Remind your clients: In the winter, homes may require extra attention when it comes to maintenance.

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February 3 - Credit Restoration, 10-11:30 a.m.

Catch this Free Friday Focus workshop and start converting your prospects into real buyers. It isn't just "people with no money" who have bad credit, it affects everyone. You'll hear from Kansas City Credit Services, a company that has specialized in helping customers with credit restoration, including credit repair, teaching clients how to negotiate debt payoff with creditors that are currently contacting them and helping them rebuild their credit profile.

February 17 - Bankruptcy Alternatives, 10-11:30 a.m.

Maybe it's you who needs this information about foreclosure alternatives for your personal life. At the very least, when you know this information, you can help your potential clients. Come hear from two attorneys who specialize in mortgage stripping, avoiding bankruptcy and the ramifications of foreclosure. Where else can you go to for top-level information like this and it doesn't cost you a dime? Only here at a KCRAR Friday Focus workshop.

Register for these workshops and more here.

February 13 - Affiliate Networking & Business Development

Affiliates: Please join us in the KCRAR classroom on Monday, Feb. 13 for the 2012 Affiliate Networking & Business Development Event. Join other KCRAR Affiliate members for a panel discussion on the benefits of your affiliate membership, making the most of your membership, and forming relationships with other affiliates and REALTOR® members. Nonmembers are welcome!

Come at 2:30 for networking; the panel discussion follows from 3-4 p.m. You'll learn about the benefits of an affiliate membership, making the most of networking, effective presentations for office sales meetings and implementing a mentor program. Registration is free, but you must R.S.V.P. to carries@kcrar.com.

February 24, 2012 - Ugly Sweater Winter Bowling Tournament 

Don your best ugly sweater and join us for an afternoon of bowling and fun on Friday, Feb. 24 at Park Lanes (7701 Renner Road, Shawnee, KS 66217). Whether the sweater is flashy, trashy or tacky - the uglier, the better!

The cost is $20 per person. Teams of up to five players are allowed, and prizes will be given for Best Team Name, Best Team Score, Ugliest Sweater and the coveted "At Least I Showed Up" award for the lowest-scoring bowler. 

Check-in and registration begins at 1:30 p.m. and bowling will follow at 2 p.m. The event includes a pizza lunch with dessert. Secure your spot today by registering here by Feb. 17.  

All owners of rental dwellings located in Kansas City, Mo. must renew or establish registration of their rental properties with the city's Neighborhood and Community Services Department for 2012 before Feb 1.

Owners can register rental properties through Jan. 31 without incurring a registration fee. However, failure to register a rental dwelling before Feb. 1 will result in the issuance of an administrative citation fine of $50. For each month (or portion thereof) that a rental dwelling is not registered, an additional $50 fee will be assessed. For example, a rental property not registered until August will be assessed a fine of $350. Registration is required on a calendar-year basis and expires each Dec. 31.

Online registration and more information is available here. Registrations forms also are available online that can be downloaded and submitted by mail or in person. For more information about the Rental Registration and Inspection Program, contact Shalisha Boles, Neighborhood and Community Services Department, at 816-513-3200.