A town quiz
“Your dream town is…”
Picks a winner from vibes and a few sliders — fun, not underwriting.
Buying at this level means balancing millions of dollars, monthly ownership cost, school criteria, house size, and years of commuting. This preliminary brief shows the trade-offs clearly. The strategy session turns them into a search plan.
Answer once. See a teaser immediately, then a full brief after a quick verified contact — three representative towns, commute corridors, ownership bands, and the trade-offs, each traced to what you actually entered.
No single “best town.” An efficient frontier — stronger schools/smaller home, balanced, more space/different schools, and a stretch option — so you see the actual shape of the trade-off.
A 30-minute strategy session where Eric reviews your target/stretch/hard-stops, compares current inventory, and sets real search parameters.
The pilot dataset behind this brief is hand-set and clearly dated — not a live MLS, tax, or transit feed. Every result shows the “as of” date. Treat the numbers as a starting point for the conversation, not a closing statement.
Monthly ownership figures assume a 30-year amortization at the rate you enter (or a stated default), plus a typical NJ effective tax rate unless you supply your own, plus an insurance estimate. This is not a pre-approval or a lending decision — confirm real numbers with your lender.
Commute ranges account for station access, typical transfers, and the final city leg — shown as a range, not a false-precision single number. They are not pulled from a live transit API in this pilot; see the architecture note for what a live version would need.
NJ Department of Education data is the source of record; GreatSchools is linked as familiar shorthand. You pick which measures matter. We never publish a single “school score,” never call a district good or bad, and every buyer sees the identical data for the identical town.
This tool describes properties, commutes, costs, and objective school data — never neighborhood character, demographics, or who “belongs” somewhere. The same data is shown identically regardless of who is asking. This methodology note is pending formal broker/legal review before this tool is used with real client decisions at scale.
Leave with a defensible town shortlist, realistic search parameters, and a clear plan for what to do next. Open to every verified buyer who completes the brief.