Friday, February 27, 2015

Economist John Husing Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #423

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Dr. John Husing. Dr. Husing is a leading authority on the Inland Empire economy, an area he has been studying since he wrote his doctoral thesis on the region in 1964.  His influence on the business and political landscape has been so extensive that the LA times named him one of the 100 most powerful people in Southern California in 2006.  He is the writer of the Quarterly Economic Report, an economic newsletter now in its 20th year.  His company, Economics and Politics, Inc, provides consulting services for municipalities and services with economic strategies, statistical data packages, recommendations for public policy and presentations to businesses and political leaders about the nature of growth and economic trends in Southern California.  His website includes copies of his newsletter, Power Point presentations of various speeches and photographic glimpses of his exotic travel adventures. Bruce and John discuss market cycles, the point of maximum financial risk, the number of jobs created in 2014 versus 2013, the Inland Empire being one of the strongest economies in the state, rationalize of both spending and receiving on loans, and much, much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast.

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Friday, February 20, 2015

Appraiser/Investor Rick Solis Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #422

Bruce Norris is joined again this week by Rick Solis. Rick is a fellow investor, property manager, property finder, and a good teacher. Bruce and Rick discuss how Rick got his start, his most influential educators, including Zig Ziglar and John Schaub, the scratch and dent method, property management lessons, his work with Andrea Esplin, and much, much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast.

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Friday, February 13, 2015

Appraiser/Investor Rick Solis Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #421

Bruce Norris is joined again this week by Rick Solis. Rick is a fellow investor, property manager, property finder, and a good teacher. Bruce and Rick discuss how he got his start in appraisals and financing, the appraisal world and how it has changed, concerns this has caused, values of properties in 2014, inventory and its effect on the softness of price, hedge funds and their influence in the area, and much, much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast.

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Friday, February 6, 2015

Cary Pearce of Provident Bank Mortgage Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #420

Bruce Norris is joined again this week by Cary Pearce. Cary is the current sales production manager for Provident Loans. As a production manager, he has closed almost 2500 loans for about $350 million in his career as well as supervised another $1 ½ billion in other closings. Cary started in the business in 1985 when he worked at Coldwell Financial. He later went to work for Acu Bank Mortgage, where he first met Bruce. Here he was promoted to a position of branch manager. He has been with Provident as their production manager since 2009. Bruce and Cary discuss the 3% down Fannie/Freddie program, FHA and conventional loans, loan-to-value loans, crowd funding, the ease of obtaining a loan when you are self-employed, available down payment programs, mortgage insurance, Fannie/Freddie rental programs, immigration law changes, and much, much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast.

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