269-TNGRadio - Matthew Scire 3-17-12

This week, Bruce Norris of the Norris Group interviews Matthew Scire.  Matthew is the director of financial markets and community investment for the U.S. Government Accountability Office GAO.  Bruce and Matthew discuss the U.S. Government Accountability Office, the vacant property problem, Matthew's particular study on real estate investing, the loan modification program and how they are dealing with loan principal, actions HAMP is taking to help non-owner occupants, the sizes of losses lenders are taking, the biggest concerns with the number of vacancies, other stares' markets, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.

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268-TNGRadio - Shawn Watkins and Angel Bronsgeest 3-10-12

This week, Bruce Norris of the Norris Group interviews Shawn Watkins and Angel Bronsgeest of the Investors Workshops. Both own the Investors Workshops in Orange County, and they have supported I Survived Real Estate every year that it has been around.  They are investors and do a lot of their investing out of state.  Bruce, Shawn, and Angel talk about how the Investors Workshops was started, real estate clubs and investing in earlier years compared to today, the hard decisions and difficult conversations that sometimes come with the job, the process of leveraging, the mistakes people make in the buy/sell business with using their own money, cash flowing, the education side of Shawn and Angel's business, a recent chart released by the New York Federal Board, Bruce's meeting with Fannie Mae in Washington D.C., and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.

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267-TNGRadio - Shawn Watkins and Angel Bronsgeest 3-3-12

This week, Bruce Norris of the Norris Group interviews Shawn Watkins and Angel Bronsgeest of the Investors Workshops. Both own the Investors Workshops in Orange County, and they have supported I Survived Real Estate every year that it has been around.  They are investors and do a lot of their investing out of state.  They discuss Shawn and Angel's jobs prior to real estate, the market in Ogden Utah where Angel has done business, Angel's background in legal and how it lends itself to her current work, the percentage of deals where they get to talk directly to the owners, the amount of money available in California right now allowing anyone to make a deal, the demographics of people they rent to, the success of Shawn and Angel's business, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.

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266-TNGRadio - Shawn Watkins and Angel Bronsgeest 2-25-12

Bruce is interviewed this week by Shawn Watkins and Angel Bronsgeest. In a reversal this week, Shawn and Angel will in turn be interviewing Bruce Norris on his own radio show.   They discuss one-time events that happened in the world of real estate, the question if changes in legislation will affect how people things, the importance of knowing when to get out of the market versus knowing when to get in, the chart that showed a history of the difference between prices of new homes and existing homes, the changes in technology and how it has affected real estate, and much  more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.

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265-TNGRadio - Shawn Watkins and Angel Bronsgeest 2-18-12

Bruce is joined this week by Shawn Watkins and Angel Bronsgeest. In a reversal this week, Shawn and Angel will in turn be interviewing Bruce Norris on his own radio show.   They discuss how Bruce became a real estate broker and the research he did on the market, the usual time frame for shifts in the market, business models and blueprints for the real estate market, the minimal amount of external influence on Bruce looking at the next steps, the global monetary policy,  and much  more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.

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264-TNG Radio - Mike Novak-Smith and Ted Boeker 2-11-12

Bruce is joined again this week by by Mike Novak-Smith and Ted Boeker. Mike Novak-Smith is not only one of the largest REO agents in the Inland Empire, but the nation.  Mike is in the top 1% of all real estate agents nationwide and is experienced in REO, short sales, bankruptcies, asset management, and negotiating.  Ted Boeker is the owner of the company that Mike is at and has brokered for RE/Max Results in Moreno Valley.   Bruce, Ted, and Mike discuss slight improvements in the short sale process, REO and short sales and which become renters, basic changes that could come about in the downturn, and much  more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.

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263-TNG Radio - Mike Novak-Smith and Ted Boeker 2-04-12

Bruce is joined this week by by Mike Novak-Smith and Ted Boeker. Mike Novak-Smith is not only one of the largest REO agents in the Inland Empire, but the nation.  Mike is in the top 1% of all real estate agents nationwide and is experienced in REO, short sales, bankruptcies, asset management, and negotiating.  Ted Boeker is the owner of the company that Mike is at and has brokered for RE/Max Results in Moreno Valley.   Bruce, Ted, and Mike discuss 1989 being a peak year and the drastic changes in the economy afterwards, the economic cycle in the 90s and 2006-2011 downturns, shadow inventory, bulk sales and REO listings, the problem of liens and code violations placed on properties, Cash for Keys, the effect of the robo-signing on California lenders,  and much, much  more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.
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262-TNGRadio - Robert Kleinhenz 1-28-12

Bruce is joined once again this week by Robert Kleinhenz. Robert is the Chief Economist of the Kyser Center for Economic Research, which conducts research in regional, state, and national economies.  Bruce and Robert discuss the sovereign debt problem in Europe, the interest rate climate of today and how we can use it to determine the forseeable future, deflation vs. inflation, the oil world, the employment and consumer sectors, shadow inventory, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.
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261-TNGRadio - Robert Kleinhenz 1-21-12

Bruce is joined this week by Robert Kleinhenz. Robert is the Chief Economist of the Kaiser Center for Economic Research, which conducts research in regional, state, and national economies.  Bruce and Robert discuss the kind of work that LAEDC does and their market forecasts, the economy and labor market, the manufacturing sector and the educational needs related to this work, the workforce as a whole including the baby boomers, the California and national budget, the GDP, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.
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260-TNGRadio - Craig Hill 1-14-12

Bruce is joined once again this week by Craig Hill. Craig has been with The Norris Group since its inception in 1995. He has worked with the real estate investors, helping them access money for their deals and trust deed investors who want to get a very safe yield on their money.  Bruce and Craig discuss the borrower side of the loan program, gaining experience in the real estate market, the real estate world at the time Bruce and Craig first met, the hoops and filters of lending, and a lot of facts about lending people are not originally told, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.
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259-TNGRadio - Craig Hill 1-7-12

This week Bruce is joined this week by Craig Hill. Craig has been with The Norris Group since its inception in 1995. He has helped The Norris Group invest in approximately $40 million worth of trust deeds.  Bruce and Craig discuss The Norris Group and its process for handling loans, the mood in the market regarding price shifts, their relationship with the borrowers, the idea of passive loans and investing, 9.9%, 12.5%, and 4% loans, high interest yield, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.
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258-TNGRadio - Robert England 12-31-11

This week Bruce is joined once again by Robert England, author and financial journalist. Bruce and Robert discuss CDOs and how they came about, the concept of traunches, different laws passed for banking companies and investment firms, credit default swap, the illegal activity by specific investing firms, the recent trader who earned a lot of money from one trade, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast. 
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257-TNGRadio - Robert England 12-24-11

This week Bruce is joined by Robert England, author and financial journalist. Bruce and Robert discuss his book Black Box Casino: How Wall Street’s Risky Shadow Banking Crashed Global Finance and how he came up with the title, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the amount of political clout the political clubs had, the 1992 Federal Housing Enterprise Financial Safety and Soundness Act, mortgage-backed securities, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast. 
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256-TNGRadio - Carolina Reid 12-17-11

This week Bruce is joined by Carolina Reid, Senior Researcher at the Center for Responsible Lending. Bruce and Carolina discuss the idea of a 20% down payment, the foreclosure crisis and strategic foreclosures, the success of the NSP fund program, the period of time when delinquencies tripled and foreclosures declined, the short sale status, the ramifications from a decline in homeownership, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast. 
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255-TNGRadio - Carolina Reid 12-10-11

This week Bruce is joined by Carolina Reid, Senior Researcher at the Center for Responsible Lending. Bruce and Carolina discuss foreclosures and the foreclosure crisis, the connection between the foreclosure rates among communities and the loan products they received, the unintended consequences of delaying foreclosing, loan modifications, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast. 
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