Rental properties in Baltimore or Newark for a newbie?

[Malcolm Brewer]

Hello BP community, my name is Malcolm and like many of you I have aspirations of becoming a RE investor. 

Im from NYC and the market here is ridiculous, so I am looking to possibly get into Rental investing in the NJ - Newark or Baltimore area. I have a 1-2 two year time horizon, but I want to see if this even makes financial sense (working with limited capital sub 25k) ? I work full time in Finance and actively trade stocks but I want to take on the RE challenge, please let me know if anyone is actively invested in these markets and and ideas on this as an investment strategy? 

Thank you,