Need help starting out Badly

[Darrell Carter]

I am a 22 year old living in Gary,IN and I so desperatley watnt to get into real estate investing. I have been reading and researching for almost a year and im now mentally & financially ready to take the next step, the only problem is that I dont know what that is. i spoke with one of my mothers old friend (who is an investor) and he suggestes i start at a County tax sale . Well I registered  for the tax sale and im currently waiting for that next month. I really wanna get into Flipping houses or rental property but Gary,IN is so filthy , broke, and crime ridden it is ridicoulous (google it and it'll be on every top crime list in america) . I've seen what i believe to be some really good deals on the gary market but idk if it would sell because WHO WANTS TO MOVE IN A HOUSE IN GARY..... any suggestions or tips would be fine