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Your Local Dallas NARPM Chapter, in conjunction with the Metro Tex Leasing and Property Management Committee, Presents:

 

CCAR PMC members Welcome

 

 

PROVEN TACTICS TO MARKET YOURSELF AND YOUR BUSINESS
With Melissa Prandi, MPM®, RMP®

 

   

Melissa Prandi, MPM, RMP, President of PRANDI Property Management, Inc., CRMC is celebrating her 28th year in property management and will celebrate 23 years of ownership in October.  She is a published author of The Unofficial Guide to Managing Rental Property and The Complete Idiot’s Guide To: Success as a Property Manager.  She is past national president of National Association of Residential Property Managers (NARPM).

 

To RSVP, please email Franceanna Campagna at

Franceanna@CampagnaRealtors.com

and reference this event.   You can also fax the completed form to Franceanna at 214-823-7743 to guarantee your spot.   Call 214-823-9080 with any questions. 

 

NAME: _________________________________________

COMPANY: ____________________________________
EMAIL:_________________________________________
PHONE: ________________________________________

THURSDAY, JUNE 17

Agenda:

9:30am-11:30am    Workshop

11:30am-12pm       Lunch

12:00pm-12:30pm  Meeting

 

Special lunchtime short presentation

on new powerful screening

functionality!

 

Location:

8201 N. Stemmons Freeway

Dallas, TX 75247

 

Learn how to:

·        Sell yourself

·        Find your niche and own it

·        Network like a professional

·        Measure and maximize your marketing investment

·        Communicate more effectively

·        Develop new leads online

 

  
 

OR Register online at:
 http://dallasnarpmroadshow.eventbrite.com/eventbrite.com/

 

Franceanna M. Campagna, Realtor
CAMPAGNA AND ASSOCIATES, REALTORS
Sales, Leasing & Property Management
 
214-823-9080 office
214-437-5726 cell / text
1-800-265-9083 toll free
 
 
President Elect,  Dallas NARPM, 2010
National Association of Residential Property Managers

 

 
The South Central Regional Conference for NARPM, will be held in Dallas, Texas on Friday, 14th of May 2010 at the Wyndham Hotel, Love Field

 

Dare to Soar

is this years NARPM National theme.

 

The South Central Regional Conference for NARPM, will be held in Dallas, Texas on Friday, 14th of May 2010 at the Wyndham Hotel, Love Field. The hotel is located at 3300 W. Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, Texas 75235 and their phone number is (214) 357 – 8500. We have made rooms available on a limited basis for $132.25 per night.

 

Prior to the conference; there will be three educational courses being instructed by two of NARPM’s best instructors; Dave Holt from Minneapolis, Minnesota and Dallas’ own Mark Kreditor.

 

Dave will be instructing the MPM class on Operating a Maintenance Company, it will be on Wednesday and Thursday, 12th and 13th of May. This is a two day course dealing with operating residential maintenance company, providing in-depth study of business skills and procedures, besides other essential business needs.

 

Mark on Wednesday, 12th May, will be instructing the RMP class on Marketing. He will be teaching techniques in residential property management that will enhance your skills of presentations and closings in your marketing efforts to new clients.

 

On Thursday, 13th May, Mark will be instructing the RMP class on Office Operations. In the class you will learn how to write a policies and procedures manual, office operations and goal setting besides other office systems.

 

Friday, 14th of May is the conference, with our National President, Vickie Gaskill starting the day at our opening session at 8:00 AM. This starts a full packed day of events.

 

We will have morning and afternoon break out sessions that will enlighten your interest in our industry and include speakers from across the country, such as Tony Drost, NARPM’s President – Elect from Boise, Idaho. There will be a lunch between our break out sessions with have Mark Kreditor as our Keynote Speaker. Mark is sure to delight us with his knowledge and humor in property management.

 

During the day you will have plenty of time to visit with our vendors, participate in the 50/50 Raffle, network, catch up on old friendships and make new ones.

 

At the end of the conference will be the Promotion for the 2011 South Central Regional Conference in Arkansas and our Regional Meeting.

 

We have chose Herrera restaurant at 5427 Denton Drive, Dallas, Texas 75235, (214) 630 – 2599 as our “Off Site” event. It is close to the Wyndham Hotel Love Field and is “Dutch Treat”. Afterwards, we will go to Dave and Busters to assist in unwinding.

 

Saturday morning at 8:30 AM will be Leadership Tool Box Training – NARPM National, this morning will assist every individual and chapter in the leadership skills to continue the great tradition that is in our South Central Regional Conference.

 

Please mark your calendars for our next meeting

  March 18th, 2010, 11:00 am

8201 N. Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, TX 75247

 Our guest speaker will be Sina Shekou. Sina is the President of Propertyware and will do a presentation on “The Green Property Management Office”. 

The MetroTex Leasing and Property Management Committee meeting for February has been cancelled.  The Texas Association of REALTORS will be having their mid-winter meeting in Austin and on Saturday, February 20th at 9:00 am they will be holding their Property Management Committee meeting.  It is hoped that you will find time to attend and take part in this meeting.  All meetings are held at the Hyatt Regency hotel in downtown Austin.

Greater Dallas NARPM
In conjunction with
Leasing & Property Management Committee Meeting
Thursday November 19, 2009

10 AM
 
8201 Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, TX 75247
Board Room

Things we all need to know about the DFW real estate market & future

  Presented by:  Barbara Russell of the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University

 Are there going to be more foreclosures? What is happening with sales? What are the occupancy rates?  What are the lease trends?  Answers to help you discern what’s in store for us in 2010 and what happened in 2009 are on tap for our November meeting which will focus on the DFW market and what is on the horizon as we move forward into a new year.  Don’t miss the vital information that can help you achieve a stellar 2010 presented by the Real Estate Center.

 

Dallas NARPM
and

The Leasing & Property Management Committee
 of DFW Realtors

 
Thursday August 20, 2009
10 AM

 
MetroTex Association of Realtors
8201 N. Stemmons Freeway

Dallas, TX 75247

 Join us on August 20 at 10 AM for a Roundtable discussion on market trends, benchmarking opportunities and upcoming governmental affairs issues that affect both Apartment Managers and Single Family Managers.  Representatives from the Texas Apartment Association will be on hand as panelist.  Don’t miss this exciting and important meeting. 

 Guests include: Apartment Association of Greater Dallas:

    Todd Franklin – Chair of Independent Rental Owners Association

plus

Apartment Association of Tarrant County:

Perry Pillow – Governmental Affairs Director

Dallas NARPM
and

The Leasing & Property Management Committee
 of DFW Realtors

NARPM Members,


We will not have a Dallas NARPM meeting this month.  Do to the DFW Leasing
and Property Management Committee  is having their meeting in Grapevine.  Please see the announcement below and come show your support for the L&PM Committee.

Our next meeting will be July 16th with the focus being property management
software. Appfolio (internet based) and Promas (PC based) are two of our industries
leading software providers.
Leasing & Property Management Committee Meeting

Thursday June 18, 2009  10 AM

Grapevine Service Center
1681 W Northwest Hwy
Grapevine, Texas 76051

Minding Your Business Roundtable & Forms Exchange

Don't miss this month's meeting at the Grapevine Service Center.  Bring any
forms that you think might be of value to the other managers.  I know that
we will have a tenant manual, maintenance addendum and an owner manual.

We will also have a roundtable discussion on current issues and the market
in general.  Plan to share some of the best practices of your office.

Looking forward to seeing everyone.  Please invite anyone you know from
Tarrant County and help support MetroTex in an area that we don't usually
have exposure for our committee.

PS.  While these meetings are intended for MetroTex committee members, we
welcome at no charge, everyone who may be interested in joining MetroTex and
or the Leasing and Property Management Committee.


So mark your calendars for mark and plan or attending.

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Greater Dallas NARPM and the

Leasing & Property Management Committee Meeting

Thursday May 21, 2009

10 AM- 12 pm

8201 Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, TX 75247

Upstairs Training Room II 

Managing the Ever Growing Risk in Your Business

 Presented by:  Darryl Kazen, MPM® RMP®

Plus

Steve Saunders on New HVAC/Freon Laws

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“YOU’RE GONNA LOVE THIS”

 WANT TO KNOW HOW TO MAKE
THE MONEY

YOU ARE ALREADY SPENDING TAX DEDUCTIBLE?
Special Presentation

Tax Strategies For The
Property Manager

In the organization’s continuing efforts to provide you with valuable business information we have arranged for Michael Jones from the Tax Reduction Institute in Washington, DC to present a sneak preview of the upcoming nationally acclaimed seminar “Tax Strategies for the Business Professional.”

In this 25 minute presentation Mr. Jones will be sharing information including tax tips that should generate up to $2,500 in additional deductions for each and every one of us.  This talk will include:

§         Avoiding IRS Audits by recognizing red flags

§         Finding effective, time saving documentation methods

§         Maximizing your entertainment deductions

§         Using business meetings to deduct vacation expenses

§         Getting the most out of your automobile deduction

§         Helping your accountant help you.

The Tax Reduction Institute is regularly featured in many major publications including the Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Money Magazine, Kiplingers and Newsweek; their speakers have appeared on CBS “News Nightwatch,” “Good Morning America,” CNN  and the Financial News Network.”

The NARPM® Texas Style meeting was held on 20 February 2009, at the Embassy Suites Hotel Austin – Central, located at 5901 North IH – 35, Austin, Texas 78723. This is a different Embassy Suites from 2008. The meeting is from 10:30 to 5:00 PM. The phone number for the Embassy Suites is 512–454–8004 and Fax. 512–454–9047. The TAR Property Management Forum with Speaker David Mintz is 8-9 am Saturday the 21st. The TAR Property Management Committee meeting is from 9-10.
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Start now on getting your affiliates to look at joining NARPM. In the November 15th meeting we will discuss incentives to offer them. We need 11 (we have one new one and one potential) new affiliates over the course of the next year. New vendors can get 15 months for the price of 12. Have tem contact Cary to get processed.

 ~~~~~~~~~~Some of the great things that just happended~~~~

 

 

The Collin County Association of Realtors is having a class
"So you want to be a Property Manager"

Tuesday June 23rd from 6:00 to 9:30.


Many of the teachers are NARPM members.   It you know Realtors that should
attend please have them contact Dave Christensen dave@circlec.com.


Applications to join are in the library

Expert Panel Jan 13th for the CCAR network meeting by the CCAR Property Management Committee

Dave has been named Chair of the Property Management and Leasing Committee in the Collin County Association of Realtors for 2009. Dave has been the advocate trying to get it going for the North Dallas County. After about 18 months of suggestion and planting the seeds it has become official. The chair is Past President of CCAR J.C. Posey and will be meeting around 6 times a year for now until it builds up. I will appreciate your participation to help it get going and be a strong educational addition. Dave is also attending the “Texas Realtor Leadership Program III” hosted by the CCAR. You can see about that on trlp3.com Please e-mail dave@dallasnarpm.org for more information.


Resource Articles –[Next Dealine. Deadline This week]. The deadline above is for the March Issue. Please take a moment and commit some of your expertise to paper so we can share with the NARPM community. With all the heavyweights in this chapter we should have one in each edition of Residential Resource.



New Certification information of
Managers for the city of Garland

Chapter Excellence for 2008 was achieved.

 

 

WE Have “Favicons”

Feb 28th will be a Ft worth combined meeting. Susan Cameron has been booked for this event


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Zodiac Valet Trash
Jason Jones 214-476-8173 972-818-1802
3500 Oaklawn STE110
Dallas, Tx
jjones@zodiacvalettrash.com
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The new NARPM blog from the Dallas Chapter address has been changed  http://dallasnarpm.blogspot.com/  Please take a moment to visit and make a comment. Lets use it to host out worst of property management thread.  I ma inviting members to be authors. All you need is a google ID and me to send you an invitation. This is going to be a cool thing. Affiliates managers, owners and everyone can participate. There is also is a  http://texasnarpm.blogspot.com/  blog too

Discussion subject:   How many of you have a specific nich you market to?  Tell us about the worst of property management……  http://dallasnarpm.blogspot.com/ 
 

Efilosophy 101  Read from one of our members.

The first E-Chapter Meeting took place January 20th

Educational Speaker – Albert Oaten presents...
Cool Tools and Free Services: Useful Internet Tips and Tools You Can Use Today

Then

Discussion on Texas Legislative Days and Texas State Conference.
--111 folks were on and it was a huge success

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Congratulations to Chapter of the Year!!! Greater Dallas

Highly recommended the Texas Realtor Leadership Program still taking applications. I am a graduate and it really is an amazing experience.

Se…….. trlpccar.net

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Leasing and Property Management Committee
8201 N. Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, TX (exit Empire Central off I35, take the service road toward Dallas.  Next to Schlotzkys. EVERY 3RD THURSDAY 10 AM


Is a NARPM sponsor and has SAE and CE classes available. dfwrealtors.com

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