Friday, April 24, 2015

Mike Novak-Smith and Ted Boecker of RE/MAX Join Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #431

Bruce Norris is joined again this week by Ted Boecker and Mike Novak-Smith. Ted is the owner and broker of RE/Max Results in Moreno Valley. He started the company in 1989, and he has been experienced at practicing law and being a general contractor. He has also operated different types of developments. Mike Novak-Smith is one of the leading REO agents in the entire country and the top 1% of all real estate agents nationwide. He is experienced in REO short sales, bankruptcies, asset management and negotiating. He specializes in REOs in Riverside and works with Ted’s brokerage. Bruce, Mike, and Ted discuss the difficulty today in getting loans, hedge funds, the decrease in loans handled by FHA, the need for a open market sale, the cut in full-time jobs, the initial pre-qual process, the decline in FHA loan limits, and much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast.

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Friday, April 17, 2015

Mike Novak-Smith and Ted Boecker of REMAX Join Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #430

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Ted Boecker and Mike Novak-Smith. Ted is the owner and broker of RE/Max Results in Moreno Valley. He started the company in 1989, and he has been experienced at practicing law and being a general contractor. He has operated different types of developments. Mike Novak-Smith is one of the leading REO agents in the entire country and the top 1% of all real estate agents nationwide. He is experienced in REO short sales, bankruptcies, asset management and negotiating. He specializes in REOs in Riverside and works with Ted’s brokerage. Bruce, Mike, and Ted discuss the transition in the industry from 1989 to 1992, inventory accumulation from HUD and VA auctions, this year's sales, lending in 2015 compared to other years, the price people are willing to pay for loans, and much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast.

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Friday, April 10, 2015

Coldwell Banker Pioneer Owner Lance Martin Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #429

Bruce Norris is joined again this week by Lance Martin.  Lance has been in the real estate business for nearly 30 years as a broker owner of Coldwell Banker Town and Country Real Estate, which serves the Inland Empire.  Lance is an expert in residential REO sales, property has a huge property management business, and hires about 250 agents. Bruce and Lance discuss the private money and occupant world, FHA loan limits, credit requirements for Fannie and FHA, hedge funds, private financing, the recent nothing-down loan program, the age of decision-making for millennials compared to baby boomers, the duration after the recovery from a foreclosure or short sale credit, and much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast.

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Thursday, April 2, 2015

Coldwell Banker Pioneer Owner Lance Martin Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #428

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Lance Martin.  Lance has been in the real estate business for over 25 years as a broker owner of Coldwell Banker Town and Country Real Estate, which serves the Inland Empire in various locations.  Lance is an expert in residential REO foreclosure sales, property management, and running multiple locations. Bruce and Lance discuss Lance's start as an REO agent, Fannie's original policy of 25 REOs per city, automation and its effect on relationships in the industry, relationships in the 90s compared to the 2006-2010 cycle, and much, much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast.

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