It was in Central Oregon which is high desert country.  

Hartford has a decent job base, but is a food desert.

They don't inspect inside the residence, but they inspect the perimeter of all the homes to see if there are weeds, desert grasses and brush that create a fire hazard.The city does NOT charge to do the inspection.

Continuing with the West Coast areas - Twentynine Palms, CA  Yucca Valley, CA In the desert and surrounding areas. 

Lived in the deserts outside the L.A. area!

Anyone here still investing in the High Desert? 

More and more families are forced to move north into the desert which, is why I figured investing up there would be beneficial.

I actually have my lenders license to get into manufactured home lending in Southern California, mainly the High Desert region.

I would advise to wait.... see what these areas are doing after 1 years of "slow down" all of the desert areas you mentioned boomed the last 2 years and everyone bought there during the COVID frenzy and are very over saturated.

I will assume you are talking about an infill lot (vacant SFR property with houses on each side and down the street) and not a new development where you will have to put in utilities, streets, gutters, etc.Prices range all over the board and building right now in Hesperia could be a tad dangerous given our market conditions here in So Cal with Hesperia being far out there in the desert.