Author: Tony Novak
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Nothing Down
“Nothing Down” is a book written by Robert G. Allen in 1984. The theme of the book is how to get involved in real estate investment, specifically focusing on how to buy real estate with little or none of your own money. The book came out just as I was beginning to get involved in…
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I did not believe that it was possible; now I know better
A decade ago when I talked with local government officials and compared their comments to those of state officials, I concluded that Downe Township would not raise the funding that it needs to sustain the coming surge in water level rise. Costs were forecast at over $100 million for Fortescue and over $40 million for…
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Zen and the art of marina maintenance
I try to spend a couple of hours every afternoon doing maintenance and repair work at rural Money Island Marina. This is in rural southwest New Jersey, on the Delaware Bay, midway between Cape May at 40 miles to the south and the C&D Canal at 40 miles to the north. Money Island is an…
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2nd trailer for After the Drowning podcast
The first attempt at a recording was a disaster. We don’t have a n internet signal strong enough to record a live presentation. So I had to regroup and plan a different strategy. Episodes will be taped offline using Windows Sound Recorder program or an alternate program for iOS. I will purchase a better microphone.…
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Try that in a small town
I already know what happens when you “try that in a small town”. I faced the bigotry, the rumors, the accusations that I was a drug dealer because I didn’t leave the house to drive to work in the morning, the assumption what I won the lottery because I had money, the legal accusations where…
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“Never underestimate the bugs”
Bayshore culture has been dominated by annoying bugs. A local gas station owner who offers bits of local wisdom to visitors says that if not for the bugs, our beaches would be lined with high rise condominiums. We have at least five classes of biting insects. I generally do not notice the bugs. This is…
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Trailer for “After the Drowning” show
Tonight I recorded a trailer for a new show, “After the Drowning”. My experience is that a startup show is bound to be loaded with problems and the only way to get through those and improve to a quality product is to just do it. Unfortunately, the video quality was so poor that I trashed…
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“Assessing Inequities in Shore Communities: Who Stays and Who Leaves?”
This has been the #1 big issue for the past decade and it will become larger issue for us in the future. Author Andrew Lewis who wrote the Money Island documentary predicts that eventually only rich people will be able to live at the bayshore. https://sebsnjaesnews.rutgers.edu/2022/11/living-at-the-shore-after-sandy-should-residents-stay-or-go/ We then fill the dangerous shipment to save the…
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An environmental legal defense legal strategy that worked!
The environmental law case of State of New Jersey vs. Tony Novak, et. al., CUM-C-17-18 was settled in March 2020 but becasue of pandemic related difficulties within the court, the settlement order was delayed until September 2020 and I received a copy of the court’s settlement order in June 2021. About a decade ago, Baysave…
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What personal responsibility does the governor have in creating our current stress?
“There’s more stress in our state in our country that I think any of us have ever seen. This is exactly not the time to be going after each other. The stress levels are overwhelming. I get it.” – Governor Murphy’s comment this week in response to a foul-mouthed Trump supporter abusing his family at…