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February 2012 Events
SK - Going, Going, Gone - Continuing Education
| Date: | 2/1- 2/1 |
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| Time: | 9:00am |
SK - Going, Going, Gone - Continuing Education
Essential sales tools including FHA 203(k) programs, short sales, auctions,and legal updates.
Topics Include: FHA(k) and sstreamlined 203(k) programs: Qualifying for short sales, contractss, credit scores, and more.
Completes 7 hours of Broker/Salesperson Continuing Education for 5/31/12 renewal date IF you were originally licensed before December 1, 2009. This does not count as Continuing Educaion for new licensees.
Internet Marketing and Social Media
| Date: | 2/2- 2/2 |
| Location: | |
| Time: | 10:00am |
We Go Beyond Facebook!
Monthly Educational on Internet Marketing
Do you hear everyone speaking about social networking, Internet Marketing and wonder how to get involved?
Are you just in Facebook or at the beginning and need to find out the next step?
Do you know which sites to join and how to set-up a connecting platform?
SK Real Estate Practice
| Date: | 2/2- 2/2 |
| Location: | |
| Time: | 6:00pm |
Salesperson Pre-licensing Courses
Real Estate Practice
Tony Robbins Seminar
| Date: | 2/6- 2/6 |
| Location: | GPAR Classroom, 1341 N. Delaware Avenue, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA 19125 |
| Time: | 10:00am |
GPAR invites you to a workshop that will provide you with the same strategies, communications skills, and physiology used by the world's top achievers to attain outstanding success and fulfillment.
Benefits:
-Utilizing the psychology of peak performers to gain a competitive advantage
-Breaking old patterns and creating empowering patterns of beliefs
-Making sure that we not only know what to do, but that we DO what we KNOW
-Learning the 3 pillars for creating extraordinary and lasting change in business
This event is open to GPAR members ONLY, and is provided free of charge as a benefit of membership!
SK Real Estate Practice
| Date: | 2/7- 2/7 |
| Location: | |
| Time: | 6:00pm |
Salesperson Pre-licensing Courses
Real Estate Practice
SK - What’s Hot & What’s Too Hot - Continuing Education
| Date: | 2/8- 2/8 |
| Location: | |
| Time: | 9:00am |
SK - What's Hot & What's Too Hot
Topics Include: Discover the Benefits and Warnings about REOs - Real Estate Owned; Learn the Red Flags and Penalties of Mortgage Fraud; Know the Difference Between Legal and Illegal Flipping; Identify the signs of Predatory Lending
Completes 7 hours of Broker/Salesperson Continuing Education for 5/31/12 renewal date IF you were originally licensed before December 1, 2009. This course does not count as Continuing Education for new licensees.
Government Affairs Committee Meeting
| Date: | 2/8- 2/8 |
| Location: | Greater Philadelphia Association Of REALTORS |
| Time: | 1:00pm |
Real Estate Tax Repercussions Seminar
| Date: | 2/9- 2/9 |
| Location: | |
| Time: | 10:00am |
This FREE seminar will discuss significant tax repercussions of real estate transactions and will provide you with solutions and a better understanding to help you and your clients understand how this will affect your bottom line...
Topics for discussion include:
• Better understanding of tax implications as it pertains to: acquisition, selling, owning, disposing of real personal, business, rental, or investment properties.
• Business deductions and non deductions related to real property purchased financed or developed.
• Tax credits for real property owners and deductible rental expenses for property owners.
• See how the passive activity rules limit rental losses.
• Deferred gains
• Tax effects of casualty losses, condemnations, divorce, and repossessions.
• Future Seminar – Tax strategies to reduce your taxes and Increase your wealth.
SK Real Estate Practice
| Date: | 2/9- 2/9 |
| Location: | |
| Time: | 6:00pm |
Salesperson Pre-licensing Courses
Real Estate Practice
SK - Outside The Numbers/Ethics & Etiquette - Continuing Education
| Date: | 2/10- 2/10 |
| Location: | |
| Time: | 9:00am |
HUD Seminar
| Date: | 2/15- 2/15 |
| Location: | 1341 N. Delaware Avenue, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA 19125 |
| Time: | 10:00am |
This seminar will be given by one of the top training agents for HUD owned properties, Ronald Rudolph, who has personally closed over 3,000 HUD transactions and trained over 7,000 agents in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and Sandy McQuail, Account Executive for United One Resources, the HUD closing agent for the 5 county area since 2003.
There will be special speakers from a HUD experienced lender, a HUD experienced electrician, a HUD experienced plumbing/heater contractor. We will also feature a speaker from ARK Bucks County and AFLAC.
Many exciting door prizes will be given away such a two (2) color TV's, 2 iPods, 3 Phillies tickets to an opening week game.
Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-serve basis. REGISTER TODAY to reserve your seat.
HUD Seminar
| Date: | 2/15- 2/15 |
| Location: | 1341 N. Delaware Avenue, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA 19125 |
| Time: | 1:30pm |
This seminar will be given by one of the top training agents for HUD owned properties, Ronald Rudolph, who has personally closed over 3,000 HUD transactions and trained over 7,000 agents in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and Sandy McQuail, Account Executive for United One Resources, the HUD closing agent for the 5 county area since 2003.
There will be special speakers from a HUD experienced lender, a HUD experienced electrician, a HUD experienced plumbing/heater contractor. We will also feature a speaker from ARK Bucks County and AFLAC.
Many exciting door prizes will be given away such a two (2) color TV's, 2 iPods, 3 Phillies tickets to an opening week game.
Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-serve basis. REGISTER TODAY to reserve your seat.
Executive Committee Meeting
| Date: | 2/16- 2/16 |
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| Time: | 9:30am |
Board of Directors Meeting
| Date: | 2/16- 2/16 |
| Location: | |
| Time: | 10:30am |
Young Professionals Network Committee Meeting
| Date: | 2/23- 2/23 |
| Location: | The Greater Philadelphia Association of REALTORS |
| Time: | 1:00pm |