Nancy West of HUD #180

This week Bruce is joined by Nancy West. Nancy is a marketing and outreach specialist for the Department of Housing and Urban Development. She has been working in the mortgage industry since 1977. Nancy joined in 2004, and in 2006 she accepted one of four nationwide marking and outreach specialist positions.

Bruce and Nancy discuss the state of FHA mortgages, how long borrowers must wait for a government backed loans after forecloure, short sale, and deed-in-lieu, current guidelines for lending, HUD foreclosures, how investors can bid on HUD properties, 203k loans for investors, and much more.

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David Kittle with the Mortgage Bankers Association #179

This week Bruce Norris is joined by Senior Director Industry Relations for IMARC and 2009 Chairman for the Mortgage Bankers Association, David Kittle.

Bruce and David discuss internal controls on mortgage lending, checks and balances in the system, mortgage fraud and the kind that's most prevalent, current fraud schemes, mortgage fraud, short sale fraud, the state of the mortgage industry, and much more.

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David Kittle with the Mortgage Bankers Association #178

This week Bruce Norris is joined by Senior Director Industry Relations for IMARC and 2009 Chairman for the Mortgage Bankers Association, David Kittle.

Bruce and David talk a great deal about the different forms of bank fraud and the services IMARC perform as well as the many different players that may take part in mortgage fraud. The two also discuss upcoming loan legislation and what that means for real estate, how the FBI views fraud, and the state of the mortgage industry. The entire transcript can be found in the radio archives on The Norris Group website.

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Appraiser and Investor Rick Solis #177

This week Bruce Norris is joined by California real estate investor and appraiser, Rick Solis.

Rick and Bruce talk more about investing from 2001-2007, what was working and what was not, different skill sets that made a big difference, what Rick did in a downturn, Bruce Norris and the auction business, what Rick would have done differently in a boom, how Rick is buying properties now, competing with other investors, bad investors ruining it for the rest of us, and much more.

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