Investing In San Diego

[Josh Gosnell]

I've long been told to avoid real estate investing in California all all together. I'm wondering if anyone has been successful with a buy and hold strategy or any other long term investing strategies in San Diego and if so what strategy do you use and what parts of town?

I was thinking of a House Hack but I worry that I wont be able to find a place in an area that I would want to be and I also worry about the price to rent ratio.  I don't know if i will be in San Diego long term so would to house hack but also want to be sure that if i do have to move i can still cash flow or even just break even on the property by leasing it out. 

Any Advice is greatly appreciated.