Does anyone here invest on East and West Coast?

[Amelia Ghold]

I'm West Coast first time buyer with a small chunk of cash. It will go further on the East Coast, but I don't know much about the Eastern counties. I drove the the length of the East Coast recently and found one town that I like, but I didn't go far from the inter-state.

I'm curious how many of you live West and invest East.

How do you evaluate a prospective property if you've never seen the neighborhood or town? Are you seeing trends in West to East movement?  South to North?