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Originally posted by AOIIalum
Is anyone else actively involved with a local Housing Corporation, or on a regional/national/international level in this area?
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I am. Currently, I serve as the Director of Alumni Affairs Area Coordinators (3ACs.) The 3ACs work with the house corporations in their areas.
I was at a 3 day Phi Psi housing conference in Las Vegas this past September. It was the most productive fraternity conference that I ever attended, and not just because I left Vegas up on my gambling.
One forum was by a tax attorney who specializes in GLOs, another was by a specialist architectural firm, another by our insurance carrier, another by a gentlemen who is with the national fire marshall trade group, and one by a fund raising company.
What I learned is that it is so much easier, and cost effective, if you do everything from scratch. But only if you plan well from the beginning.
Also, for those GLOs who own a house, if it is dermined that replacing the house is cheaper than renovating, it is often easier to raise the money if the replacement structure is almost identcle to the older structure.