* Send BUSINESS CALENDAR items to the...

* Send BUSINESS CALENDAR items to the Daily Pilot, 1375 Sunflower

Ave., Costa Mesa, CA 92626; by e-mail to

[email protected]; by fax to (714) 966-4667; or by calling (714) 966-4625. Include the time, date and location of the

event, as well as a contact phone number.

SEPT. 10 TO 24

A series of tax-planning workshops for real estate owners,

featuring business and tax attorney Laura Barnard, is scheduled from

9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sept. 10, 17 and 24. The first session will

provide an overview of financial and tax advantages of real estate

ownership. The second focuses on mortgage financing, and income

deductions and calculating depreciation. The final session examines

advanced real estate strategies, including corporate partnerships and

real estate investment funds. All will be held at Orange Coast

College, Business Education room 101B, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa

Mesa. Registration is $89 per class. Information: (714) 432-5880 or

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SEPT. 14

The first annual Orange County Conference for Women -- featuring

ESPN analyst Ann Meyers as the keynote speaker -- is a time to share,

listen, learn and network. The event is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to

2:30 p.m. on Sept. 14 at the Balboa Bay Club and Resort, 1221 West

Coast Highway, Newport Beach. Information: o7www.ocwomen.org.

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SEPT. 24

A home-inspection business workshop, featuring business owner

Howard Larnard, is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 24 at the

Technology Center at Orange Coast College, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa

Mesa. Registration is $125. Information: (714) 432-5045 or

o7www.occtickets.com.

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ONGOING

The Costa Mesa chapter of Ali Lassen’s Leads Club, an

international group for business referrals and networking, meets at

noon Thursdays at the Newport Beach Yacht Club. Information: (800)

767-7337 or o7www.leadsclubla.comf7.

Learn how to expand your local business contacts by joining the

Costa Mesa chapter of Leads Club. The chapter will be a Thursday

lunch group. Information: (800) 767-7337.

Learn how to expand your local business contacts at the Newport

Beach-Irvine chapter of Leads Club on Tuesdays from 8 to 9:15 a.m. at

the Marriot Suites, 500 Bayview Circle, Newport Beach. Information:

(949) 551-8135.

The Costa Mesa Chamber of Commerce hosts networking luncheon

meetings Wednesdays from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Costa Mesa

Country Club. The cost is $14. The club is at 1701 Golf Course Drive,

Costa Mesa. Information: (714) 885-9090.