COVID-19: Top Headlines With Aaron Norris #696

This week's radio show and video guest is The Norris Group's own Aaron Norris.  His role with The Norris Group includes loan officer, office manager, and business development. Aaron has been in the real estate field for over a decade, having worked in the construction and design industry before joining The Norris Group in 2005. He speaks nationally on topics including technology and real estate, artificial intelligence, robotics, shared economy, virtual reality, and intech as well as marketing and PR trends. He has contributed to Forbes, BiggerPockets.com, and ThinkRealty magazine. He has an MBA from UC Irvine and is a credited public relations professional and APR. He also holds his certified specialist in planned giving CPSG designation.  See also full video and resources.  

Today, he will discuss some of the top recent headlines regarding COVID-19, including how the different states and countries are handling containment and control, unemployment, the different phases and when California plans to move to the next phase, mortgages, the extension on foreclosure moratoriums, building permits, iBuyers, home sales, the "covexodus," and much, 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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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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Vice President and Chief Economist of CAR Leslie Appleton-Young Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #317

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Leslie Appleton-Young. Leslie is vice-president and chief economist for the California Association of Realtors, a statewide trade organization with 155,000 members dedicated to the advancement of professionalism in real estate.Leslie directs the activities of the association’s member information group.She oversees the analysis of the housing market and brokerage industry trends. Bruce and Leslie discuss equity and traditional sales, REOs becoming a smaller percentage of the market, the policies from the past that are still in effect today, CoreLogic's data on underwater mortgages, and much, much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast. 

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Sean O'Toole on the Norris Group Real Estate Radio Show #312

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Sean O’Toole. Sean is the founder and president of ForeclosureRadar.com, a website that has pretty much revolutionized the trustee sale-buying business. Bruce and Sean discuss surprising changes at the end of last year, the number of people in foreclosure or 90+ days late in California, prices in 2013, their trip to Washington D.C., inflation, the credit world, and more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast. 

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Sean O'Toole, President of ForeclosureRadar, Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #296

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Sean O'Toole. Sean is the founder and CEO of ForeclosureRadar.com, the only company that tracks every foreclosure in California with daily updates on all foreclosure auctions. Prior to ForeclosureRadar, Sean spent 15 years building and launching software companies before entering the foreclosure business in 2002. Here, he has successfully bought and sold more than 150 properties. Bruce and Sean discuss how Sean first became involved in the foreclosure business, the margin of spread in 2002 compared to today, the access to information compared to today, where the money in the marketplace is coming from, the status of yields in the market, REOs and shadow inventory, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.

In other news, the fifth annual I Survived Real Estate will be meeting on October 19 this year. The Norris Group would like to thank their gold and platinum sponsors for helping to make this event possible. Sean O'Toole will be joining the panel at I Survived Real Estate 2012.
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Vice President and Chief Economist of CAR Leslie Appleton-Young Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #281

This week Bruce Norris is joined once again by Leslie Appleton-Young.  Leslie is vice-president and chief economist for the California Association of Realtors, a statewide trade organization with over 150,000 members dedicated to advancement of professionalism in real estate.  Leslie directs the activities of the association’s member information group.  She oversees the analysis of the housing market and brokerage industry trends, member communication, and membership development activities.  She also is closely involved in the association’s strategic planning efforts and is a well-known speaker in California.  Bruce and Leslie discuss the increase in the percentage of equity sellers, buyers today compared to 2006, REOs and shadow inventory, the percentage of inventory sales in California, household formation, the status of Fannie and Freddie in the future, Proposition 13, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.

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Vice President and Chief Economist of CAR Leslie Appleton-Young Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #280

This week Bruce Norris is joined by Leslie Appleton-Young.  Leslie is vice-president and chief economist for the California Association of Realtors, a statewide trade organization with over 150,000 members dedicated to advancement of professionalism in real estate.  Leslie directs the activities of the association’s members investment group or information group.  She oversees the analysis of the housing market and broker industry trends, member communication, and membership development activities.  She also is closely involved in the association’s strategic planning efforts and is a well-known speaker in California.  Bruce and Leslie discuss the current market and how we are doing compared to past years, the increase in median prices, the supply of short sales in the market, the percentage drop from the peak of the market to the bottom in early 2009, the change in inventory in the last few months, the nothing-down loan program Bruce and Sean O'Toole discussed in Washington, what the market was like at the peak in 2007, California compared to the rest of the country, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.

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Coldwell Banker Pioneer Owner Lance Martin Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #279

This week Bruce Norris joined once again by Lance Martin.  Lance is broker/owner of Coldwell Banker Pioneer Real Estate.  He has been in the business since he was 19 and is usually involved in short sales and REOs.  This radio segment focuses heavily on short sales.  Bruce and Lance discuss short sales and how they are more common in today's market, the long process for handling short sales, the process banks are going through to clean up their bad portfolios by paying people to do a short sale, the increase in short sales in the hard money loan business, the reason for short sales to get denied, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.

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Coldwell Banker Pioneer Owner Lance Martin joins Bruce Norris on Real Estate Radio Show #278

This week Bruce Norris joined by Lance Martin.  Lance is broker/owner of Coldwell Banker Pioneer Real Estate.  He began his career in real estate at 19 and has mostly been involved with the REO side of the business for over twenty years.  Bruce and Lance discuss his work with REOs and when the REO business peaked, his definition of a normal market, the affect loan modifications would have on the REO business, Lance's thoughts on the bulk sale and rental program, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.

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Bill Shipp Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #270

This week Bruce Norris is joined by Bill Shipp. Bill has been one of the largest wholesale buyers of real estate in Riverside for many years. He has a unique system that can even be done from a distance, which he proves every day by living in another state.  Bruce and Bill discuss how he got started in the business of buying real estate,  the market back in the 80s and how different it was, the work Bill has done with investors and the training he has passed on to others, the types of properties he buys, the VA and HUD repossessions that were big back in the 80s, the time when Bill bought out of the MLS, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.

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Christopher Thornberg with Beacon Economics #244

This week Bruce is joined by Christopher Thornberg, Principal for Beacon Economics.  Bruce and Christopher discuss whether or not we will see growth in the second half of the year,  the housing bubble, Greece's economy compared to ours, the suspension of basic rules of asset valuation, the major impediment to having a housing market recovery, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.  On October 14th, the Norris Group returns with its award-winning event I Survived Real Estate 2011.
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Andrea Esplin and Rick Solis Join Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #238

Bruce is joined this week by Rick Solis and Andrea Esplin.  Both are real estate investors in Southern California and have been doing it for a long time.  Rick is also the appraiser that appraises most of The Norris Group’s hard money loan situations.  Bruce, Andrea, and Rick discuss how they first got started in real estate, how they put their resources together to form their business partnership, what the real estate market was like a decade ago compared to today, the price of rental properties,  and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.


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Nancy West of HUD #181

This week Bruce is joined once again by Nancy West. Nancy is a marketing and outreach specialist for the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Bruce and Nancy discuss non profits working with HUD, NSP programs and how cities are working with the money they've been giving, loan modifications, FHA modifications, the role of the GSEs in the market, and much more.

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Nancy West of HUD #180

This week Bruce is joined by Nancy West. Nancy is a marketing and outreach specialist for the Department of Housing and Urban Development. She has been working in the mortgage industry since 1977. Nancy joined in 2004, and in 2006 she accepted one of four nationwide marking and outreach specialist positions.

Bruce and Nancy discuss the state of FHA mortgages, how long borrowers must wait for a government backed loans after forecloure, short sale, and deed-in-lieu, current guidelines for lending, HUD foreclosures, how investors can bid on HUD properties, 203k loans for investors, and much more.

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Leslie Appleton-Young of CAR #173

This week Bruce Norris is joined by Chief Economist with the California Association of Realtors, Leslie Appleton-Young.

Bruce and Leslie discuss the the history and current situation of the California media real estate price metric, looking back at problems leading up to the crash, strategic defaults, new deed-in-lieu of foreclosure program, distressed sales to regular sales ratios, real estate bulk buys, the state of the construction industry and building, demographics, and unemployment impacts.

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Leslie Appleton-Young of CAR #172

This week Bruce Norris is joined by Chief Economist with the California Association of Realtors, Leslie Appleton-Young.

Bruce and Leslie discuss the current market, price ranges that have stabilized, government intervention, the current real estate market and what to expect his year, and much more.

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Peter Schiff of Euro Pacific Capital #165

Bruce Norris is joined this week by President of Euro Pacific Capital and author of Crash Proof 2.0, How to profit from the Economic Collapse, Peter Schiff. Peter is currently campaigning for the Connecticut Senate seat to replace Senator Dodd. Bruce and Peter discuss the economy, inflation potential in the United States, real estate price increases and the cause of those increases, and how the government is making the problem worse.

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Philip Tirone of the Mortgage Equity Group #159

Bruce Norris is joined by Philip Tirone. Philip Tirone is the President of the Mortgage Equity Group and author of The 7 Steps to a 720 Credit Score. Bruce and Philip discuss the state of the jumbo lending market, difficulties with appraisals, over disclosure in the market, regulation x, and new lending guidelines.

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Greg Norris of The Norris Group #158

Bruce Norris is joined by Greg Norris, Porject manager at The Norris Group in charge of REO and trustee sale acquisitions. Bruce and Greg discuss some of what The Norris Group is doing, how Greg learned the skills necessary to be successful, and what it takes to be a competitive California real estate investor in the current market.

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Paul Bertrand of the FBI #157

Bruce Norris is joined by Paul Bertrand, supervisor for the Los Angeles Mortgage Fraud Division in the FBI. Bruce and Paul discuss mortgage fraud including the hot topic of short sale fraud and new trends the FBI watches for in California and around the US.

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