Jim Dunlap's (realestatebyjimdunlap) Blog

Now that winter is just around the corner, here's a few of the California Desert's art festivals that are coming Up: Borrego Springs Art Festival, Oct. 22-25.  More info: www.BorregoSpringsChamber.com Death Valley Art Festival, March 14-14, 2010.  More info:www.deathvalleychamber.org The Southwes...

Over the past five years, musicians and recording companies from the desert, and from around the country, have donated several thousand new CD's to our Marines through Operation Sun Runner, working through the Armed Services YMCA, Twentynine Palms Marines stationed overseas often look forward ver...

Campgrounds that were closed for the summer reopened for public use on Friday. Visiters seeking to make camping reservations should call Reserve America, the National Park Service's camping reservation contractor, at (877) 444-6777 or visit www.recreation.gov.  Otherwise park campsites are availa...

All military veterans and their families were invited to see Governor Schwarzenegger sign into law AB 717 on Friday at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Plams.  This bill, championed by 65th District Assemblyman Paul Cook, establishes March 30 of each year as Welcome Home Vi...

The most significant impact the Marine Corps Air Ground combat Center has on Twentynine Palms and surrounding areas could be in population, according to a report by combat center  officials.  "Base employees, dependents and retirees form the majority of the Twentynine Palms population," the repor...

Signed by the President June 30, this bill offers education benefits worth an average of $80,000--double the value of those in the previous program.  It covers the full costs of tuition and books, paid directly to the school, and provides a variable stipend for living expenses. The original GI Bi...

You won't find many 15 and 16 year olds willing to spend their summer without cell phones, TV, and other amenities, but 11 kids from across America did just that, traveling the country by bicycle and sleeping on thin rubber mats most nights. The group from Overland Summer Programs spent the night...

The Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in 29 Palms employs thousands of people a report from the base Community Impact Assessment points out.  In 2006 about 11,967 military members and civilians were employed by the base.  Using a formula devised from the Base Realignments andClosures program,...

I read an article in the local paper that a rabid bat was found in Morongo Valley (San Bernardino County, CA) last week.  There have been three transmissions of rabies from bats to people in San Bernardino County this year, with nine cases last year.  Its interesting that the last transmission of...

When I first  started in real estate,, I'd have potential clients come in to the office, most first time buyers, looking for information as to how to buy a house.  I'd tell them that first they need to do is find a lender to determine if they can qualify to buy and for how much.  I'd refer them t...