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PorterWorks, Inc. provides valuable solutions to professionals, businesses, organizations and consumers—solutions in education, information, and consulting.

Education Solutions: Here you can find courses on a variety of topics presented by a well-respected line-up of instructors. “Live Classes”, “Online Classes” and “Webinars” links list when and where those courses are offered. Don’t forget we can do exclusive workshops for your whole team and if you’re looking for a keynote speaker, Dave gets rave reviews.

Information Solutions: This is your portal to a wealth of resources: web links, articles and research documents, educational videos and the PorterWorks, Inc. Book Store with products personally selected by Dave and Anna Porter, the PorterWorks staff and contract instructors. We’ve also provided a great glossary of terms that will come in handy for you.

Consulting Solutions: We provide individual coaching for sales and personal development gains and consulting services for companies and organizations on ways to become sustainable, increase sales, improve employee performance, increase customer satisfaction, and identify and replicate best practices.

Latest Additions

Porter's Pointer: Block & Tackle

We all have too much to do. I have a blessing and a curse for you. Starting right now you can no longer say “I don’t have the time.”
We make time for what’s important. If you are late to a meeting but have 3 ounces of gas in your car’s tank – you stop – you find the time.
Time is the great equalizer. Rich or poor, sick or healthy, educated or not – we all have the same amount of time. If it’s really important to you, you’ll find a way to make the time. It’s that simple.

What Value Does Your Loan Officer Add?

A good loan officer has a network of high quality referral partners to help you. Many of the criteria for choosing a loan officer are less tangible than the old “price/product/service model”, but frankly, they may prove more valuable over time.
Read this article and many others by Ozzy on: www.ozzyenglish.wordpress.com

Quantifying Solar Power Value for Buildings

Solar power for residential and commercial buildings has been gaining momentum rapidly in the last few years, in spite of bad press about government-funded solar companies going belly-up.

Inch by Inch

Mark Fleming, CoreLogic's Chief Economist, is not ready to break out the champagne and ticker tape but he sees some signs that 2012 could be the year that the housing market turns around--or rather, turns a corner...in a positive direction.

Kudos to Claudia Wicks

Received this wonderful note from Claudia Wicks, friend, colleague and former owner of Base RE Classes which are now part of PorterWorks since Claudia retired:

Claudia Wicks - Instructor Lifetime Achievement Award - 12.2.2011

I just wanted to say thank you for all of the response I have received. I am truly honored.

Can Going Green Grow Your Business?

Okay. Unless you've been living under a rock (in which case you aren't doing much business anyway!) you have to have noticed a lot of talk about "green"--green building, green living, green products, etc. It's now hard to imagine life before green. But it should be clear that green is the direction every sector is heading so you've got two choices.

Expanding Education Solutions

PorterWorks has just expanded it's course lineup by acquiring, a well-respected collection of courses approved for real estate continuing education in Washington State. Retiring RE Base Camp CEO, Claudia Wicks, turned the reins over to Dave, a long-time friend and colleague, on October 15.

Ripe and Ready; Or Not?

Time was that if you did an internet search for the term "green mortgage" more than a million sites came up and there were some pretty creative ways banks were marketing the idea. Some banks would offer a discount on the rate, others would offer a reduction in closing costs. None of the options was truly a "green mortgage" backed by the secondary market; instead these were small incentives that individual companies would use--not unlike the days of offering free toasters to new account holders.

PorterWorks and Sage Environmental Services Team Up on Trash

September 8, 2011 was the premier of a new documentary that was the product of a combined effort between PorterWorks and Sage Environmental Services. Sage Environmental Services, Inc.

HVCC to AMC to AIR

The Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC) establishes standards for solicitation, selection, compensation, conflicts of interest and appraiser independence.