Possibly changing tact

[Shane W.]

So my girlfriend and I are looking to buy our first investment property and because we live in Los Angeles we figured anything in our area would be out of our range (150k-200k). Therefore of course we have been looking out of state. The idea of having the property so far away and quite possibly not even seeing it in person is a bit daunting.

We're wondering what the positives and negatives would be of buying closer to home in SoCal vs buying out of state?

We're looking at SFR to buy and hold.