Events

TUESDAY

Rental investments: Los Angeles Harbor College offers a course on consecutive Tuesdays on how to create wealth through rentals. The course will teach how to find, evaluate, purchase, renovate, manage and sell such property as well as how to work with partners and secure start-up capital. The class costs $89 and takes place from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at 1111 Figueroa Place, Wilmington. To register, call (310) 233-4450.

WEDNESDAY

Investor networking: The Investing in Real Estate Clubs meets at the Red Lobster restaurant, 22800 Vanowen St., Canoga Park, for a discussion on hard-money lending, how to benefit from the foreclosure market and pitfalls to avoid. Cost is $25 at the door for the event, which begins at 6:30 p.m. For information, call (877) 285-8669, or e-mail director@recclubs.com.

THURSDAY

Reverse mortgages: Wells Fargo hosts a free seminar on reverse mortgages at Accredited Medical Supply, 5950 De Soto Ave., Woodland Hills, beginning at 10 a.m. To RSVP or to obtain details, call (818) 693-3331.

Reverse loans: Generation Mortgage offers a free seminar on reverse mortgages at Denny's, 1060 Huntington Drive, Duarte, starting at 11:30 a.m. To RSVP, call (877) 691-0135.

Investing education: The Investing in Real Estate Clubs meets at Coco's, 24930 Pico Canyon Road, Stevenson Ranch, for a discussion of private and hard-money lenders, and the foreclosure market. Cost is $25 at the door, which includes dinner. Scheduled start time is 6:30 p.m. For information, call (877) 285-8669.

Foreclosure buying: The Orange County Real Estate Forum will have a discussion on how to profit from today's foreclosure market. The meeting of the investment club will take place at the Doubletree Hotel at the Irvine Spectrum, 90 Pacifica Ave., Irvine. Cost is $29 at the door, or free for annual members. Networking and registration begin at 6:15 p.m. with the speakers set for 7 p.m. For information, call (562) 431-6824, or go to www.ocreforum.com.

MAY 12

Home buying: ST Mortgage Lending hosts a free seminar on the home-buying process at the Pasadena Public Library, main auditorium, 285 E. Walnut St., Pasadena, from 5:45 to 9 p.m. To register, call (626) 247-1170, Ext. 105, or go to stmortgage.com.

MAY 14

Investor networking: The Investing in Real Estate Clubs meets at the Old Spaghetti Factory, 1431 Buena Vista St., Duarte, for a discussion of asset protection. Cost is $25 at the door for the event, which begins at 6:30 p.m. For information, call (877) 285-8669.



-- Joshua Sandoval

Fax event listings on company letterhead at least two weeks before publication to Events Calendar, Real Estate Section, L.A. Times, 202 W. 1st St., L.A., CA 90012, or fax to (213) 237-7355.