How to rent an apartment in New Jersey while looking for a job?

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You might have to get a co-signer on the lease with you (someone who agrees to pay your rent in the case that you don’t). Some places will agree to count the money you have in a savings or checking acct. but it’s going to depend on the community.

Good luck!

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Plan on having plenty of cash. Instead of 3 months up front, try 6. You’ll also need excellent references, and possibly a local cosigner with excellent credit and income.

Looking for jobs in NJ/NYC isn’t going to get much easier being right there. These are expensive areas — far more expensive than Minneapolis. If you work in NYC, you are subject to federal, NY state, and NYC income taxes, plus living in NJ, you would be subject to NJ taxes. With extraordinarily high taxes and cost of living, it’s very tough. And with the meltdown on Wall Street, jobs are scarce. Do everything you can to find a job before you try to move or you are “out of the frying pan, into the fire.”

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September through May it’s off season at the shore with plenty of off season rentals in Ocean Grove all the way down to Point Pleasant. You can get some really good deals on an off season rental or just rent a room weekly/monthly. Ocean Grove is only 15 minutes south of Redbank. Plenty of rentals in Ocean Grove, Bradley Beach, Avon Belmar all the way south to Point Pleasant.
There are train stations in all those towns and it would be easy to commute into the city.