EVENTS CALENDAR

TUESDAY

Setting the Stage for a Successful Home Sale: Designer-decorator Margaret Fleming will tell homeowners what to do before the Realtor gets there.

Location: The Burbank Library auditorium at Olive and Glenoaks.

Time: 7 p.m.

Cost: Free

Information: Ellen Tanner, (818) 238-5551.

TUESDAY-THURSDAY

Apartment Author to Speak: Eugene E. Vollucci, director of the Center for Real Estate Studies and author of “How to Buy and Sell Apartments” (John Wiley & Sons), will give a series of two-hour workshops on “Tips on Buying and Selling Rental Property.”

Location: Tuesday at National University, Sherman Oaks, 14724 Ventura Blvd.; Wednesday at National University, 3390 Harbor Blvd., Costa Mesa; and Thursday at University of Phoenix, 1515 W. 190th St., Gardena.

Time: 1-3 p.m.

Cost: Free but limited to 25 registrants.

Information: (800) 955-3135, Ext. 3, for registration.

SATURDAY

First-Time Home Buyers: A seminar for first-time buyers, including the successful steps in buying a home, credit and scoring, tax benefits and loan parameters.

Location: 1000 Fremont Ave., South Pasadena.

Time: 9:15 a.m.-noon

Cost: Free; reservations required.

Information: (626) 395-9620, American Financial.

SATURDAY

Buying a First Home or Investment Property: A daylong class on buying properties with no money down, learning how to find the right property to buy and negotiating the right price, finding out about credit scoring, and discovering when to buy and when to sell.

Location: Orange Coast College, 2701 Fairview, Costa Mesa.

Time: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Cost:

Information: (888) 993-9399; for registration, (714) 432-5880.

SEPT. 24

Apartment Industry Conference: More than 40 apartment experts will examine the industry at Apartments 2001, featuring W. Dean Henry and R. Scot Sellers as keynote speakers. Henry is president of Legacy Partners Residential, one of the largest developers and managers of residential property in the Western United States. Sellers is chairman and chief executive of Archstone Communities, a national leader in all aspects of the apartment industry.

Location: Century Plaza Hotel.

Time: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Cost: $260 if registering before Monday; $295 thereafter.

Information: (310) 271-1276.