It is very broad what you are asking?

I know that this is a broad question but any advice/information is very much appreciated

@David Lichtenstadter Thans for the reply, I have been browsing a broad range of jersey ( union, sommerset, middlesex, bergen, essex, passaic and morris counties ) I know that is quite a lot, however I am not extremely set on one area yet.

For those of you who care about the broad economic outlook in your investment areas, here's the recent economics report from this month. http://www.jec.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/b2fb1607-cbaa-4d20-871f-c58170cbf5c0/jec-state-economic-snapshots-september-2016.pdfIf that link doesn't go through, google for 'senate state economic snapshot September 2016' and you'll probably find it.

But these hardworking honest people got robbed of their money in broad daylight and legally!  

Real Estate investing is very broad and some parts of it have nothing to do with people who need credit repair, like wholesalers, rehabbers, and some landlords.

My goals in Real Estate are pretty broad at the moment, I want security in the long term for myself and my family and Real Estate is one of the more accessible ways to be able to do that, so far that I've found.

That's how I ended up with the AlphaFlow fund, which for $10K gave me broad geographic distribution, as well as a diversity of loan types that goes well beyond just fix-and-flips (also including refinances, commercial properties, multi-families, and high-end refi/rehabs). 

My goals are undecided yet as I would like to create myself a business plan first, however broad goal would be to maintain the drive I have to be successful in real estate.

My strategy would be buy, remodel, rent and hold rather than flip them - looking at the cash flow instead of depending on appreciation.It would be difficult to manage a purchase of a property from a broad and tenancy agreement, but even more difficult to manage a remodel!