Tim Honeycutt

Having grown up within a 1/2 mile of a landfill (thankfully now converted into a just a pick up area), it is not so much seeing the landfill--it was surrounded by evergreens, as it is 'smelling' the landfill. Also, way back in the bad old days of the 60's and 70's, we had well water. who knows what leakage there was from that landfill into our drinking supply. The state wanted to build a by-pass around our small town over this site, and the Federal EPA would not allow it.
Tim, NYC - Sun Nov 29 2009, 11:58

Here is a nice run down of the process for you.
http://www.fha-203k.com/fha203k-loans.html

There are also a couple of blogs on trulia that were very helpful.

Tim,
NYC - Sun Nov 29 2009, 09:28

HSH,
If all goes well, I will be a neighbor of yours over in Bloomfield. I am a resident of Manhattan currently. I think to really understand the tax situation in NJ; one has to understand that NJ is a unique state in our country. It boasts two highly dense metro areas in the state, in which the actual cities are not within in the state. I will live in NJ, but work on Manhattan. I’m sure there is a significant segment of the population in both northern and southern NJ where that is true. Since the state in which I work gets the income taxes (in my case New York), that probably leaves NJ a bit short on its state budget, and thus where other states can share the wealth of the taxes gathered from their metro areas NJ cannot, leaving the small towns with high property taxes to fill the needs of their citizens.

Thankfully, when I move, I will no longer be liable for the NY City income tax that will offset the high property taxes in NJ. - Sun Nov 22 2009, 09:15