What are good areas to look into; in the near future considering places like Newark, orange and east orange.

You can write your presence to be there when the offer is presented as a condition of the offer.

I’m working with my father on managing his RE portfolio.We have one multi family property that is fully paid off and generates roughly $200k in NOI/Cash Flow.

New to RE investing and trying to learn

In this RE environment, I think you are as likely to lose the money as make a good return.   

If someone local has keys, you can try to speak with Latchel contractor to see if they will enter property - then pay them extra to go get the keys.If Latchel contractor won't, due to liability concerns, perhaps you can find a local RE agent that you can pay to accompany the Latchel contractor.Worse case, maybe go back to your PMC and beg them to assist you.

With time, your credit position will improve significantly, and with capital in reserve you will be in a much better position to weather any “hiccups” that occur in the future. 

We would love to network and meet our future partners 😉  We are interested in wholesaling for now, but open to rentals wraps and sub tos as well.

Let that create the income for you to really re-invest.

Within that time frame the business's revenue has grown significantly and has outran my tax write-offs from buying the company.