Out of state investing

[Jennifer Severado]

Hello, I am new to the group and just starting my road to real estate investment education. My question is,
Does anyone know the Danville, IL market. It is where my husband was from originally but now we are in the STL area. We know the area is depressed and there are alot of cheap houses to be bought, we are just now sure if this is the right move for us. Our goal is to buy and hold for passive income. we would like to have around 20 properties total by 2018. any thoughts on buying out of state distressed SFH's for the first time out?