This is insane.

You should try Trenton. Way cheaper.

If you want lower property taxes you need to consolidate the school districts. roughly ~65% of property tax is for the schools.

While I will never promise it will work, I can promise you it has worked even in the height of Covid.

Send a kind letter asking to be exempt from to rest increase, using your history of being a good tenant. See what happened. Worst they can do is say no.

I was sending letters in DMs to people here and on other subs last year. the short is our rent went up 300$ and we asked to go month to month (to try and move out) and to remove our pet fee because rent was just too much.

We kept the pet fee, went month to month, and got our rent LOWERED. We are in great terms with our property manager and our maintenance team, most of them just want to do their job and not deal with assholes.

The reality is a great tenant with slightly less rent is more valuable than a shitty tenant leaving and finding a new (hopefully less shitty) tenant, and all the costs AND RISK that is incurred with that. We were only able to close on a house because of this letter and the money we saved.

This. So many NJ towns need to consolidate their police forces, as well as their school districts. I moved out of NJ a long time ago and the property taxe rates there are just insane compared to where I've lived so far (low crime, good schools, in HCOL areas).

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Only $800 out of $400k is classified as overtime

I’m almost thinking of skipping the renting part and just sucking it up and living with my parents for a bit longer, to save for a down payment.

Wow surprised for that cheap find in Essex. Sadly, that is too far for my girlfriend and I’s work. :(

I saw a video of a young cop who’s bank account said half a mil in it. He had maybe been on the force a 2-3 years. That says a lot

Haha same he was a great philosopher. But my name comes from the John Locke character from the TV show ‘Lost’

I don't know about that high amount specifically but police can get paid time and half for side jobs like road work, uniformed security, special traffic jobs, etc.

You’re welcome? What’s the alternative here?

Who’s the highest. Asking to hate myself more !

jfc I am afraid to look

It means he should be in jail.

Skill set really does not match up with how much they’re getting paid.

The link seems to indicate it is not overtime.

Not just that, but 90% of it is "additional pay" and I'd really like to know what that consists of

It’s probably overtime, because (I think) your last few years padding your salary means more money in retirement

Well f me then, should’ve gone to a police academy instead of business school

Thank you!

Sheesh

Time to google how to become a cop.

He's actually a Police Director with over 26 years experience. His base pay is $135k. Which, for someone holding a director title and decades long experience is normal. However, what isn't normal is the $400k "extra" pay. Do you know what that is? I mean I'd love to jump the gun and say he's getting that in cash but is that perhaps a sum of benefits like different types of insurance? Is that pension for retirement? I mean, I don't know.

Does anyone know what the extra pay is? For instance the first officer on the list is a police Director. His salary is roughly $135k, which seems like average pay for a professional in an expensive area with 26 years experience. However, whats strange is not his base salary but the $403k "extra" pay. Anyone know what that actually means?