Ello, Maverick. Welcome to the forums! My name is DJTiki, you can call me DJ or Tiki, whatever suits your personal preference. I am an avid ROM Hacker myself and I have to say that you stopped by the right place to learn the in's and out's of hacking. We have the
ROM Hacking Hub, which is the host for everything for casual talks for hacking and you don't have to be an expert or anything to just talk. The subsections of
ROM Hacking Hub is the
Beginner's Lounge, where you ask any question regarding hacking and the
Team Room, which is where you go to make your alliance of hackers to work on a project.
Of course, that is only a fraction of what we have in store. We have
Tools, Tutorials, and Resources subforum where you get all of your tools and learn more about it.
When I first started hacking, a good year back, it looked intimidating, but once you get the basics down, it is a piece of cake. Of course, that isn't all to the Hacking sections and there are so much more to it, so any questions, just shoot me a VM(Visitor Message) or PM(Private Message). I'd be glad to go more in-depth and give you the grand tour.
Word of adivce, I would reccommend to hack Fire Red over Leaf Green, not much research has been done on Leaf Green and alot more tools and resources support it more. :) same goes for Sapphire.