As you can see I am new around here so if you can point me in the right direction, I would appreciate it a lot
Localbitcoins is good as a p2p exchange platform. Not everyone knows, but it was also good as an online bitcoin wallet. Especially recently, when their wallet fees became lower than virtually any other wallet. Platform combines transactions from many users into one and saves on total fees.
I recommend Localbitcoins to use as one of the most reliable online wallet. Why so? The platform works flawlessly since 2013. Also, the platform earns revenue from people trading on it, so it is not incentivized to exit scam.
Still, it is better to keep serious amounts of bitcoin on your own (preferably hardware) wallet.
Here is a wallet topic explained from user perspective in simple words: https://bitcoins.menu/#bitcoin-wallets-easily-explained