Most likely due to wanting to invest his time more wisely:)If you can move in with family or friends RIGHT NOW and rent out your house and start DIY managing it BEFORE moving out of state, that would be best.Otherwise, handymen, cleaners, agents, etc. are highly likely to take advantage of you once they find you you live OOS.

So when you build your pocket neighborhood, which is an interesting concept, what's to stop an undesirable person from moving in.

if you want to move to a LCOL market and house hack there, that's great. 

One of my commercial RE agent friends  here moved out there. 

So move forward and add whatever language is needed in the lease to deal with this matter.

I recently had a long-term (5.5 years) tenant move out.

and if you don't have enough money to house hack in San Diego... save up until you do.and if you want to move somewhere else, house hack there. 

Someone is always looking to move, you just need to know why.

My wife wants to move to a better neighborhood with good school districts and I'm for it.

Currently just waiting it out and hoping for the best to start the year so I can move on and dive into better opportunities.