Buy in your neighborhood

[Naomi Spira]

All mentors seem to advise to start off your real estate investment career 'in or around the neighborhood you live in'.  What do you do if your neighborhood is too expensive?

Ideally - I would like to test the waters with homes in the $100,000 range. But the Riverdale, NY vicinity is closer to $1,000,000+!  even the outskirts the prices are around $350,000+

Any advice would be apreciated.