New member from North Jersey

[Michael Chang]

Hi all,

My name is Michael Chang and I'm an aspiring real estate investor from NJ. I've been reading BP for a couple months now with the intention of getting into buy and hold investing, but still feel too uneducated to start making moves. I've seen other posts where people said they had success with this strategy in North Jersey; from what I've seen, the most profitable locations are pretty risky areas like Newark and Jersey City. 

Perhaps I haven't been looking long enough or I'm looking at this the wrong way, but I figured the first step is to reach out and ask for advice. Thank you all in advance for your help and I look forward to becoming a contributing member to this community!