But, like with the rest of society, there are outliers who cause you a bunch of problems. 

I hesitate to call the current market a bubble - there's just too much up in the air to really see what's what, and while RE is a big part of the general health and status of the economy, there are a number of other factors that determine what / when / how the correction happens.The bigger they are, the harder they fall, so unless we (collectively as a society) really have our crap together (which we don't), when we eventually do go down I think it's gonna be a doozy. 

I am new to the real estate society I've really been trying to find the right people to network with and I'm willing to pay to learn as much as I can.I have been trying to find leads through code violations but no results are there any more strategies that I need to know of?

That is a major part of the problem in our society. 

Either rougher parts of the urban core or semi-suburban and declining.

Don't buy in the roughest neighborhood in the urban core.

Obviously if something were to happen we could be held liable in our litigious society.

The Lehigh Valley is considered Allentown,Bethlehem and Easton.Some awards won by Allentown In the recent years:2015- Ranked by Fortune Magazine as being among the top 10 best places in the US to relocate corporate finance and Information technology companies.2016- Cited as a “national success story” by the Urban Land Institute for its downtown redevelopment. 2017 & 2018- Downtown Allentown Revitalization District was named 1 of 13 winners worldwide of the prestigious “Urban Land Institute Global Award for Excellence”.

I'm new to BiggerPockets but have been investing in urban Cincinnati real estate for four years with 4 buildings and 18 units renovated. 

Don't buy in the roughest neighborhood in the urban core.