Hey James,I'm also somewhat new to BP - having just retired from the Marine Corps, but also living in North San Diego.  

Marine Veteran and proud father of 4.

I lived at Silverado for the decade of the 90s and loved it.. but boy when I go back to visit my mom who still lives there unless I want to come in through lake Berryessa the back way traffic is a night mare and forget about taking 37 to Marin county ouch.. so that was a place in time I get to cherish Napa before it became grid lock.. :)

I'd also put a bit in the stock market (Roth IRA) and just let it marinate.

Menard's carries things the others don't (marine plywood, mobile home skirting, etc.), so they can be a good resource.

The market is steady right now and the Marine Corps is growing in size meaning Camp Lejeune will be gaining more residents.

I left home in 2004 and joined the Marine Corps straight out of high school.

I am still a serving officer in the British Merchant Marine and worked in this region for 19 years.

He is currently serving as a Marine officer in the flight program.

She and her husband Mark, a Marine veteran and firearms instructor, earned a combined income of about $100,000.But when they sought to buy a home, the most affordable they found was a small $550,000 tract house in Yorba Linda, the price reduced because it had been the scene of a double homicide.