Seeking long distance investing advice- How do I select a market?

[Maricruz Romero]

Hi BP!

I am a new RE investor from NYC - Queens. I am currently self educating through reading books and listening to podcasts. My goal this year is to purchase 1-3 multi-family deals to rent outside of the NYC area. I am not familiar with any other states as I've lived in NYC my entire life. I am trying to select a market to invest in and I am looking for advice on how to go about researching a market. It would be great to here about how others have gone about selecting a state to invest in and figuring out what neighborhood/area they wanted to look into without having prior knowledge of the area. 

This process is a bit overwhelming and I don't want to get stuck on this step. All advice and comments are appreciated!

Thank you,

Maricruz Romero

[Maricruz Romero]

@Eric Veronica thanks for the suggestion! Will try that out. I plan to be more active on these forums so hope that will help out too.