Property Management Classes & Workshops

This is the place to find out about the classes, workshops, and seminars I will be teaching in the local community on Property Management issues and topics. This section is where I will also offer summaries of classes I have attended and share tidbits of interest to you. Please feel free to let me know of other workshops or classes you have attended that would be of interest to others in the community. I will post and we can all learn together.

Successful Landlording Cabrillo College Testimonials

March 14, 2010

Last Saturday I co-taught the Successful Landlording Class at Cabrillo College in Aptos, CA.  This class is taught 2 times a year.  It is a class packed with basic info on How to be a Successful Landlord.  This class touches on the things one needs to know to stay within the law, get a great [...]

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Successful Landlording Cabrillo College Class

March 7, 2010

Successful Landlording Twice a year I co-teach this class with Karen Calcagno, Linda Murphy and this year with Paige White through the Cabrillo College Community Extension program. Yesterday, March 6th, was a full day with 15 attendees.  I am so pleased to find investment property owners willing to educate themselves about the process, and their [...]

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Property Management from A-Z: G

February 8, 2010

Good Perspective, Good Owner & Gardener I teach classes on how to be a Good Landlord and what is interesting to me is how often people like to share their horror stories but what they don’t realize is that they are part of that relationship.  I find that when owners come from a perspective that [...]

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CALNARPM (CA-Property Mgmt) Conference April 14-16

January 17, 2010

I am an active member of NARPM (National Association of Residential Property Managers) and CALNARPM (California Chapter) President-Elect for 2010 and President for 2011, and my local chapter of Monterey where I am President for 2009-2010. As an active member of a professional organization I have to say NARPM has been instrumental in helping me [...]

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Tips To Successful Landlording – Cabrillo Class March 6th

January 16, 2010

I am one of three instructors for this class.  It is a wonderful class that I wish I had the chance to take when I first started doing property management for myself 20 years ago.  Karen speaks to the importance of communication in having a good experience as a landlord, I address the nuts and [...]

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Home Retention Workshop January 21st

January 16, 2010

Is your home worth less than you owe? Are you headed toward foreclosure?  It’s not too late…you still have options. Take control and get the answers you need to keep your home and avoid foreclosure.  This workshop is being presented by local experts:  Mortgage Banker, CPA, Realtor & Home Retention Consultant Date:  January 21, 2010 [...]

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Cabrillo Landlord Class

October 7, 2009

Taught a 1 day class this past weekend on how to be a good landlord. Most attendees are either current property owners who rent their properties or people thinking about if they want to be a landlord. Most were concerned with legal issues, and how to screen for good tenants. It was a great class [...]

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Know The Law

April 1, 2009

I recently co-taught a class at Cabrillo College on March 16th.  It was a day long class.  How to be a good Landlord. For those people who like to manage their own properties, or those who have inherited properties and are informing themselves as to if they want to be a Property Manager or have [...]

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