February Meeting: Real Property

The February chapter meeting will be held on Thursday, February 8, 2007 at the L'Olivier Restaurant. ASA members are invited to attend the Board of Directors meeting at 5:30 p.m. The Chapter meeting will get underway with a networking mixer at 6:30 p.m. Dinner is at 7:00 p.m. when the guest speaker will be Charles B. Warren, ASA who will continue the controversy in a talk about Conservation Easements. A man of many parts, Mr. Warren is multilingual, a prolific author on a variety of real estate issues from here to Istanbul, an entertaining speaker, an FAA pilot, a Coast Guard master, a past President of the ASA San Francisco chapter, and the principal of Warren & Warren. The program qualifies for one hour of ASA Continuing Education Credit. Attendance certificates will be distributed during the program. All ASA members are invited. Dinner is $35 per person payable to "ASA"; your check can be brought to the dinner. Please RSVP promptly to Chapter President James E. McCann by email.

January Meeting: Economic Outlook

The January chapter meeting will be held on Thursday, January 11, 2007 at the L'Olivier Restaurant. ASA members are invited to attend the Board of Directors meeting at 5:30 p.m. The Chapter meeting will get underway with a networking mixer at 6:30 p.m. Dinner is at 7:00 p.m. when the guest speaker will be Gary C. Zimmerman, a Senior Economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco who will present a Regional Economic Outlook. Mr. Zimmerman's presentation will address various markets, and should be of interest to all appraisal disciplines. The program qualifies for one hour of ASA Continuing Education Credit. Attendance certificates will be distributed during the program. All ASA members are invited. Dinner is $35 per person payable to "ASA"; your check can be brought to the dinner. Please RSVP promptly to Chapter President James E. McCann by email.

Online Real Estate Courses

San Francisco Chapter member David R. Lewis, ASA, SR/WA is offering two online real estate courses at Santa Rosa Junior College for the Spring 2007 semester. The courses, Residential Real Estate Appraisal and Real Estate Economics, are both 100% online. The economics course will be useful to planners and to appraisers needing CE credit for license renewal. If the class is full, contact Dave for an option to add the class.