Janet and Larry French and Doug and Andrea Van Soest Join Aaron Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #479

Aaron Norris is filling in for Bruce this week and is joined again by four guests: Janet and Larry French and Doug and Andrea Van Soest. In this next segment, they will cover design since both couples work with and are very good with the design aspect. They will also cover how they work with each other, being married, since a lot of people will not work in the same business as their significant other.


Today Aaron has two sets of couples on the show who have been in the real estate investing business and have gone full time over the last cycle. Larry French works with his wife Janet at Silver Moon Real Estate Buyers. Andrea Van Soest has a homebuying business called Socal Homebuyers. In addition, she and her husband flip houses on the side. Together they discuss the types of inventory they deal with, the grading system the utilize for their homes, the positive and negative aspects of dealing with historic homes, the benefits of workign together as spouses, and much, much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast.

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Doug and Andrea Van Soest and Janet and Larry French Join Aaron Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #478

Aaron Norris is filling in for Bruce this week and is joined by four guests: Janet and Larry French and Doug and Andrea Van Soest. Over the next few weeks the Norris Group will be doing something different. Over the last three months they have launched the Investor Roadmap. Something that always comes up is people get a little overwhelmed about how to get into the business. They do not know where to start or what they bring to the party. It is not just about the timing, which dictates the activity investors do to make money and find the deals. Based on your personality, experience, how active you want to be in the space, and how much cash you have to play in the business, they all really dictate the strategies open to you. Aaron had somebody who was an accountant and worked for a property manager who said he did not have any experience when filling out the survey. They decided to explore ideas since he did not have cash but did have experience in a unique way


Today Aaron has two sets of couples on the show who have been in the real estate investing business and have gone full time over the last cycle. Larry French works with his wife Janet at Silver Moon Real Estate Buyers. Andrea Van Soest has a homebuying business called Socal Homebuyers. In addition, she and her husband flip houses on the side. Together they discuss how they came to be involved full time in real estate, how they utilize mailers for the business, their thoughts on cluster marketing and follow-up systems, their advice for people wanting to come into the industry, and much, much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast.

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Tom Anderson of RITA Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #477

Bruce Norris is joined again this week by Tom Anderson. Tom has served as president of RITA for the last four years. Tom has more than 44 years of experience in banking. He was the founder, former president, and CEO of Pensco Trust Company. He is currently on the board of Pensco Holding, LLC. He was also the founder and president of Pensco Pension Services, an IRS approved non-bank custodian and broker dealer. He was also the founder and president of Financial Information Services, a bank consulting company. This week's radio show focuses on self-directed IRA's and retirement plans.


Aaron and Tom discuss alternative investments, the jobs of custodians and if they are involved in obtaining appraisals, the minimum distribution requirement for an IRA, crowd funding, integrating self-directed money into real estate, self-directed accounts, and much, much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast.

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Tom Anderson of RITA Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #476

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Tom Anderson. Tom has served as president of RITA for the last four years. Tom has more than 44 years of experience in banking. He was the founder, former president, and CEO of Pensco Trust Company. He is currently on the board of Pensco Holding, LLC. He was also the founder and president of Pensco Pension Services, an IRS approved non-bank custodian and broker dealer. He was also the founder and president of Financial Information Services, a bank consulting company. This week's radio show focuses on self-directed IRA's and retirement plans.


Aaron and Tom discuss the original reason the government approved self-directed IRAs, the amount of assets included in the self-directed IRAs, a self-directed IRA compared to a defined benefit plan, a forced ROTH, RITA and what they do for the industry, topics discussed by Tom and many more in Washington this month, and much, much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast.

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