Welcome, be sure to take advantage of the fact you have one of the largest military installations in your back door.

Kern County is one of the largest counties in the US ( 1st? 

I personally own one property that I bought in 1994 in Sonoma county ( Rohnert Park) its just now coming into the city. ( they built the largest Indian Casino in CA or at least N.

A little about myself...I'm in my mid-30's, living and working in and around Greenville, NC, a mid-sized city with a large state university.

Believe it or not this one has the largest "spread" of any I've looked at (that I'm willing to live in, that is).

The next year we had P&C, another script, I was doing well so he didn't dog me as they do, I led the southeast quarter of the country in apps taken the first month and the largest P&C agency in my district the first year.

Some fix and flippers obsess over how much the wholesaler is making, and don't buy the deal even if it would've been a positive transaction for the fix n flipper.When I wholesale, I take a pretty small amount as I want the end buyer to have the largest amount of the profit (they're taking on the most risk and deserve the most reward).

If the largest employer in your market is a manufacturer who has been cutting jobs then that will impact the housing market.

Now, just to be clear, your agent or broker doesn't need to be a structural engineer, a contractor, or concrete expert, but they do need to be aware of "issues" that could reap havoc on one of the largest investments most people will make in their entire lives.  

@Diedrick Nagle - Sold on buy and hold strategies, we are one of the area's largest buyers and welcome the opportunity to be placed on your buyer list.