Friday, February 22, 2019

Tax Laws and Tax Changes With Amanda Han and Matthew MacFarland #631

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Matt MacFarland and Amanda Han with Keystone CPA. Matt has over 20 years of experience in public accounting as a CPA and tax strategist. He has worked for both the Big 4 and regional CPA firms. Amanda has over 18 years of experience as a CPA with a special emphasis in real estate, self-directing investing, and individual tax-planning. Amanda has extensive Big 4 public accounting experience, and you can catch her book on BiggerPockets Tax Strategies for Savvy Real Estate Investors.

Bruce discusses with Matt and Amanda things that may surprise taxpayers, the ease of filing taxes, the percentage of clients who filed a standard tax deduction last year, property taxes on second residences, the alternative minimum tax, safer harbor rules, and much more on the real estate radio show.

The Norris Group originates and services loans in California and Florida under California DRE License 01219911, Florida Mortgage Lender License 1577, and NMLS License 1623669.  For more information on hard money lending, go www.thenorrisgroup.com and click the Hard Money tab.


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Friday, February 15, 2019

Hard Money Loans With Bruce Norris, Aaron Norris, and Craig Hill #630

Featured on the real estate radio show this week is the Norris Group's very own Bruce Norris, Aaron Norris, and Craig Hill.

The three discuss the changes to their loan program, how people's views on lending were different when the Norris Group started compared to now, Bruce and Craig's meeting and how they first started working together, the thing that sets the Norris Group apart from other businesses, the California Crash report and why Bruce wrote it, how they designate someone who has had experience before making a loan, and much more on the real estate radio show.

The Norris Group originates and services loans in California and Florida under California DRE License 01219911, Florida Mortgage Lender License 1577, and NMLS License 1623669.  For more information on hard money lending, go www.thenorrisgroup.com and click the Hard Money tab.


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Friday, February 8, 2019

Vacation Rentals with Iris Veneracion #629

Aaron Norris is joined this week by Iris Veneracion. Iris began her full-time real estate investing career back in 2003 when she quit her six-figure corporate job in mortgage finance. She has now purchased, wholesaled, and rehabbed, or sold over 200 properties in Southern California. She is the director of InvestClub, formerly known as InvestClub for Women. Last fall, she helped the Norris Group create a very beefy chapter on short-term rentals, which Aaron had been wanting to cover for a long time. She is now also a proud mom of two twin boys.

Aaron and Iris discuss vacation rentals and where she sees them going in the future, her philosophy regarding these rentals, the biggest mistakes and misconceptions investors who work in this space have, her rules when deciding what tenants to let stay, trends she sees coming in the future, and the main things a place needs to have to be a good place to stay for tenants.

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Friday, February 1, 2019

ADUs and Title 24 and 25 with John Arendsen #644

Aaron Norris is joined this week by John Arendsen. He is a licensed General Contractor and manufactured home contractor as well as a licensed real estate broker and manufactured home dealer. This week, Aaron is continuing his conversation around accessory dwelling units.

Aaron and John discuss ADUs, stick-built homes, and manufactured housing, their financing, how the law applies to multiplexes and how many understand it, cities that have banned short-term rentals or made it law to stay there to rent it out, the difference between the DMV and RVIA, the HOA and why they are tight-fisted about their policies, the timeframe for completing a manufactured home, and much more on the real estate radio show and podcast.

The Norris Group originates and services loans in California and Florida under California DRE License 01219911, Florida Mortgage Lender License 1577, and NMLS License 1623669.  For more information on hard money lending, go www.thenorrisgroup.com and click the Hard Money tab.


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