ADUs, Prefabs, and Stick-Built Homes with John Arendsen #645

Aaron Norris is joined again this week by John Arendsen. He is a licensed general contractor and manufactured home contractor, a licensed real estate broker, and a manufactured home dealer. John has been in the industry in all kinds of facet as well as his entire family for a really long time. He was on the show back in January and February, and Aaron promised to have him back because he was awesome in helping The Norris Group build a chapter on accessory dwelling units. He brings a really interesting angle because he's on the ground of helping homeowners and real estate investors decide what's best for them.

Aaron and John discuss ADUs, prefabs, and stick-built homes, Amazon's prefab plant in Fontana, labor shortages and the higher demand for construction, the planned turnaround time for prefabs, 3D-printed homes, 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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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 a 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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ADUs, SB 1069, and SB 13 Part 2 With Senator Bob Wieckowski #643

This week, Aaron Norris is joined again by Senator Bob Wieckowski. He was elected in 2014, and he represents the 10th Senate District in the California State Legislature. The district stretches from Southern Alameda County into Santa Clara County. He serves on a number of Senate committees as well, including judiciary, budget and fiscal review, transportation and housing, and ethics. He has been one of the leading voices pushing for housing solutions, including legislation on accessory dwelling units. He hopes to help out with California’s affordability. issues and lack of new construction. His background is as a small business owner and bankruptcy attorney.

Aaron and Bob will discuss Senate Bills 1069, ADUs, and specifically SB 13, when it will go up for a vote, what you can do to support it, what is included in it, how it affects mitigation and impact fees, 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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ADUs, SB 1069, and SB 13 With Senator Bob Wieckowski #642

This week, Aaron Norris is joined by Senator Bob Wieckowski. He was elected in 2014, and he represents the 10th Senate District in the California State Legislature. The district stretches from Southern Alameda County into Santa Clara County. He serves on a number of Senate committees as well, including judiciary, budget and fiscal review, transportation and housing, and ethics. He has been one of the leading voices pushing for housing solutions, including legislation on accessory dwelling units. He hopes to help out with California’s affordability. issues and lack of new construction. His background is as a small business owner and bankruptcy attorney.

Aaron and Bob will discuss Senate Bills 1069 and 13, ADUs and what is happening with them, rules that 1069 covers, including transit, tandem parking, and detached and attached garages, the cities that have passed ordinances in conjunction with 1069, 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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China and the Global Economy With Richard Duncan #641

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Richard Duncan. Richard is the author of three books on the global economic crisis including the international bestseller The Dollar Crisis: Causes, Consequences, and Cures, which forecasts the economic crisis of 2008 with extraordinary accuracy. Since beginning his career as an equity analyst in Hong Kong in 1986, Richard has served as Global Head of Investment Strategy at ABN AMRO Asset Management in London. He worked as a financial sector specialist for the World Bank in Washington D.C. and headed equity research departments for James Capel securities and Solomon broker brothers in Bangkok. He also worked as a consultant for the IMF in Thailand during the Asia crisis. He is now the publisher of a video newsletter Macrowatch, which can be found on his web site. www.richardduncanceconomics.com. I recommend this web site. He has offered our our listeners a 50% discount coupon if you get to his web site. The word to use for the discount is river. You'll find out in the next 50 minutes why he recommends it.

Bruce and Richard will discuss the 10-year T-Bill, the inversion yield curve, the global economy, especially in China, ghost cities, what could cause another recession, what we should expect from quantitative easing, the current monetary policy, and much, much more.

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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