investigating a different real estate market

[Jeffrey Mcintyre]

Hello,

First i would like to thank you i. advanced.

i would like some advise  on how to properly seek out information on a different real estate market. I wa told that i should reach out to the local contractors , investors and real estate agents.

I understand why i would need to do this...but i am quite puzzled as to what type of questions to ask so i can properly get an idea of what type of market it Id be dealing with if I decided to invested there. 

any ideas?