EVENTS CALENDAR

TODAY

Inside passages: Historical home tours, including the Gamble House, right, Victorian-era homes in the Heritage Square Museum, the Lummis Home and Garden, and the mansion that houses the Pasadena Historical Museum, will be part of Museums of the Arroyo Day festival. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Events will be held throughout the day at each location. Shuttle service begins at 11 a.m. and will be available from parking lots at the Pasadena Historical Museum, 470 W. Walnut St. in Pasadena; the Heritage Square Museum, 3800 Homer St., Los Angeles; and the Southwest Museum, 234 Museum Drive, Los Angeles. For more information: (213) 740-8687. Free.

TUESDAY

First-timer tips: A seminar for first-time home buyers will include successful steps in buying a home, credit and scoring, tax benefits and loan parameters. 5:45 to 8:30 p.m. For more information: American Financial, (626) 395-9620. Cost: free; but reservations required.

WEDNESDAY

Community Assns. trade show: The annual spring trade show of the Greater Los Angeles chapter of the Community Assns. Institute will showcase 50 industry exhibitors and feature a roundtable legal seminar. 5 to 7:15 p.m. for registration and trade show; 7:15 to 9:15 p.m. for seminar. Pickwick Center, 1001 Riverside Drive, Burbank. For more information: (310) 445-5454. Cost: free.

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Send event listings on company letterhead at least 10 days before publication to Events Calendar, Real Estate Section, Los Angeles Times, 202 W. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA 90012 or fax to Real Estate Events Calendar at (213) 237-4712.