This drives us to have a little higher barrier to scaling my investing business, however I am trying to go far, not fast. 

Tech giants like Intel, Meta, Amazon, and Google have invested heavily in the area, driving up property values and creating opportunities for real estate investors.

I was out of state on a trip and so my sweet wife was the one handling most of the talking with the Wholesaler.When I still like to browse Roofstock I examine each home property report and statistically, 7 out of 10 homes are having problem with foundation/electric/plumbing.Property inspection helped a lot especially when the inspector is good.Thanks,

Also, for the same reason there are 20 different restaurants that fry chicken differently, or places to get ice cream, or cars to drive, or churches to attend. 

Locals have to drive the neighborhood in order to stay current on the changes and truly it seems that you have to own something profitable before you will go against the norm and buy more.

Driving is scary. 40,000 people a year die from it.Flying is scary.

Location is a big thing I am trying to focus on and am even driving past the houses at night after work to check out the area and make sure it would be somewhere where I would like to live.

Not to say that you can't jump to long distance investing right away but if you don't have any experience I would try to at least invest in one property within a 1-2 hour drive from where you live.

By "look for", do you mean you drive in certain areas taking note of possible properties?

I tried to explain that taxes were driving up prices faster than the annual rent increase was keeping up with on a post a number of months back and people that were not from Texas were all but calling me out and insinuate and I was lying.