How to Get the Yes Vote With Katie Coates #601

Aaron Norris is joined this week by Katie Coates. She is the author of Yes Vote, the public hearing plan for developers. She has a long history of working with developers to overcome opposition, build support, and obtain approval for projects. This means she spent way too much time in city council, planning, regional, and state agency meetings to be sure. She is a creative strategist at Taylor & Co. PR based out of Southern California. She also teaches at several local Southern California universities on topics ranging from building community to crisis communications. Aaron met her in New York City many years ago as they were serving at the Public Relations Society of America. It was not until a few months ago he knew her specialty was on this, which is highly appropriate considering his research was also on this.

Aaron and Katie discuss her book Yes Vote and why she wrote it, how you can get a free copy, the different naysayers and their triggers they try to use to stop projects, an assumption people have in Riverside on zoning laws that is false, how to get street credibility as an outside investor, and much more on the real estate radio show and podcast.

Play Now

Aaron Norris Is Joined By Steve Basten of John Burns Real Estate Consulting on the Real Estate Radio Show #578

This week Aaron Norris is joined by Steve Basten of John Burns Real Estate Consulting. He supports the firms building products research, including their in-depth forecasts of building products spending in new construction and remodeling end markets and, additionally, is responsible for demand forecasting and sector coverage of all residential building product categories. Before joining John Burns Real Estate Consulting, Steve worked for Kohler Co. as a product manager, responsible for new product development priorities and scheduling and, prior, in Kohler's Corporate Development office as an M&A analyst where he was responsible for valuation analysis, deal-flow management, and competitive benchmarking for all of Kohler’s business units. He has an in-depth understanding of the residential construction industry from financial outlook to interior design trends and is very passionate about new product development and innovation.

Aaron and Steve discuss whether HGTV has ruined the building industry, whether innovation is outpacing regulation, factors that make design and finish trendy versus classic, whether black colors and paint will be in this year and out the next, the definition of simplified customization, much more on the real estate radio show and podcast.

Play Now

Aaron Norris Is Joined By Steve Basten of John Burns Real Estate Consulting on the Real Estate Radio Show #577

This week Aaron Norris is joined by Steve Basten of John Burns Real Estate Consulting. Here,he supports the firms building products research, including their in-depth forecasts of building products spending in new construction and remodeling end markets and, additionally, is responsible for demand forecasting and sector coverage of all residential building product categories. Before joining John Burns Real Estate Consulting, Steve worked for Kohler Co. as a product manager, responsible for new product development priorities and scheduling and, prior, in Kohler's Corporate Development office as an M&A analyst where he was responsible for valuation analysis, deal-flow management, and competitive benchmarking for all of Kohler’s business units. He has an in-depth understanding of the residential construction industry from financial outlook to interior design trends and is very passionate about new product development and innovation.

Aaron and Steve discuss John Burns Real Estate Consulting and the main goal they strive for in their business, where design starts for things like buildings and Home Depot and Lowes products some new housing trends and where we should expect to see them, micro and co-living, surban neighborhoods, much more on the real estate radio show and podcast.

Play Now