| September 27, 2010 | | September 28, 2010 | | September 29, 2010 |
Sponsored by NHN Learning Alliance
The NHN Learning Alliance (NHNLA) is currently registering senior counselors and managers for the Housing Counseling Program Management training in Washington, DC. The training will begin on Monday, September 27 at 8:00 a.m. and go through Wednesday, September 29 at 3:00 p.m. Breakfast and Lunch will be provided for participants.
Scholarships are available.
Additional Information and Registration here
| June 22, 2010 | | 10:00 am | to | 1:00 pm |
Hosted by MassINC, the FDIC, and the Midas Collaborative
Location: Union Station (2 Washington Square)
Worcester, MA
MassINC and the Midas Collaborative invite Gateway City leaders for a workshop and networking lunch to explore strategies to reduce the use of high cost financial products that strip wealth from families and undermine our local economies. This half-day forum will also examine emerging opportunities for Gateway Cities to partner with organizations and agencies working to connect families to low-cost financial services and help them build wealth.
Registration
Sponsored by the Urban Land Institute
Date: June 4, 2010
Time: 1:30 pm Eastern
Brush up on the basics of real estate finance and strengthen your technical skills with ULI’s Basics of Real Estate Finance: Part II webinar June 4th.
You will review foundational concepts such as time value of money and discounted cash flow and move on to mortgage payment calculation, residual land valuation technique, and future net operating income – skills that are essential to succeeding in the real estate industry.
Gain practical experience as you work along in Excel with the instructor in real time. You will be able to ask questions have them answered on a rolling basis.
Your instructor, Bruce Kirsch, is the founder and principal of Real Estate Financial Modeling, LLC and is a recognized expert in and top instructor of Microsoft Excel-based financial modeling.
Register today as space is limited!
| June 2, 2010 | | June 3, 2010 | | June 4, 2010 | | June 7, 2010 | | June 8, 2010 |
Sponsored by the Mel King Institute for Community Building
Date: June 2,3,4,7,8
Time: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Location: 95 Berkeley Street, Conference Room B, Boston, MA 02116
The Mel King Institute for Community Building is sponsoring the Nonprofit Housing Management Specialist (NHMS) course. This is the second module in a six-course series that will award successful participants with the Certified Housing Asset Manager (CHAM®) Designation from the Consortium for Housing and Asset Management.
The NHMS course is an intensive, five-day survey course that helps participants transition from the “How to” to the “How well are we doing at what we are doing?” of real estate management. It introduces the functions, requirements and systems of good asset management.
The five-day training will include:
- Interactive lectures, in-class exercises, case-studies, outside-class homework assignments and student group presentations
- Identifying key property audit elements and calculation of fundamental property financial concepts including NOI, DSCR, cash flow, ratios, reserve balances
- Learning how to summarize an affordable housing deal; studying typical debt structures, trending assumptions, pro-forma operating budgets and creating a “deal book”
- Practicing comparing pro-forma budgets to actuals; identifying why a property is failing and offering solutions; valuing properties in different ways
- Investigating asset management reporting strategies, risk management plans, capital needs assessments and capital project monitoring, real estate tax abatements, and appeals
This training session will be led by Jack Geary and Judy Weber, both of whom have over 25 years experience in asset/property management and real estate finance.
MACDC Member Registration ($50/day)
Non-MACDC Member Registration ($100/day)
For more information, please contact:
Marcus Haymon
mhaymon@lisc.org
617-338-0411
| March 22, 2010 | | 1:00 pm | to | 4:00 pm |
Date: March 22, 2010
Time: 1-4pm EST
Instructor: Ingrid Nardoni & John Linner
Sponsored by the National Development Council
In the current economy holding and leasing properties for longer periods of time is becoming increasingly necessary. Owners of all types of properties can learn the basics of keeping their investment financially sound and in good condition for 18 months, 5 years, or more. Good asset – or risk management – is critical to all involved parties: investors, lenders and the low-income families this housing serves. Participants gain an understanding of the goals of asset management, their role in achieving those goals, and the tools needed to manage risk effectively. This online training explores the following topics:
- Tax Credits and other funding that determine the project’s regulatory requirements
- Roles and responsibilities of all project partners Risk management during pre-development and the due diligence period
- Asset management during construction and lease-up
- Developing an effective asset management plan
- Monitoring operations and analyzing financial reports to assess financial performance
- Monitoring LIHTC and regulatory compliance
- Watchlist management
For additional information and registration, please contact:
Sarah McKinley
202-659-7701
FIELD’s mission is to identify, develop and disseminate best practices in the microenterprise field, and to educate funders, policy makers and others about microenterprise as an anti-poverty strategy.
FIELD is a project of the Economic Opportunities Program (EOP), which is a policy program housed at the Aspen Institute in Washington, D.C. EOP focuses on advancing strategies that connect the poor and underemployed to the mainstream economy.
Upcoming FIELD Webinars Include:
Trends in Demand, Risk, and Funding
Sponsored by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Thursday, March 4, 2010
2:00pm – 3:30pm EST
Register Here
Managing Your Microlending in a Challenging Environment
Sponsored by the Bank of America Foundation
Friday, March 26, 2010
2:00pm – 3:30pm EST
Register Here
Additional FIELD information and past webinar resources are available at: http://fieldus.org/index.html
The Mel King Institute for Community Building is sponsoring a two-day training on the Nuts and Bolts of Asset Management. This training is part of a six-course series that will award successful participants with a Certified Housing Asset Manager (CHAM) Diploma from the Consortium for Housing and Asset Management.
The Nuts and Bolts of Asset Management is an interactive training session that focuses on hands-on opportunities to explore the full range of an asset manager’s roles and responsibilities, which shift in each stage of a project’s life cycle.
The two-day training will include:
- Discussion of the relationship between the various life stages of an affordable property-development, lease up, management and exit strategy, and how an owner’s actions in every stage can impact the other stages;
- Tools and techniques to understand financial reports and audits, vacancy rates, debt coverage ratios and trend analysis;
- Investigation of best practices of nonprofits in developing internal and external reporting systems;
- Use of performance measurements and performance standards to plan for property success and strengthen property management oversight (both in-house and contracted);
- Completion of a group exercise of a property “workout”
This training session will be led by Jack Geary, who has over 25 years of housing management experience, as a property and asset manager, administrator, consultant and trainer.
December 10 & 11, 2009; 9:00am-5:00pm
735 Shawmut Ave, Roxbury, MA
Haynes House, Madison park CDC
MACDC Member Registration
Non-Member Registration
Registration fees include both training days and lunches.
Please contact Marcus Haymon with any questions:
MHaymon@lisc.org
617-338-0411 ext.231
Mel King Institute

NeighborWorks online courses have been previously offered at NeighborWorks Training Institutes and Place Based Trainings, and they are now conveniently packaged for efficient and effective online learning. E-learning with NeighborWorks is a user-friendly learning experience, and comes with frequently asked questions and online help to ensure the best use of your time.
Each of the four modules of this course will take between ½ to 1-½ hours to complete. You’ll have 60 days, as your schedule allows, to work through the four modules and pass the final exam once you begin.
Visit NeighborWorks regularly at www.nw.org/training for updates on the complete range of training and certification opportunities offered by NeighborWorks America.
http://www.nw.org/network/training/elearning.asp
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