Moving soon - Investing home in San Diego or Pittsburgh later?

[Austin Mudd]

I will be living home until August before I move from San Diego to Pittsburgh. Once I move I will start working full time a 9-6 job making decent money in the financial services industry. 

I'm hoping to travel soon and before I move, but nonetheless I have over 9 months before the move. With what I have saved up now plus earnings from a part time job, I'm trying to determine if I should A) Get started now, here in San Diego or B) Wait until late 2016 when I move to Pittsburgh.

This would be my first real estate move. In SD, I could execute some sort of BRRR play with my parents involved but in Pittsburgh I could acquire a 2-4 MF unit to house hack. What do you guys think? Obviously, I am completely unfamiliar with the Pittsburgh RE market.

edit: A note - my family is based in SD and I have the intentions of coming back to SoCal a few years down the road.