Anyone from Chicago Illinois invest in Indiana?

[Juan Mendoza]

Hello, Everyone. I live in a suburb of Chicago and I'm about 2 hours away from Indiana. Anyways I was looking at the real estate prices in Indiana and in they are surprisingly low! I saw some houses in very good shape for around 50,000. To be honest, I have not looked at the rent prices, but rents can only go so low or their property taxes. Once I'm ready to invest would it be a bad idea to invest in Indiana? I know that you should start investing in your own neighborhood especially if you are a newbie. What do you guys think? did any invest far away for their first deal? Has anyone from Illinois invested in Indiana?