Where do you get your out of state investment ideas?

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I'm just curious where everyone gets there out of state investment ideas from. I'm new to real estate but it's always something I've been interested in but I've just never had the capital being a student. Since graduating I've managed to save up a good chunk of change but it's just not anywhere near enough to buy anything in my area. Although I can't say that I'd even want to. I'd probably have a better chance of winning the lottery then finding an income producing rental in San Diego.

Would I be better off sitting tight for a couple years and looking for something local at that time? I feel like investing out of state would be a pretty big leap for me and from reading some past threads it definitely seems like there's a lot more involved.
Thanks for reading