Investing in Southern Illinois

[Mark Sauerbrunn]

I am a beginner Real Estate investor and currently own one rental property in Marion Illinois which is performing well. I am currently debating between continue to invest in Southern Illinois for rentals or not. I hear a lot of stories on the state of Illinois economy which makes me hesitate on buy any more property in the state. Marion and Carterville seems to still be good areas to invest though. Does anyone have any experience in investing Southern Illinois? If you do, would you recommend to continue investing in the area? Thanks in advance for your input.