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UPCOMING COURSE SUMMARIES

September 21-23, 2011 | Chicago, IL

Hotel 71
(312) 346-7100 - $173/night

Fee: $725 Earlybird 8/19/11
        $760 regular 
Register 3, get 1 free

Prerequisites: none

Instructor: Brian D. Alten, CPA

Accounting Foundations: Budgeting & Subsidy Maximization is an annual, 2½ day course that will provide foundations for building better budgets while maximizing funding from all programs and sources.

Covering new topics - featuring strategies to maximize Operating subsidy and techniques to develop Cost Allocation Plans. Attendees will learn to maximize scoring on the Interim PHAS and obtain strategies to integrate Capital Funds with the LIPH program (AMPs). Additionally, we will show how to monitor HCV program leasing and increase funding.

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December 1-2, 2011 | Las Vegas, NV

Paris Las Vegas Hotel
(877) 603-4389 - $99/night

Fee: $600 Earlybird 10/20/11
        $635 regular 
Register 3, get 1 free

Prerequisites: none

Instructor: Brian D. Alten, CPA

2012: Everything You Need To Know will help prepare your agency for the challenges in the upcoming year. This 2-day seminar for the executive team will discuss strategies and techniques to survive and succeed in a year of funding cuts and likely reserve recapture. We will also consolidate all the important goals, deadlines and hot topics for 2012.

Topics include - Preparing for funding in 2012, Operating Reserves, 2012 important dates, the Interim PHAS rule and scoring, maximizing FDS scoring and your PHA’s revenue, structuring your low income housing portfolio, as well as what you need to know in 2012 about Section 8 and the Capital Fund.

Final course content may be influenced by proposed rules released for comment this fall.

2011 COURSE SUMMARIES

March 16-18, 2011 | Ft. Lauderdale, FL

The Westin Fort Lauderdale
(866) 317-1829 - $99/night

Fee: $725 Earlybird 2/15/11
        $760 regular 
Register 3, get 1 free

Prerequisites: none

Instructor: Brian D. Alten, CPA

Back to Basics: The Year End Close is an annual, 2½ day course that will provide work paper techniques that will enable you to close your books more efficiently and help to ensure your work papers are audit ready.

Covering new topics - changes to the Financial Data Schedule, properly reporting your post 2004 and pre 2003 HCV administrative fee reserves, and the latest PHAS and Subsidy updates - this session will ensure that attendees feel confident to successfully tackle their monthly and year end close.

March 25, 2011

Session 1: 10AM EST
Session 2: 1PM EST

Fee: $75, Payable by PayPal

Instructor: Brian D. Alten, CPA

Asher PHA Finance presents a two hour webinar that will review important aspects of the Interim PHAS Rule and the related sub-indicators.

This session will cover the rule's major elements and key submission deadlines.

May 12-13, 2011 | Dallas, TX

The Westin Galleria Dallas
(888) 627-8536 - $107/night

Fee: $600 Earlybird 4/11/11
        $635 regular 
Register 3, get 1 free

Prerequisites: none

Instructor: Claire E. Russ, PHM

With knowledge comes peace of mind; join us at the Westin Galleria Dallas for The Bottom Line: Fundamentals for Non-Financial Managers - a workshop style, plain language course that will be built around your PHA’s budget report.

Covering new topics - including step by step techniques to isolate bottom line performance, categorize and prioritize expenses, explain YTD variance, build a foundation of core public housing accounting concepts PLUS a special module on the Interim PHAS rule & strategies to ensure your property management team is prepared for the latest MASS requirements. *Attendees are encouraged to submit their budget vs actual report for inclusion in the coursework.