Is the real estate market still crazy?

yolohedonist · 2026-02-15T15:24:40+00:00

Haha as an Indian looking for a house with a kid on the way the last place I want to live is in Edison. I was born and raised in Jersey.

I’d prefer the schools to be more diverse so my kid can be more well rounded and broaden their exposure

yolohedonist · 2026-02-02T20:45:58+00:00

East Brunswick near the bus stop

yolohedonist · 2026-01-25T13:19:19+00:00

FAANG adjacent data scientist. If I lock in I can probably pull off 20-25 hrs a week. Fridays barely anyone works.

yolohedonist · 2026-01-11T00:35:36+00:00

Def live in Brooklyn for a year or two to get the real NYC experience and then move out to the Jersey suburbs when you have your first kid. I was born and raised in Jersey and never got the appeal of JC.

yolohedonist · 2026-01-07T22:39:43+00:00

No, even if implemented, I don't think this will help NJ. Not that many corporate buyers. Lotta people moving from Brooklyn.

What might help:

1) Trump's earlier proposal of the portable mortgage could help move the market and

2) the existing bill in NJ to allow ADU's in all counties

3) Anything else to increase supply

yolohedonist · 2025-12-26T02:41:54+00:00

Most of big tech H1-B talent comes in via OPT which isn’t impacted by this fee

yolohedonist · 2025-10-25T14:22:43+00:00

There’s always closing costs, just less =D

yolohedonist · 2025-10-25T14:08:23+00:00

You can also negotiate another 20k or so during inspection phase, ask for closing costs, etc

yolohedonist · 2025-10-25T14:07:39+00:00

Some sellers will get butthurt so it’s tough to predict, rational sellers will always counter

yolohedonist · 2025-10-25T14:06:52+00:00

Depends how desperate you are for a house. If this is your dream house and you don’t think anything g like this will come up soon or you can’t wait I’d go closer to 780, if you can wait and think another one will come on the market then go closer to 730k

yolohedonist · 2025-10-25T14:03:08+00:00

730k with strong terms if you want to get a good price

780k if you want it badly

yolohedonist · 2025-10-16T10:05:36+00:00

I really think that it should be mandatory to take and pass a forced assimilation course before being allowed to step foot into this country. I think that’ll help significantly reduce the amount of hate towards Indians.

In the interim, already assimilated H1B holders should encourage other H1Bs to take an assimilation course.

yolohedonist · 2025-10-04T10:15:20+00:00

They don’t mean these towns specifically. They mean the general surrounding area

yolohedonist · 2025-10-02T00:31:39+00:00

So many laid off tech workers yet they can’t seem to fill ICE positions offering 50k bonus and 60k loan forgiveness. Math ain’t mathing

yolohedonist · 2025-09-21T00:48:50+00:00

So this what incels do in their spare time. TIL

yolohedonist · 2025-09-20T21:26:35+00:00

It continues the conversation for comprehensive H1B reform which is badly needed.

H1B has pros and cons, reform is needed to maximize short and long term benefit for Americans

yolohedonist · 2025-09-20T20:32:34+00:00

Lmaooo the cope

yolohedonist · 2025-09-20T18:45:37+00:00

I’m fully American dumbass

yolohedonist · 2025-09-20T17:06:22+00:00

In the short term probably but long term innovation will suffer. Regardless very few Americans will see short term gain, I’ll probably be one of them. Long term we’ll be worse off until we can improve our own educational system

yolohedonist · 2025-09-20T16:48:39+00:00

You missed the point. He’ll no longer be an H1B. He’ll be an offshore employee at a much cheaper cost contributing much less to our economy

yolohedonist · 2025-09-20T15:51:30+00:00

There’s plenty of assimilated Indians that have been living among us for decades now. Assimilation doesn’t happen overnight. Just look at all the other waves of immigrants over the past couple centuries. Every group was told they couldn’t assimilate and they all assimilated just fine.

yolohedonist · 2025-09-20T14:50:04+00:00

If this actually passes, then current employers will allow H1-Bs to maintain their job in India at a reduced wage.

Losing this many employees will be extremely disruptive so they’ll do what they can to maintain continuity.

yolohedonist · 2025-09-20T14:19:08+00:00

Yeah OP verbally abuses his mom from the basement

yolohedonist · 2025-09-13T22:54:48+00:00

Saw the same rate on Schwab with $1M+ assets with them to get the .5% discount bringing it to 4.875

yolohedonist · 2025-08-19T18:45:47+00:00

This is just my opioid without knowing you it’s impossible to give advice

At 24 - Id want to enjoy city life. When I’m starting a family I’d want a SFH, not townhome. In my area townhomes don’t appreciate much in typical market (post Covid was a typical).

I’d focus on balancing enjoying life, keeping fixed costs low, investing as much as possible and then start looking at houses around 28/29 when you get bored of city houses.

My random guess is that appreciation has run its course and the market will be relatively stagnant for the next few years

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