The 2003 IRPOA convention  is available in CD or audio tape format. These are very useful and informative programs. All of the programs listed below are recorded live and each are on a separate tape or cd within the package.

Joe Weslock - Environmental Issues - The SI Group 847-956-8589
Learn about the regulations and requirements for disclosure and mitigation of environmental hazards like lead, asbestos, underground storage tanks, radon, mold, etc. Joe is from the SI Group, a company that handles mitigation of environmental hazards. He talks about methods for testing, mitigating and avoiding the potential liability of environmental hazards.

Scott Chastain - Drugs and Drug Laws
A Waukegan Police Officer who works in the drug and gang unit will teach us how to recognize drug and gain activity, how to deal with it and how to keep it out of our rentals.

Dr. Ronald Jahner - Stress Management - 847-949-000 or 773-294-9521IVM
Stress can enhance your performance if properly managed, but it also can do serious damage in your health. Dr. Jahner will discuss the positive and negative sides of stress and give us some useful techniques for managing it. At Hawthorne Wellness Center in Mundelein he utilizes a number of different energy medicine techniques to help patients overcome the illnesses caused by stress.

John Hyre - Real Estate Taxation
Tax attorney, accountant and real estate investor. His clients are all real estate investors. He has worked for two of the Big Five accounting firms and for Fortune 500 companies. He specializes in saving real estate investors big bucks...and invests the fees that he earns in more real estate.

Julie Eckard - Applicant Screening
Ninety percent of your problems as a landlord come for 10% of your tenants. Learn how to avoid the bad ones, even in areas where credit checks give you little or not information. Julie is a Board Member of IRPOA and LCAOA. She owns and manages properties in Lake County and teaches tenant screening in the Waukegan Landlord Training program.

Verella Osborne - Property Management and Eviction Process - 312-726-0036
In case the screening doesn't work...As the owner of Legal Document Management Serves, Verella has extensive knowledge of the eviction process. She will show us the ins and outs of how the process works, why landlords lose in court and how to get it right.

John Patronik - Lead Paint - Regulations and Disclosure Laws - 312-886-3489
John Patronik is with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5. He will be telling us about the disclosure laws with regard to lead paint and the various things we need to do to comply with the regulations. He will also talk about ways to mitigate the problem and our liability.

Jilly Whiting - Claim the Homestead Exemption for Rental Homes in Illinois
Former IRPOA President, Secretary and current NW Regional Vice President, Jilly Whiting talks about homestead exemptions. They are available on rental homes too. She'll share how to get the local taxing bodies in Illinois to follow the law and let you use them.

Taft West - Property Maintenance Systems
Taft West is Deputy Director of Community Investment Corps' Capacity Building Program. During his twenty-year real estate career, Taft has worked in various management assignments, including Condominiums, Affordable Housing and Public Housing, often managing 1000+ units at a time. He talks about how to keep buildings working and tenants happy.

Rich and Debbie Schnell - Immigrant Populations, Investors and Rentals
Rich and Debbie are attorneys in Des Plaines who specialize in immigration law. Learn how investors and property managers can work with immigrant work forces, tenants, sellers and buyers.

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