First time buying a rental property for investment dilemma

[Jenny Kao]

Hi all, I'm a newbie to real estate! Currently, I'm looking to buy my first rental property. I'm looking at single family home (3B2B) or condo in either AZ or CO. However, most single family home price seems to be out of my range (low 300) and condos all have high HOA fee, which I'm not sure down the road if it's worth it. Should I be looking at other states instead? Seems like there are a lot of experts in this community, therefore just wanted to get some thoughts. Thanks!