I have questions such as, should I really be looking at my home state, or can I expand to surrounding states as long as it's drivable?

We used to live in Deltona and we were planning on looking around there and the surrounding areas.

Now its a vacant piece of land surrounded by solar fields.   

@David Ning As someone who has been working the Indianapolis market and surrounding areas for the past 14 of my 20 years.

A buddy of mine invested early in that area, and let's just say he's not regretting it.From what I've heard, these massive projects tend to create ripple effects in the surrounding neighborhoods.

Myrtle Beach and its surrounding communities - collectively known as the "Grand Strand" - have garnered a lot of attention from the investor community over the past several years. 

@Chander SriAustin (and surrounding area) is in a correction, but has good long term fundamentals, so keeping it as a rental could end up making you a lot of money, it just might take a few(5-7) years. 

It makes more sense to seek out an honest and experienced real estate broker in the surrounding area, rather than directly in that specific location.

Tyler, Lindale, Canton and surrounding areas.

Quote from @Rajagopalarao Paidi: How much value goes down for a house with foundation issues, found a house for FixNFlip, they mentioned it has foundation issues and they got them fixed, but whats the value reduction from market price , How safe it is to purchase house like these Not safe at all unless you have an INDEPENDENT inspector who really knows foundation issues gets all the documentation from the seller and talks to the seller’s contractor and then conducts his own inspection of the foundation, house, and surrounding lot.