Breakfast with the Experts
Join us for breakfast and gain useful insight from an industry expert in this popular monthly series.
Upcoming Programs:
Purchase Reverse Mortgages:
Cutting edge purchase financing for older home buyers
Wednesday, September 22, 2010, - 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
BAGB Office: 700 Congress Street, Suite 202, Quincy, MA 02169 [Map/Get Directions]
Presented by: Steve Pepe
If you build housing for or market to home buyers aged 62 and older, you need to know about this innovative, FHA-Insured purchase financing product -- the HECM for Purchase.
At this breakfast, you will acquire a comprehensive understanding of the HECM for Purchase program from an instructor who is an attorney, a reverse mortgage loan consultant for a nationwide lender, and a former reverse mortgage counselor.
The presentation will cover:
- A ’nuts and bolts’ program overview including borrower eligibility, property eligibility, and loan amounts
- Comparing the HECM for Purchase to other purchase financing options available to older homebuyers
- Case Studies
About our Expert
September’s "Breakfast with the Experts" will be presented by Steve Pepe.
Steve has been a Reverse Mortgage Consultant with a leading nationwide reverse mortgage lender for almost 5 years. He completed one of the first HECM for Purchase transactions in Massachusetts. Steve has been an attorney licensed in Massachusetts since 1999. He is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Boston Estate Planning Council, The Worcester Chapter of Financial Services Professionals, and the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. For six years, Steve was the staff attorney at Community Service Network, Inc. of Stoneham, MA, a nonprofit, HUD-Approved housing counseling agency.
From 2004 - 2006 he provided reverse mortgage counseling to nearly 1,400 senior homeowners as an AARP Foundation Reverse Mortgage Education Project counselor. Steve is a graduate of Suffolk University (B.A., cum laude) and Suffolk University Law School (J.D.).
Steve can be reached at 508-332-8100 or by email here.
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Understanding the Massachusetts Lead Law:
Updates and How Contractors Can Protect Themselves
Tuesday, October 5, 2010, 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Doubletree Suites Hotel, 550 Winter St, Waltham, MA 02453 [Map/Get Directions]
Presented by: Andrea Goldman, Law Office of Andrea Goldman
This BTE “Before the Event” will take place before the October Legislative Update (evening program).
In July, the Massachusetts Division of Occupational Safety (DOS) received EPA authorization to administer its own standards for renovation, repair and painting work in target housing and child-occupied facilities, in lieu of the RRP Rule being enforced by the EPA in Massachusetts. The regulations affect any contractor/builder doing work in pre-1978 housing. This session will give a valuable overview of the rules and regulations pertinent to Massachusetts contractors.
The presentation will cover:
- Key difference between the MA law and the RRP rule
- Contract clauses to protect contractors
- Insurance considerations for interacting with homeowners
About our Expert
October’s ‘Before the Event’ Expert is Andrea Goldman.
Principal in the firm Law Office of Andrea Goldman, Andrea is an attorney who focuses on helping parties resolve disputes in construction, real estate, and business matters through litigation, arbitration, and mediation. Ms. Goldman also advises construction and corporate clients on contracts and other legal issues in managing their businesses.
Ms. Goldman has been an arbitrator since 2003 and mediator since 1996. She is a member of the American Bar Association, where she is Co-Chair of the Construction Law Committee of the General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division. At the Massachusetts Bar Association, she is Co-Chair of the Law Practice Management Section Council and participates in the lawyer referral service. She is also a member of the Women’s Bar Association, and was a member of the board, Co-Chair of their Middlesex County committee, and runs a mentoring circle. Ms. Goldman is a graduate of Brown University and Northeastern University School of Law.
Contact info: 617-467-3072 - www.andreagoldmanlaw.com
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Are you an Expert?
BAGB is seeking submissions from members and others who can share their expertise through our monthly BTE - "Breakfast with the Experts" series and provide our members and industry associates an opportunity to learn from you.
To submit a Request for Proposal:
1. Click on the image of the document below.
2. Fill out the PDF completley.
3. Print and fax to 617-773-1660 or email to admin@bagb.org
Or mail the form to BAGB - Education, 700 Congress Street, Suite 202, Quincy, MA 02619.
BTE meets in the BAGB Classroom 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
For more information or to register for a class, please contact BAGB at 617-773-1300 or e-mail admin@bagb.org
