A young couple looking at a new home to purchase

What You'll Learn

This webcast, exclusively for AAA Members, will cover ways to help you navigate the homebuying process and answer questions such as, "Should I even be thinking about buying a home?" We'll have a discussion that will open your eyes to the Open House and beyond.


Items covered will include:

  • Owning vs. renting (psst, it's ok to rent)
  • Do I need a cosigner or not?
  • How do I rate? -- Mortgage basics
  • Helping your offer to stand out

 

Who should attend?

  • First-time buyers
  • Renters exploring options
  • Young professionals weighing the pros and cons
  • Families planning for the future
  • Empty nesters

 

Join us for a wide-ranging conversation on the keys to the real estate market


Host - Trina Bowden
meet the guest speaker

Trina Bowden

With more than 20 years of experience in Financial Services, Trina Bowden leads distribution efforts for the Banking department at AAA – The Auto Club Group. In this role, Trina's primary focus is partnering with agents across all sales distribution channels to provide product education, training and support.

As a TEDx speaker and John Maxwell Co certified coach, Trina uses her leadership experience in sales, community outreach and team performance to teach others how to follow their passion and achieve results. She is known for her creative planning ability, engaging activities and passion to make a difference! Trina has also served as the founding ERG Lead for the Emerging Professionals Employee Resource Group with the Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and currently remains active in the group as a DEI Champion, both within and outside of the organization.

Trina has been a part of the AAA family for 17 years, starting her career as a frontline insurance sales agent in the Spring Hill, FL, AAA office and moving up with increasing levels of responsibility in management and operations. Her favorite quote is, “Success is waking up in the morning, whoever you are, wherever you are, however old or young, and bounding out of bed because there’s something out there that you love to do, that you believe in, that you’re good at – something that’s bigger than you are, and you can hardly wait to get at it again today.” – Whit Hobbs

Host - Skyler McKinley
meet the host

Skyler McKinley

Skyler leads the public affairs teams at AAA - The Auto Club Group in Colorado, North Dakota and Minnesota. He is an established expert in the media and before policymakers on issues related to non-automotive mobility, automotive technology, traffic safety, leisure travel, property and casualty insurance, and more. 

Skyler has advised a number of prominent elected officials in Colorado, including Lakewood mayors Adam Paul, Bob Murphy and Steve Burkholder; former Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett; former State Senator and now-Jefferson County Commissioner Andy Kerr; and former Jefferson County Clerk and Recorder George Stern. In 2007, McKinley helped produce a television spot that Time Magazine called one of the “Top 10 Campaign Ads of All Time." In 2021, he built and managed a custom transportation system for CNN’s special coverage of the presidential inauguration.

Skyler holds degrees in journalism and legal theory, summa cum laude, from American University in Washington, D.C. He chairs the board of directors of Transportation Solutions, a Denver-based transportation management association, and serves as treasurer on the board of the Denver Press Club, America's oldest press club. He’s a member of the Oak Creek Fire Protection District board of directors. 

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