The Washoe County Senior Law Project is holding FREE seminars about foreclosure and foreclosure mediation for anyone that needs to know more about the foreclosure process, or help to prevent it.
New Nevada law entitles you to mediation prior to foreclosure. These FREE seminars will describe the new process and provide other information that may help you avoid foreclosure. Seminars will be held at the Reno Senior Center at 1155 E. 9th St. on the following dates:
Saturday, January 23rd from 9am to noon
*Thursday, January 28th at 5:30 pm (received a notice of default only)
Thursday, February 11th at 5:30 pm
Thursday February 25th at 5:30 pm
Basic foreclosure information, such as the time frame of the process and common options available from your mortgage company, will be provided at the following seminars:
Saturday, January 30th from 10 am - 3pm
Carson City Senior Center - 911 Beverly Dr., Carson City
Wednesday, February 3rd from 4pm - 6:30 pm
Reno Senior Center at 1155 E. 9th St.
Saturday, February 20th from 9am - noon
Reno Senior Center at 1155 E. 9th St.
Space is limited so please RSVP to Washoe County Senior Services at (775) 328-2592.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
Tired of Training? There's More Coming!
OK...most of us working in construction in Nevada have obtained our OSHA 30 or OSHA 10 certifications. We're ready to hit the jobsite. Right? Wrong! Many builders and contractors who are doing small remodeling jobs while they wait for our market to stabilize are now faced with a new, pretty unpleasant mandate: Lead Certification!
The short "heads up" is that this is the brand new Lead Renovator, Repair and Painting program (LRRP) that we’re talking about, NOT the prior lead abatement program. It’s a new regulation adopted by EPA, effective in April 2010, which requires that all contractors who perform renovation, repair and painting projects that disturb lead-based paint in homes, child care facilities, and schools built before 1978 where children may be present must be certified by the EPA and must follow specific work practices to prevent lead contamination. Failure to follow the rule can result in severe civil penalties and other unpleasantness. And by severe civil penalties, I mean fines of up to $37,500 per day per violation, not to mention exposure to civil liability actions with treble damages. Like I said, unpleasant.
Taken to a penultimate scenario, suppose you're all set to remodel the kitchen of an empty-nester, retired couple who plan to invite their grandchildren over for Christmas next year. They don't have children living in the home, so you're not required to comply with LRRP, right? Wrong again! Notice the "where children may be present" requirement? To remodel this kitchen, you must comply with LRRP.
The best thing a building company can do is to have a LRRP-certified person present within your company. Better yet, have two--you'll need one available in case the other is on vacation or is sick....or leaves to move somewhere where the snow doesn't fall and the cost of living is low.
Visit our website for a training schedule. We'll be adding more lead training classes in April, and will continue to offer them regularly. An OSHA training schedule is also posted. I guess the old saying is true...."if you can't beat 'em, join 'em!"
The short "heads up" is that this is the brand new Lead Renovator, Repair and Painting program (LRRP) that we’re talking about, NOT the prior lead abatement program. It’s a new regulation adopted by EPA, effective in April 2010, which requires that all contractors who perform renovation, repair and painting projects that disturb lead-based paint in homes, child care facilities, and schools built before 1978 where children may be present must be certified by the EPA and must follow specific work practices to prevent lead contamination. Failure to follow the rule can result in severe civil penalties and other unpleasantness. And by severe civil penalties, I mean fines of up to $37,500 per day per violation, not to mention exposure to civil liability actions with treble damages. Like I said, unpleasant.
Taken to a penultimate scenario, suppose you're all set to remodel the kitchen of an empty-nester, retired couple who plan to invite their grandchildren over for Christmas next year. They don't have children living in the home, so you're not required to comply with LRRP, right? Wrong again! Notice the "where children may be present" requirement? To remodel this kitchen, you must comply with LRRP.
The best thing a building company can do is to have a LRRP-certified person present within your company. Better yet, have two--you'll need one available in case the other is on vacation or is sick....or leaves to move somewhere where the snow doesn't fall and the cost of living is low.
Visit our website for a training schedule. We'll be adding more lead training classes in April, and will continue to offer them regularly. An OSHA training schedule is also posted. I guess the old saying is true...."if you can't beat 'em, join 'em!"
Friday, January 15, 2010
Forecast for 2010 - partly sunny!
More than 250 people attended Forecast 2010 & Beyond Wednesday and discovered that there are some bright spots for this year!
Elliot Eisenberg reminded us that us that we are not the worst market in the country and that national economic indicators show that things should start to improve for 2010. Attendees got a good chuckle at his suggestion that we need to market ourselves better and suggested we change Reno to East Tahoe!
Tim Ruffin wins the quote of the day with “flat is the new up”. Commercial deals are flat, which is better than down!
Mark Krueger reported that more land deals happened at the end of 2009 than in the past 4 years and that the majority of those sales were to local builders.
Ken Amundson busted some myths and let us know that prices are not still falling, and in fact demand for homes under $200,000 may actually be driving prices back up.
The speakers presentations are now available on our website.
Elliot Eisenberg reminded us that us that we are not the worst market in the country and that national economic indicators show that things should start to improve for 2010. Attendees got a good chuckle at his suggestion that we need to market ourselves better and suggested we change Reno to East Tahoe!
Tim Ruffin wins the quote of the day with “flat is the new up”. Commercial deals are flat, which is better than down!
Mark Krueger reported that more land deals happened at the end of 2009 than in the past 4 years and that the majority of those sales were to local builders.
Ken Amundson busted some myths and let us know that prices are not still falling, and in fact demand for homes under $200,000 may actually be driving prices back up.
The speakers presentations are now available on our website.
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