Jim Dunlap's (realestatebyjimdunlap) Blog

We all have heard news in recent months about how the Post Office is in financial trouble.  In addition to being a Realtor, I also contract with the Postal Service, delivering mail in the Joshua Tree area.  I mainly got this contract so an old high school friend could have a job.  I run this rout...

But there's still plenty to enjoy  Rangers at Joshua Tree National Park said that although we have had plenty of rain, it came too late.  We need rain in the fall for large wildflower displays. If you do venture to Joshua Tree to see the wild flowers, stop in Yucca Valley at one of our many resta...

Johnson Valley, Californis, located in the Mojave Desert, east of Lucerne Valley and north of Big Bear, has , in addition to the oldest plant in the world, a cresote bush,a small dirt field and flying club called Valley Vista.  If anyone traveling Highway 247 between Lucerne Valley and Yucca Vall...

Having just read a blog about how the Wall Street reform bill in congress will require property owners who sell their property on "owner carry" will require these property owners to have a mortgage license to do so, I'm reflecting on a blog that I made about the California Air Resources Board, or...

SB 401, enacted into law yesterday, generally aligns California's tax treatment or mortgage relief debt income with federal law.  For debt forgiven on a load secured by a "qualified princeple residence" borrowers will now be exempt from both federal and state income tax consequences.  This tax br...