EVENTS CALENDAR

MONDAY

Apartment management: The upsides and downsides of apartment management, including how to screen potential renters, lease units, collect rents on time, deal with tenant needs and pitch yourself to get the job.

Location: West Los Angeles College, 9000 Overland Ave., Culver City

Time: 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Cost: $24 (couples, $40)

Information: Westside Extension, (310) 287-4475.

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TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY

Rental property: A seminar for investors and property owners to learn how to profitably buy and sell rental property. Finding start-up capital and avoiding capital-gains taxes are among the subjects.

Location: Sessions to be held at the University of Phoenix Learning Centers on Tuesday in Woodland Hills, 5955 DeSoto Ave.; on Wednesday, in La Mirada, 14320 Firestone Blvd.; on Thursday, in Gardena, 1515 W. 190th St.

Time: 1 to 3 p.m.

Cost: Free, but seating limited; reservations recommended.

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

THURSDAY

Career night: Explore real estate sales as a career.

Location: Keller Williams Realty, 4079-b Redwood Ave., Los Angeles

Time: 7 p.m.

Cost: Free; reservations suggested

Information: (310) 305-8333.

SATURDAY

Home-buyer education: This daylong workshop will focus on many aspects of homeownership, including credit and budgeting analysis. How to buy a house with a 1% to 3% down payment and how the Section 8 home-buyers program works will be explained along with information on the L.A. city and county down-payment assistance program. A certificate of completion will be given at the end of the workshop.

Location: 3725 Don Felipe Drive, Los Angeles

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Cost: $25; seating limited, reservations recommended.

Information: (323) 274-1044; workshop presented by the Multicultural Real Estate Alliance for Urban Change.

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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.