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Imagine, if you will: you find that perfect place and you are ready to make an offer. Then you see the homeowner’s association dues and they seem high. You wonder, what is included in those HOA dues?One of the most common questions people ask real estate brokers is: What is... read more >>

Imagine, if you will: you are happily receiving rent every month from the tenants leasing out your Ocean Blvd condo you used to live in. Everything seems great.Then you receive a violation notice. Turns out your tenants threw a crazy party resulting in various noise violations an... read more >>

Imagine if you will, you've been looking long and hard for a house and you finally find a place you love.It’s $800,000 and in today's market, seems like a good deal. You draw up paperwork with the owner and put down a deposit, all seems good. Then suddenly, you wake... read more >>

Imagine, if you will. You spent the last month getting this property ready for the new tenants. Not after much work and expense, it’s ready to rent.  To your surprise, you get served to go to small claim's court. But, your old tenants trashed the property, and... read more >>

Imagine, if you will: you have a building with over a hundred units, all independently owned. How do you operate that building? Who decides when it gets painted, in what color? Who decides what temperature to have the pool? Some people might want it cold to save money. While some... read more >>

In real estate, we have everyday situations of granting access to properties with various potential buyers, tenants (some may or may not have agents), and vendors. You need to accommodate different, conflicting times. It can often be too much to meet them all in person every time... read more >>

Imagine, if you will: you're offered $500,000 for a piece of property. You accepted the deal, and then, you told the buyer: "give me the $500,000, and I'll sign over the property." Then, you said: "how about this, you sign over the property, and I'll gi... read more >>

Let's picture this: Sunday evening, end of a relaxing weekend... And, you get a phone call. Turns out, there's a fire at your rental property.The good news is: the tenants are OK. You agreed to accommodate them in a hotel. What's not resolved is: who pays for their ac... read more >>

Hi, this is Mike Dunfee with the Mike Dunfee Group and in honor of Valentine's Day, we would like to share with you some of the things that we love.I love my wife Shayla and our daughter Berkeley. I also love living in the beautiful city of Long Beach!Kevin Dever loves his fi... read more >>

Long Beach, January 27th, 2020 - The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) announced that Long Beach’s Dunfee Real Estate Services, INC., dba Mike Dunfee Group is a winner of the 2020 Inner City 100 (IC100) award which recognizes the 100 fastest-growing firms in un... read more >>