Questions From a first time Investor

[David Young]

My wife and I are new to this and are saving for our first property our goal is to start looking for properties in November 25, we have a couple questions, would it be wise to invest out of state for our first time investment (we do plan on physically going to see the properties to potentially invest in) ? where can we find places-websites to analyze areas that will provide positive cash flow? Would it be wise to use a HELOC on our current residence to use for a down payment on a new property