Q & A with the SDCIA Panel #649

This week's radio show is unique in that we are covering an event Aaron recently spoke at with SDCIA. At this event, he spoke with different people on a panel of experts.  This will close out our  Featured on the panel were Catherine Blakespear, mayor of Encinitas, Greg Nickless, Senior Housing Analyst for the California Department of Housing and Community Development, Geoff Plagemann, planner of Encinitas, Brent Johnson, Collateral Risk for Home Street Bank, Michelle Rodriguez, hard money lender and member of the California Mortgage Association, John Arendsen with Crest Backyard Homes, and Jordan Marks, the taxpayers' rights advocate for San Diego County.

In this segment, the audience was given the opportunity to ask the panelists questions, which included questions regarding HOAs and CCNRs, the ADU rules as you go closer to the coast, where you should start when wanting to work with ADUs, what cities like Encinitas are doing to make the ADU process quick and efficient, how to handle septic systems in an ADU, where you would park if you convert your garage to an ADU, and much more all 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 Manufactured Homes with the SDCIA Panel #648

This week's radio show is unique in that we are covering an event Aaron recently spoke at with SDCIA. At this event, he spoke with different people on a panel of experts.  This will close out our  Featured on the panel were Catherine Blakespear, mayor of Encinitas, Greg Nickless, Senior Housing Analyst for the California Department of Housing and Community Development, Geoff Plagemann, planner of Encinitas, Brent Johnson, Collateral Risk for Home Street Bank, Michelle Rodriguez, hard money lender and member of the California Mortgage Association, John Arendsen with Crest Backyard Homes, and Jordan Marks, the taxpayers' rights advocate for San Diego County.

Aaron will discuss with them prefabs and manufactured housing, what San Diego's stance on them are, the cost comparison between the two, Encinitas and their no-fee policy, how ADUs are reassessed, the three main things people want to see in a property, and much, much more all 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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The Future of Housing and Prefabs with Steve Glenn #647

Aaron Norris is joined this week by Steven Glenn. He is the founder and CEO of Plant Prefab, and their mission is to make it easy, fast, and cost-effective for people to build custom, high-quality single and multi-family homes that are healthy, sustainable, and durable. The company operates out of a 62,000 square foot facility out here in the Inland Empire in Rialto, California. Previously, Glenn has worked with the Clinton HIV/AIDS initiative, was former CEO of PeopleLink, a founding partner of Idealab, and for Disney Imagineering as co-director of virtual reality studio.

Aaron and Steve will discuss prefabs and manufactured housing, custom and existing homes, which of these consumers prefer, his vision for the future of housing, the biggest challenge in the construction environment, the importance of design in the future, what technology we could see in homes in the coming years, and much, much more all 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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Urban Planning and Construction with Steve Glenn #646

Aaron Norris is joined this week by Steven Glenn. He is the founder and CEO of Plant Prefab, and their mission is to make it easy, fast, and cost-effective for people to build custom, high-quality single and multi-family homes that are healthy, sustainable, and durable. The company operates out of a 62,000 square foot facility out here in the Inland Empire in Rialto, California. Previously, Glenn has worked with the Clinton HIV/AIDS initiative, was former CEO of PeopleLink, a founding partner of Idealab, and for Disney Imagineering as co-director of virtual reality studio.

Aaron and Steve will discuss how he first became interested in urban planning and construction, the difference between Living Homes and Plant Prefab, why he chose to take his business to California, his experience with getting projects through the state, his opinion on ADUs, the timeline for constructing a prefab home, 3D printed homes, and much, much more all 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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