Specializing in Manhattan Beach & Palm Desert Real Estate. Life is too short to put off finding your dream home at the beach or a golf retreat in the desert. We value your time... let us do the research for you. The Hobin Company was incorporated in May of 1925 by William Henry Hobin. The firm was founded in Stockton, California 1891 as the R.B Oullahan Company, Real Estate and Insurance. William Henry Hobin was the President and CEO of the company until his death in 1933.