N90

DankVectorz said:

As a developmental? A nice basement apartment that you can afford.

CPC IT

bad_vector said:

CPC IT

You prefer more city/urban or suburbs? Family?

DankVectorz said:

You prefer more city/urban or suburbs? Family?

Single and doesn't matter too much. All I have is a dog. Do most people commute by car or public transportation?

bad_vector said:

Where are some good places to live on the Island?

Where are some of the least worst places to live on the island?
Fixed it, you're welcome.

bad_vector said:

Single and doesn't matter too much. All I have is a dog. Do most people commute by car or public transportation?

There's almost no way to use public transportation to get here. There is a train station 1/2 mile away, but unless you live on the line then you'd have to transfer at Jamaica in Queens to get on it.

But a lot of people live in Queens or Brooklyn for city stuff. If you're single look into Long Beach. Good night life, strong tinder game, right on the beach, great in the summer but brutal winters. That's where I lived my first 2 years. If you prefer farther east (cheaper, and nicer imo) there's Farmingdale, Islip, Huntington (where I live now), Commack, Syosset, Port Jefferson, Patchogue, Kings Park, Babylon. Really you're best bet is hop on Zillow and just start searching. If you want an apartment your best bet will be Nassau county. The problem I ran into was it was very hard to find a place that allowed dogs over 35 lbs. Also, NY has this stupid thing called a brokers fee for rentals. It's non-refundable and equal to 1 months rent. So if you want to rent an apartment that's $2k/mo, you'll need to put down first month, security, and brokers fee so it comes out to $6k. I'd never heard of such a thing before. You can get lucky and find places that will waive this or are having some sort of deal, but it's rare.

DankVectorz said:

There's almost no way to use public transportation to get here. There is a train station 1/2 mile away, but unless you live on the line then you'd have to transfer at Jamaica in Queens to get on it.

But a lot of people live in Queens or Brooklyn for city stuff. If you're single look into Long Beach. Good night life, strong tinder game, right on the beach, great in the summer but brutal winters. That's where I lived my first 2 years. If you prefer farther east (cheaper, and nicer imo) there's Farmingdale, Islip, Huntington (where I live now), Commack, Syosset, Port Jefferson, Patchogue, Kings Park, Babylon. Really you're best bet is hop on Zillow and just start searching. If you want an apartment your best bet will be Nassau county. The problem I ran into was it was very hard to find a place that allowed dogs over 35 lbs. Also, NY has this stupid thing called a brokers fee for rentals. It's non-refundable and equal to 1 months rent. So if you want to rent an apartment that's $2k/mo, you'll need to put down first month, security, and brokers fee so it comes out to $6k. I'd never heard of such a thing before. You can get lucky and find places that will waive this or are having some sort of deal, but it's rare.

I appreciate the information.

There'll be a no-experience job posting for the N90 local commuting area open from June 18-25th.

Suffolk county, especially more eastern is very affordable

nyc1234 said:

Any cpc's receive a TOL recently? I've been on the referral list for a month now.

I received a TOL on 25th May. Was referred on 5 April.

Stinger said:

There'll be a no-experience job posting for the N90 local commuting area open from June 18-25th.

Will this have the 31 age cap also?

Larsiny006 said:

Will this have the 31 age cap also?

Yes. The only way to get in over 31 is prior experience.

inthrewtheoutdor said:

Suffolk county, especially more eastern is very affordable

Anything east of Port Jefferson or Patchogue is over an hour commute without traffic.

DankVectorz said:

Anything east of Port Jefferson or Patchogue is over an hour commute without traffic.

Agreed the commute gets longer, although Im just east of PJ and commuted to Jamaica queens everyday 1500x2300 tour and got in im about an hour and 10, home im about 50 min, but rush hour screwed me.

Any cpc-it’s gambling buying? Mortgage cheaper than most house rent, build equity in training. Unless you wash fast. Then you hope you bought a hot house.

What’s the worst that could happen?

DankVectorz said:

Yes. The only way to get in over 31 is prior experience.

Thanks

Gle88 said:

Any cpc-it’s gambling buying? Mortgage cheaper than most house rent, build equity in training. Unless you wash fast. Then you hope you bought a hot house.

What’s the worst that could happen?

I’ve considered it several times. If you’ve got time to renovate it may make sense. What I’ve found is that a lot of co-op’s and cond-op’s have monthly fees well over $1k per month, thereby killing whatever price break I thought I had. It’s got to similar to a HOA or condo fee but I see it labeled as a monthly maintenance fee. Most are above $1000 per month and some upward of $1700 per month. I asked the agent in an email if that was monthly and he confirmed, he says they have unusually high fees in Nassau County and Queens. Then I look at a 1300 sq foot house for almost $600k, not ready for that yet. Maybe next year.

ekkojohn said:

I’ve considered it several times. If you’ve got time to renovate it may make sense. What I’ve found is that a lot of co-op’s and cond-op’s have monthly fees well over $1k per month, thereby killing whatever price break I thought I had. It’s got to similar to a HOA or condo fee but I see it labeled as a monthly maintenance fee. Most are above $1000 per month and some upward of $1700 per month. I asked the agent in an email if that was monthly and he confirmed, he says they have unusually high fees in Nassau County and Queens. Then I look at a 1300 sq foot house for almost $600k, not ready for that yet. Maybe next year.

You're looking in the wrong areas. My house is 2000sqft on a 1/4 acre and just south of $500k. Although property taxes are $14k/yr.

DankVectorz said:

You're looking in the wrong areas. My house is 2000sqft on a 1/4 acre and just south of $500k. Although property taxes are $14k/yr.

Is that with any veteran tax breaks? I was reading about partial property tax exemptions for prior military. Curious to see how much is eligible to be exempt.

Gle88 said:

Is that with any veteran tax breaks? I was reading about partial property tax exemptions for prior military. Curious to see how much is eligible to be exempt.

With my 5% vet discount I pay $13600ish. I'm currently grieving it though. My taxes were $10800 last year and raised this year because my house was a new construction so tax was estimated

DankVectorz said:

With my 5% vet discount I pay $13600ish. I'm currently grieving it though. My taxes were $10800 last year and raised this year because my house was a new construction so tax was estimated

Wow. With the discount, crazy. New construction too - nice. I’ve looked around for new builds. They seem hard to find in Suffolk Co.