First deal - how to choose target market

[Avi Levi]

Hi guys,

I'm making my way towards my first deal.

I live in Israel, and while there are people that feel that good deals can be found, the public opinion is that the local market is too expensive and lots of people even say that we have a RE bubble on our hands. 

my take is - regardless who is right, this is probably not the ideal market, so I've decided to invest abroad.

I had doubts regarding whether I should do my first deal through a RE investments company or go through it on my own.

currently, I feel it would be a better idea to use a RE investments company, because of the complexity and the amount of mistakes that can be done, but I can't make up my mind about where I should focus, each REI company is focused on a given market and they have all the arguments to explain why their market is the best and the rest are dangerous...

I've narrowed it down to two companies, one is focusing on northern England and the other in Spain, and like I said, each company is doing a great job explaining why their market has the most potential, I'm very confused... 

can you guys recommend how I should go about this? 

how can I make my own research of those markets ?

any other thoughts\advise will be great as well 

cheers,

Avi