Nervous About Where To Start - Rental Property

[Christopher Printz]

Hey, all! I've recently read Investing in Real Estate with No Money Down and between that and listening to the podcast, I'm super anxious to dive into the real estate investing world. I guess now I'm sort of just at a stand still as to what to do next? I've been searching zillow and realtor.com for rental properties. I live in Cincinnati, but my hometown about an hour and a half away has a duplex for sale. Is it dumb to invest in my first property in a city where I don't currently live? Also, I know it is such a seller's market right now, so should I just wait awhile before I go full steam ahead or no? Let's say I see the property and decide I want it, should I just calculate and write up a breakdown/business model for it? Literally I'm just nervous to jump into the pool here. Thanks!