First try to find a good buyer's agent - very important especially in a hot market.

Develop criteria for what you want in a home so that you can give your realtor specific instructions as some realtors will try to over sell you. Besides the number of bedrooms, baths, location - what are other items are must have!

For me they were as follows:

• No major fix up as I am handy but not skilled enough to do it myself
• Good school district - easier to sell as you will resell it
• No double yellow-line - indicates high traffic area- tougher to resell
• No corner property (More noise and traffic, larger area to maintain)
• No sump pump or drainage issue (This one is tough but doable as you will need to look at history of the area)..
• No HOA

Good Luck - all those towns meet your criteria for a compute to Newark.