t1_j65i1o9 wrote
Reply to I-95 in CT ranks as most congested corridor in USA beating out LA; Merritt Parkway also makes top 10 by celticnutjob
95 in CT is god awful but looking at the rest of the list how is 495 and 270 in Maryland not on that list?
capttony84 t1_j5uyf4o wrote
Reply to comment by Linenoise77 in To solar or not to solar? by Bodymindisoneword
agreed
capttony84 t1_j5usaqa wrote
Reply to comment by Linenoise77 in To solar or not to solar? by Bodymindisoneword
No I agree the only two scenarios that make any sense is a roof lease or to buy it outright. Encumbering the house with the debt is silly for what it is. Not to mention pissing off your lender.
capttony84 t1_j5uq9uq wrote
Reply to comment by Linenoise77 in To solar or not to solar? by Bodymindisoneword
most of what you're talking about here is covered in their analysis (assuming they know what the hell they're doing). There is no mention of the TREC's/SREC's which are more valuable than the power itself.
capttony84 t1_j5upu7e wrote
Reply to comment by Linenoise77 in To solar or not to solar? by Bodymindisoneword
yeah these are the issues to which I'm referring. I looked into it with one solar group and they wanted to do a 20 year loan on it collateralized by the array. In this scenario it would have negated our electric bill but the debt service was only maybe 20 or $30 less so that's not much of a savings. The sale of the TREC's was something but it was still probably less than $100 a month in savings/TREC revenue and a big headache.
Then when I want to sell the house I'd be stuck trying to get the buyer to take over the debt and if they didn't I'd have to remove the array and eat whatever was left on the loan.
Jersey is the second best solar market in the country after DC I don't know why these guys are making it so difficult. On some of my bigger commercial properties I have solar groups renting the roof and giving me the power in exchange for them keeping the TREC's. Not sure why this isn't more common on houses.
capttony84 t1_j5uk28c wrote
Reply to To solar or not to solar? by Bodymindisoneword
would you be owning the array and $90 covers the debt? If so the house is difficult to sell for 20 years
capttony84 t1_j5k5v2b wrote
It won't be 600. I'd be surprised if it was 300
capttony84 t1_j56acb4 wrote
Reply to comment by mcgeggy in Whats the worst city in nj? by No_Neighborhood_3191
agreed
capttony84 t1_j51hiy4 wrote
Reply to New Jersey has an obvious housing crisis. To help resolve it, we should allow ADU’s by Flashinglights0101
ADU's are allowed in most municipalities in jersey. They're helpful but it's a drop in the bucket as far as housing concerns go
capttony84 t1_j4s2kgt wrote
Reply to comment by Novel_Mix2963 in I’m in Haddam/Higganum for the day and I keep noticing these signs. What do they mean? by Wiz21Reddit
I'm gonna wash it down with a tall cool budweiser
capttony84 t1_j3xezvy wrote
I knew this was going to be in bergen county
capttony84 t1_j9uv41z wrote
Reply to comment by icecoast_ in Where do I live?? by amberleemerrill
maybe but the section from perth amboy to sandy hook is known as the bay shore as well. if you drive on 36 there's "bay shore deli" and "bay shore ford" and whatnot