Joshua Dorkin Joins Aaron Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #388

Aaron Norris is filling in for Bruce Norris this week on the Norris Group real estate radio show.  He is joined this week by Joshua Dorkin, founder and CEO of BiggerPockets, arguably the largest forum and social media network dedicated to real estate investors in the nation and possibly internationally.  It is the top destination for real estate related content.  He is a native New Yorker with a very interesting background in entrepreneurship and education.  He is best known for his no b.s. approach to real estate education and an unapologetic anti-guru philosophy that has attracted over 180,000 subscribers.  His site has garnered attention from major media outlets, and it is not unusual to see BiggerPockets teams content picked up on sites such as the National Association of Realtors and the Huffington Post.  Joshua lives in Denver with his wife Julie and three girls. Bruce and Joshua discuss the start of BiggerPockets, how Josh got his start in real estate itself, the importance of only staying committed to only one or two platforms, the many people who collaborate with him on the blog and answer people's questions, building trust with others in the field, and much, much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.



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Dr. Robert Kleinhenz Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #387

Bruce Norris is joined again this week by Dr. Robert Kleinhez.  Dr. Kleinhez directs the Kaiser Center for economic research, which conducts research on the regional state and national economies.  He has over 25 years of experience and expertise in the private and public sectors’ academia working as a private consultant.  He has spoken to local, state, and national audiences, and is a frequent contributor to media coverage on the economy.  He has a Masters and a Doctorate degree from USC, all in economics. Bruce and Robert discuss the subject of uncertainty, homes sales one both the supply and demand sides, the minimum wage and wage hike, the manufacturing sector of the economy, China's economy and how many places in America are Chinese-owned, foreign economics and its impact on the United States, and much, much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.










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Dr. Robert Kleinhenz Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #386

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Dr. Robert Kleinhez. Dr. Kleinhez is the chief economist for the Kaiser Center for economic research. They conduct research on regional state and national economies. He has over 25 years of experience and expertise in the private and public sectors as well as works as a private consultant. He has spoken to local, state, and national audiences, and is a frequent contributor to media coverage on the economy, including coverage on the outlets in California along with Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Bloomberg News, and MPR. Prior to joining the Kaiser Center, he was Deputy Chief Economist at the California Association of Realtors. Bruce and Robert discuss the economy since the last Great Recession, unemployment, the first quarter GDP growth and Robert's response to it, the pace of growth in 2015, 10-year T-Bill, the importance of low interest rates to asset policies, the California economy versus the U.S. economy, and much, much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.






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Gary Watts Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #385

Bruce Norris is joined again this week by Gary Watts. Gary is the broker and owner of Impact Real Estate. This is a private real estate company that provides consulting services to not only buyers, sellers, and investors, but also to companies affiliated with the real estate industry in California. Gary is a well-known real estate economist who began his career in 1971. Today, he and his company are called upon to advise the home industry of economic trends that will affect and effect their future impact on real estate. He also manages investment properties that they acquire for their investors. Bruce and Gary discuss the increase in rental properties as opposed to homeownership, hedge funds, real estate trends, the real estate market in Orange County compared to the Inland Empire, the concern over shadow inventory, the real estate cycle, important charts to view when looking at the economy, the percentage of homeowners accelerating their loan payment, and much, much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.




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