KurtisKurtis,I'm a house hacker up near Hollywood and an investor throughout LA. 

In our experience, Long Island house-hackers have been able to secure long-term quality tenants attracted to good school districts, and < 90 minute commutes to NYC.

From an outsiders view, I’d expect Columbus, Ohio to be a relatively strong cash flow market.I’d analyze deals for cash flow under two circumstances:1) You live in the property as a house hacker. 2) The unit is fully rented, and you have moved out.In case 2, I’d demand cash flow in Columbus.

I would try to find local meetups and learn from other house hackers and investors in the area.

Any and all help (or lease outlines for house hackers) welcomed, thanks!

Finding a house hacker will get harder and harder as numbers decrease. 

And you can sell a quad to a house-hacker but there isn’t any fun house-hacking financing for a commercial multifamily.

The best buys need more work than a new investor or house hacker who wants to live there is comfortable with, but not enough for a flipper or contractor to want to take in and in that scenario, there is risk.

I’m a local agent and have worked with a bunch of house hackers in NY and CT and have done a house hack of my own in Westchester.

I admire your drive that you started so early on in life:):) the SDSU neighborhood has some pluses( most important for you as a hacker, renting it around the clock and pay your share and cover the cost, also building long term equity more so with these historical low rates,, also whether SDSU or any other neighborhood in San Diego( which isn’t easy to find properties in that range BTW) is safer with the forecast that they say close to 10m households unfortunately can’t keep up with their mortgages by Mid 2021:(very unfortunate) and being at 400-500k price point it’s just safer for this climate, so lots of time for you to take bigger chances and risks in a more stable environment to achieve you goals.