The U.S. Economy With Christopher Thornberg #659

On Friday, September 27, the Norris Group proudly presents its 12th annual award-winning black tie event I Survived Real Estate.  An incredible lineup of industry experts will join Bruce and Aaron Norris to discuss perplexing industry trends, head-scratching legislation, massive tech disruption, and opportunities emerging for real estate professionals. All proceeds from the event benefit Make A Wish and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. This event is not possible without the generous help of the following platinum partners: the San Diego Creative Real Estate Investors Association, InvestClub, ThinkRealty, Coach Fullerton, Keller Williams Corona, PropertyRadar, the Apartment Owners Association, MVT Productions, and Realty411. Visit isurvivedrealestate.com for event information.

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Christopher Thornberg. Christopher founded Beacon Economics LLC in 2006, one of the most respected research organizations in California that serves public and private sectors clients across the United States. In 2015, Dr. Thornberg also became director of the UC Riverside School of Business Center for Economic Forecasting and Development and was an adjunct professor at the school. Christopher is an expert in economic and revenue forecasting, regional economics, economic policy, and labor and real estate markets. He consults for private industries, cities, counties, and public agencies across the country. He became nationally known for forecasting the subprime market crash that began in 2007, and he was one of the few economists on record to predict the global economic recession that followed. He is one of the few people that Bruce riks taking a chance to ask questions he does not know the answers to himself.

In this segment, Bruce and Christopher will discuss the current state of the U.S. economy, Fed interest rates, Quantitative Easing, the demographics around the world and whether they are inflationary or deflationary, debt jubilee, 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.

The Norris Group would like to thank its gold sponsors for supporting I Survived Real Estate: Coldwell Banker Town and Country, In A Day Development, Inland Valley Association of Realtors, Keystone CPA, Las Brisas Escrow, LA South REIA, Michael Ryan and Associates, NorcalREIA, NSDREI, Orange County Real Estate Investors, Pacific Premier Bank, Pasadena FIBI, Shenbaum Group, SJREI, Spinnaker Loans, South OC REIA, uDirect IRA Services, White House Catering, Wilson Investment Properties. See isurvivedrealestate.com for event information.


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GDP Growth With Christopher Thornberg #603

On Friday, September 28, the Norris Group proudly presents its 11th annual award-winning black tie event, I Survived Real Estate.  An incredible lineup of industry experts will join Bruce Norris to discuss perplexing industry trends, head-scratching legislation, tech disruption, and opportunities emerging for real estate professionals.  All proceeds from the event benefit Make A Wish and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.  This event is not possible without the generous help of the following platinum partners: the San Diego Creative Real Estate Investors Association, InvestClub, Inland Empire Real Estate Investment Club, ThinkRealty, Wilson Investment Properties, Coach Fullerton, First Lending Solutions, PropertyRadar, the Apartment Owners Association, MVT Productions, and Realty411.  Visit www.isurvivedrealestate.com for event information, and see Amazon Prime or YouTube for past events.

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Dr. Christopher Thornberg. Dr. Thornberg founded Beacon Economics, LLC in 2006. Under his leadership, the firm has become one of the most respected research organizations in California, serving public and private sector clients across the United States. In 2015, Dr. Thornberg also became director of the UC Riverside School of Business Center for Economic Forecasting and Development. He is also an adjunct professor at the school. He is an expert in economic and revenue forecasting, regional economics, economic policy, and labor and real estate markets. He also consults for private industries, cities, counties, and public agencies. Dr. Thornberg became nationally known for forecasting the subprime mortgage market crash that began in 2007; and he was one of the few economists on record to predict the global economic recession that followed.

Bruce and Christopher discuss quantitative easing, the Fed reduced balance sheet, their effect on the economy, GDP growth and where it is headed next year, interest rates and whether they could go negative, what could cause the next recession, the short and long-term impacts robotics, AI, and 3D printing could have on the economy, and much more on the real estate radio show and podcast.

The Norris Group would like to thank its Gold Sponsors for supporting I Survived Real Estate: Guaranteed Rate and Nathan Chabolla, In A Day Development, Inland Valley Association of Realtors, Jason Thorman with Coldwell Banker, Jennifer Buys Houses, Keystone CPA, LA South REIA, Las Brisas Escrow, Lawyers Title, Michael Ryan & Associates, New Western, NorcalREIA, NSDREI, Orange County Real Estate Investors, the Outspoken Investor, Pacific Premier Bank, Pasadena FIBI, Pilot Limousine, SJREI, Spinnaker Loans, South OC REIA, Tri-Counties Association of Realtors, uDirect IRA Services, White House Catering.  See www.isurvivedrealestate.com for event information.

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Christopher Thornberg, Principal at Beacon Economics, Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #501

On Friday, October 21, the Norris Group proudly presents its 9th annual award-winning black tie event I Survived Real Estate. An incredible lineup of industry experts will join Bruce Norris to discuss perplexing industry trends, head-scratching legislation and opportunities emerging for real estate professionals. Proceeds for the event benefit Make a Wish and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. This event is not possible without the generous help of the following platinum partners: HousingWire, PropertyRadar, the Apartment Owners Association, the San Diego Creative Real Estate Investors Association, InvestClub for Women, MVT Productions, the San Jose Real Estate Investors Association, Inland Empire Real Estate Investment Club, Think Realty, and White House Catering. Visit www.isurvivedrealestate.com for event information and tickets.

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Christopher Thornberg. Christopher is the director of the UC Riverside School of Business Administration, Center for economic forecasting and development. He is also the founding partner of Beacon Economics.

Bruce and Christopher discuss his upcoming speaking event Inland Empire 2035, employment and the GDP growth, the ten-year T-Bill, quantitative easing, the reason for inflation over deflation, helicopter money and who has implemented it, and much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast.

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Christopher Thornberg Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #451

On Friday, October 16, the Norris Group proudly presents its 8th annual award-winning black-tie event I Survived Real Estate. An incredible lineup of industry experts will join Bruce Norris to discuss perplexing industry trends, head-scratching legislation, and opportunities emerging for real estate professionals. Proceeds from the event benefit Make a Wish and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. This event could not have been possible without the generous help of the following platinum partners: HousingWire, PropertyRadar, the Apartment Owners Association, the San Diego Creative Real Estate Investors Association, San Jose Real Estate Investors Association, InvestClub for Women, MVT Productions, Wilson Investment Properties, and White House Catering. For event information, visit isurvivedrealestate.com.

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Christopher Thornberg. Dr. Thornberg is the founding partner of Beacon Economics, LLC and widely considered to be one of the nation’s leading economists. An expert in economic forecasting, regional economics, labor markets, economic policy, and industry and real estate analysis, he was one of the earliest and most adamant predictors of the sub-prime mortgage collapse and of the global economic recession that followed. In 2015, Dr. Thornberg was named California State Treasurer John Chiang’s council of economic advisors. He also serves on the advisory boards of Paulson and Company, Inc., one of Wall Street’s leading hedge funds and the Los Angeles area Chamber of Commerce, Southern California’s largest not-for-profit business federation. Recently he was appointed as executive director for the Center of Economic Forecasting and Economic Development at the UC Riverside School of Business Administration. The new center is hosting a major event called the Inland Southern California Economic Forecast Conference on October 1 at the Riverside Convention Center. Here he will be presenting a new forecast for the global and U.S. economy, which will also include a forecast for California and the Inland Regions of Southern California. Bruce and Christopher discuss forecasting and the difficulties facing it today, China's economy and its impact on the U.S., the correlation between China and Japan's economy in the 1980s, wealth discrepancy and minimum wage in the U.S., the growing inequality, education reform, the benefits of having a teacher in the classroom compared to online classes, and much, much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast.

The Norris Group would like to thank its gold sponsors for supporting I Survived Real Estate: Adrenaline Athletics, Coachella Valley Real Estate Investors, Association, Coldwell Banker Town and Country, Elite Auctions, iMortgage, In a Day Development, Inland Valley Association of Realtors, IRA Services Trust Company, Jennifer Buys Houses, Keller Williams Corona, Keystone CPA, Las Brisas Escrow, LA SouthReia, Leivas Tax Wealth Management, New Western Acquisition, North California Real Estate Investors Association, North San Diego Real Estate Investors, Pilot Limousine, Orange County FIBI, Real Wealth Network, Realty411 Magazine, Rick and LeeAnne Rossiter, Southern California Chapter of the Appraisal Institute, Sonoca Corporation, Spinnaker Loans, Tri-Counties Association of Realtors, uDirect IRA Services, Westin South Coast Plaza, FIBI Pasadena, and Scott Whaley.

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I Survived Real Estate 2014 Part 7 #412

On Friday, October 24, the Norris Group proudly presented its 7^th annual award-winning black-tie event I Survived Real Estate.  An incredible lineup of industry experts joined Bruce Norris to discuss perplexing industry trends, head-scratching legislation, and opportunities emerging for real estate professionals.  Proceeds for the event benefit Make a Wish and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.  This event could not have been possible without the generous help of the following platinum partners: Auction.com, HousingWire, PropertyRadar, the Apartment Owners Association, the San Diego Creative Real Estate Investors Association and President Bill Tan, The North San Diego Real Estate Investors Association, InvestClub for Women and Iris Veneracion, Wholesale Capital Corp, New Western Acquisition, MVT Productions, and White House Catering.  For event video and information, visit isurvivedrealestate.com.

In this segment, Bruce concludes his discussion with Doug Duncan, Gary Thomas, Dave Cogdill, Sean O'Toole, Christopher Thornberg, and Bill Cosgrove.  They discuss their major concerns for the industries in the upcoming year, including building costs, sale legislation, the future of the Federal Reserve, sales volumes and sales, the infamous "black swan," our current market, and much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast.    

The Norris Group would like to thank its gold sponsors for supporting I Survived Real Estate: Adrenaline Athletics, Coachella Valley Real Estate Investors Association, Coldwell Banker Town and Country, Costa Mesa Marriot, Council of Multiple Listing Services, Elite Auctions, In A Day Development, Inland Valley Association of Realtors, Investor Experts, IRA Services Trust Company, Jennifer Buys Houses, Keystone CPA, Las Brisas Escrow, LA South REIA, Leivas Tax Wealth Management, Personal Real Estate Magazine, Pilot Limousine, Primary Residential Mortgage, Northern California Real Estate Investors Association, Real Wealth Network, Realty 411 Magazine, Resonant Lens Photography, Rick and LeAnne Rossiter, SJREI, SONOCA Corporation, Southpointe Companies, Spinnaker Loans, Tony Alvarez, uDirect IRA Services.  See isurvivedrealestate.com for video of the live event and more on our sponsors.




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I Survived Real Estate 2014 Part 6 #411

On Friday, October 24, the Norris Group proudly presented its 7^th annual award-winning black-tie event I Survived Real Estate.  An incredible lineup of industry experts joined Bruce Norris to discuss perplexing industry trends, head-scratching legislation, and opportunities emerging for real estate professionals.  Proceeds for the event benefit Make a Wish and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.  This event could not have been possible without the generous help of the following platinum partners: Auction.com, HousingWire, PropertyRadar, the Apartment Owners Association, the San Diego Creative Real Estate Investors Association and President Bill Tan, The North San Diego Real Estate Investors Association, InvestClub for Women and Iris Veneracion, Wholesale Capital Corp, New Western Acquisition, MVT Productions, and White House Catering.  For event video and information, visit isurvivedrealestate.com.

In this segment, Bruce continues his discussion with Doug Duncan, Gary Thomas, Dave Cogdill, Sean O'Toole, Christopher Thornberg, and Bill Cosgrove.  They discuss triggers for buying a home, immigration laws, college debt, the return of the private-label market, machines replacing people, major concerns for their industries in 2015, and much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast.    

The Norris Group would like to thank its gold sponsors for supporting I Survived Real Estate: Adrenaline Athletics, Coachella Valley Real Estate Investors Association, Coldwell Banker Town and Country, Costa Mesa Marriot, Council of Multiple Listing Services, Elite Auctions, In A Day Development, Inland Valley Association of Realtors, Investor Experts, IRA Services Trust Company, Jennifer Buys Houses, Keystone CPA, Las Brisas Escrow, LA South REIA, Leivas Tax Wealth Management, Personal Real Estate Magazine, Pilot Limousine, Primary Residential Mortgage, Northern California Real Estate Investors Association, Real Wealth Network, Realty 411 Magazine, Resonant Lens Photography, Rick and LeAnne Rossiter, SJREI, SONOCA Corporation, Southpointe Companies, Spinnaker Loans, Tony Alvarez, uDirect IRA Services.  See isurvivedrealestate.com for video of the live event and more on our sponsors.




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I Survived Real Estate 2014 Part 5 #410

On Friday, October 24, the Norris Group proudly presented its 7^th annual award-winning black-tie event I Survived Real Estate.  An incredible lineup of industry experts joined Bruce Norris to discuss perplexing industry trends, head-scratching legislation, and opportunities emerging for real estate professionals.  Proceeds for the event benefit Make a Wish and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.  This event could not have been possible without the generous help of the following platinum partners: Auction.com, HousingWire, PropertyRadar, the Apartment Owners Association, the San Diego Creative Real Estate Investors Association and President Bill Tan, The North San Diego Real Estate Investors Association, InvestClub for Women and Iris Veneracion, Wholesale Capital Corp, New Western Acquisition, MVT Productions, and White House Catering.  For event video and information, visit isurvivedrealestate.com.

In this segment, Bruce continues his discussion with Doug Duncan, Gary Thomas, Dave Cogdill, Sean O'Toole, and Bill Cosgrove.  They discuss the country's budget, what to take into consideration or remove in order to help balance the budget, the deductibility of state taxes at the federal level, the tba mortgage market, $500,000 free sales for married couples, loans funded by government programs, the reduction of FHA's loan limits, the definition of a household today, and much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast.    

The Norris Group would like to thank its gold sponsors for supporting I Survived Real Estate: Adrenaline Athletics, Coachella Valley Real Estate Investors Association, Coldwell Banker Town and Country, Costa Mesa Marriot, Council of Multiple Listing Services, Elite Auctions, In A Day Development, Inland Valley Association of Realtors, Investor Experts, IRA Services Trust Company, Jennifer Buys Houses, Keystone CPA, Las Brisas Escrow, LA South REIA, Leivas Tax Wealth Management, Personal Real Estate Magazine, Pilot Limousine, Primary Residential Mortgage, Northern California Real Estate Investors Association, Real Wealth Network, Realty 411 Magazine, Resonant Lens Photography, Rick and LeAnne Rossiter, SJREI, SONOCA Corporation, Southpointe Companies, Spinnaker Loans, Tony Alvarez, uDirect IRA Services.  See isurvivedrealestate.com for video of the live event and more on our sponsors.




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I Survived Real Estate 2014 Part 4 #409

On Friday, October 24, the Norris Group proudly presented its 7^th annual award-winning black-tie event I Survived Real Estate.  An incredible lineup of industry experts joined Bruce Norris to discuss perplexing industry trends, head-scratching legislation, and opportunities emerging for real estate professionals.  Proceeds for the event benefit Make a Wish and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.  This event could not have been possible without the generous help of the following platinum partners: Auction.com, HousingWire, PropertyRadar, the Apartment Owners Association, the San Diego Creative Real Estate Investors Association and President Bill Tan, The North San Diego Real Estate Investors Association, InvestClub for Women and Iris Veneracion, Wholesale Capital Corp, New Western Acquisition, MVT Productions, and White House Catering.  For event video and information, visit isurvivedrealestate.com.

In this segment, Bruce continues his discussion with Doug Duncan, Gary Thomas, Dave Cogdill, Sean O'Toole, and Bill Cosgrove.  They discuss the industry for single-family construction, spec financing, the redefinition of QM versus QRM, the rep and warrant relief announced by the FHFA, the decrease in LLCs and LPs, unsold inventory, foreign buyers in the Northern California, interest rate deductions and debt forgiveness, and much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast.    

The Norris Group would like to thank its gold sponsors for supporting I Survived Real Estate: Adrenaline Athletics, Coachella Valley Real Estate Investors Association, Coldwell Banker Town and Country, Costa Mesa Marriot, Council of Multiple Listing Services, Elite Auctions, In A Day Development, Inland Valley Association of Realtors, Investor Experts, IRA Services Trust Company, Jennifer Buys Houses, Keystone CPA, Las Brisas Escrow, LA South REIA, Leivas Tax Wealth Management, Personal Real Estate Magazine, Pilot Limousine, Primary Residential Mortgage, Northern California Real Estate Investors Association, Real Wealth Network, Realty 411 Magazine, Resonant Lens Photography, Rick and LeAnne Rossiter, SJREI, SONOCA Corporation, Southpointe Companies, Spinnaker Loans, Tony Alvarez, uDirect IRA Services.  See isurvivedrealestate.com for video of the live event and more on our sponsors.




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I Survived Real Estate 2014 Part 3 #408

On Friday, October 24, the Norris Group proudly presented its 7^th annual award-winning black-tie event I Survived Real Estate.  An incredible lineup of industry experts joined Bruce Norris to discuss perplexing industry trends, head-scratching legislation, and opportunities emerging for real estate professionals.  Proceeds for the event benefit Make a Wish and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.  This event could not have been possible without the generous help of the following platinum partners: Auction.com, HousingWire, PropertyRadar, the Apartment Owners Association, the San Diego Creative Real Estate Investors Association and President Bill Tan, The North San Diego Real Estate Investors Association, InvestClub for Women and Iris Veneracion, Wholesale Capital Corp, New Western Acquisition, MVT Productions, and White House Catering.  For event video and information, visit isurvivedrealestate.com.

In this segment, Bruce continues his discussion with Christopher Thornberg and Doug Duncan as well as bringing up the new panelists Dave Cogdill, Sean O'Toole, Bill Cosgrove, and Gary Thomas.  They discuss interest rates, gains in the American dollar, unemployment and jobs available, people's view of the economy and where they believe it is heading, CEQA, the California housing market and its affordability, home sales, the latest real estate cycle, the affect of marriage on purchasing a home, the increase in doubled-up households, and more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast.    

The Norris Group would like to thank its gold sponsors for supporting I Survived Real Estate: Adrenaline Athletics, Coachella Valley Real Estate Investors Association, Coldwell Banker Town and Country, Costa Mesa Marriot, Council of Multiple Listing Services, Elite Auctions, In A Day Development, Inland Valley Association of Realtors, Investor Experts, IRA Services Trust Company, Jennifer Buys Houses, Keystone CPA, Las Brisas Escrow, LA South REIA, Leivas Tax Wealth Management, Personal Real Estate Magazine, Pilot Limousine, Primary Residential Mortgage, Northern California Real Estate Investors Association, Real Wealth Network, Realty 411 Magazine, Resonant Lens Photography, Rick and LeAnne Rossiter, SJREI, SONOCA Corporation, Southpointe Companies, Spinnaker Loans, Tony Alvarez, uDirect IRA Services.  See isurvivedrealestate.com for video of the live event and more on our sponsors.




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I Survived Real Estate 2014 Part 2 #407

On Friday, October 24, the Norris Group proudly presented its 7^th annual award-winning black-tie event I Survived Real Estate.  An incredible lineup of industry experts joined Bruce Norris to discuss perplexing industry trends, head-scratching legislation, and opportunities emerging for real estate professionals.  Proceeds for the event benefit Make a Wish and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.  This event could not have been possible without the generous help of the following platinum partners: Auction.com, HousingWire, PropertyRadar, the Apartment Owners Association, the San Diego Creative Real Estate Investors Association and President Bill Tan, The North San Diego Real Estate Investors Association, InvestClub for Women and Iris Veneracion, Wholesale Capital Corp, New Western Acquisition, MVT Productions, and White House Catering.  For event video and information, visit isurvivedrealestate.com.  In this segment, Bruce shares a touching story of bravery and his impact on another person's life, the receiving of the Roaney award by Jack Fullerton, Christopher Thornberg and Doug Duncan's thoughts on the economy, including improvements in consumer spending and the labor markets, more businesses investing, lower interest rates, the foreign economony, especially China, and home price expectations.    

The Norris Group would like to thank its gold sponsors for supporting I Survived Real Estate: Adrenaline Athletics, Coachella Valley Real Estate Investors Association, Coldwell Banker Town and Country, Costa Mesa Marriot, Council of Multiple Listing Services, Elite Auctions, In A Day Development, Inland Valley Association of Realtors, Investor Experts, IRA Services Trust Company, Jennifer Buys Houses, Keystone CPA, Las Brisas Escrow, LA South REIA, Leivas Tax Wealth Management, Personal Real Estate Magazine, Pilot Limousine, Primary Residential Mortgage, Northern California Real Estate Investors Association, Real Wealth Network, Realty 411 Magazine, Resonant Lens Photography, Rick and LeAnne Rossiter, SJREI, SONOCA Corporation, Southpointe Companies, Spinnaker Loans, Tony Alvarez, uDirect IRA Services.  See isurvivedrealestate.com for video of the live event and more on our sponsors.




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I Survived Real Estate 2014 Part 1 #406

On Friday, October 24, the Norris Group proudly presented its 7^th annual award-winning black-tie event I Survived Real Estate.  An incredible lineup of industry experts joined Bruce Norris to discuss perplexing industry trends, head-scratching legislation, and opportunities emerging for real estate professionals.  Proceeds for the event benefit Make a Wish and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.  This event could not have been possible without the generous help of the following platinum partners: Auction.com, HousingWire, PropertyRadar, the Apartment Owners Association, the San Diego Creative Real Estate Investors Association and President Bill Tan, The North San Diego Real Estate Investors Association, InvestClub for Women and Iris Veneracion, Wholesale Capital Corp, New Western Acquisition, MVT Productions, and White House Catering.  For event video and information, visit isurvivedrealestate.com.  Odette Gutiérrez and Rebecca Kwait from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Make a Wish Foundation both began the event by sharing the work the organizations were doing to help children fighting life-threatening illnesses.  Afterwards Bruce Norris spoke with the audience discussing working together with all the other facets of your industry and not just seeing yourself as a standalone piece, the new definition for qualified residential mortgage, the plan to implement the 90-day hold rule, and more.  I Survived Real Estate will be broadcast on the radio show over the next six weeks, so if you missed the event tune in each week or check out the video of the live event now available on YouTube.    

The Norris Group would like to thank its gold sponsors for supporting I Survived Real Estate: Adrenaline Athletics, Coachella Valley Real Estate Investors Association, Coldwell Banker Town and Country, Costa Mesa Marriot, Council of Multiple Listing Services, Elite Auctions, In A Day Development, Inland Valley Association of Realtors, Investor Experts, IRA Services Trust Company, Jennifer Buys Houses, Keystone CPA, Las Brisas Escrow, LA South REIA, Leivas Tax Wealth Management, Personal Real Estate Magazine, Pilot Limousine, Primary Residential Mortgage, Northern California Real Estate Investors Association, Real Wealth Network, Realty 411 Magazine, Resonant Lens Photography, Rick and LeAnne Rossiter, SJREI, SONOCA Corporation, Southpointe Companies, Spinnaker Loans, Tony Alvarez, uDirect IRA Services.  See isurvivedrealestate.com for video of the live event and more on our sponsors.




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Christopher Thornberg Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #405

On Friday, October 24, the Norris Group proudly presents its 7th annual award-winning black-tie event I Survived Real Estate.  An incredible lineup of industry experts will join Bruce Norris to discuss perplexing industry trends, head-scratching legislation, and opportunities emerging for real estate professionals.  Proceeds from the event benefit Make a Wish and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.  This event could not have been possible without the generous help of the following platinum partners: Auction.com, HousingWire, PropertyRadar, the Apartment Owners Association, the San Diego Creative Real Estate Investors Association and President Bill Tan, InvestClub for Women and Iris Veneracion, MVT Productions, and White House Catering.  For event information, visit isurvivedrealestate.com.   

The Bruce Norris is joined this week by Christopher Thornberg.  Christopher is the founding partner of Beacon Economics and widely considered to be one of California’s leading economists.  He is an expert in economic forecasting, regional economies, labor markets, economic policy, and industry and real estate analysis.  He was one of the earliest and most adamant predictors of the subprime mortgage market collapse and of the global economic recession that followed in 2008.  Dr. Thornberg serves on the advisory boards of Paulson and Company Inc., one of Wall Street’s leading hedge funds, and of the Los Angeles area Chamber of Commerce.  In Southern California’s largest not-for-profit business federation between 2008 and 2012, he served as Chief Economic Advisor to the California State Controller’s Office and was chair of controller John Chang’s Council of Economic Advisors.  Dr. Thornberg holds a PhD in business economics from the Anderson School of UCLA and a B.S. in Business Administration from the state university of New York, Buffalo. Bruce and Christopher discuss issues in the global economy, particularly China, its affect on the United States, interest rates and exchange rates, the Japanese real estate boom, the winding down of Quantitative Easing efforts, retirement pension plans, the lack of volume in California real estate sales, the ownership rate, and much, much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.

Christopher Thornberg will be featured on this years' panel for I Survived Real Estate 2014.  The Norris Group would like to thank its gold sponsors for supporting I Survived Real Estate: Adrenaline Athletics, Coldwell Banker Town and Country, Elite Auctions, In A Day Development, Inland Valley Association of Realtors, Investor Experts, Jennifer Buys Houses, Keystone CPA, Las Brisas Escrow, LA South REIA, Leivas Associates, Pilot Limousine, Primary Residential Mortgage, Northern California Real Estate Investors Association, North San Diego Real Estate Investors, Real Wealth Network, Realty 411 Magazine, Resonant Lens Photography, Rick and LeAnne Rossiter, Personal Real Estate Magazine, San Jose Real Estate Investors Association and Geraldine Barry, SONOCA Corporation, Southpointe Companies, Spinnaker Loans, Tony Alvarez, and uDirect IRA Services, and the Council of Multiple Listing Services.  See isurvivedrealestate.com for video of the live event and more on our sponsors




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I Survived Real Estate 2013 Part 7 #359

On October 18, 2013, The Norris Group proudly presented I Survived Real Estate 2013. An expert line-up of industry experts joined Bruce Norris to discuss perplexing industry trends, head-scratching legislation, and the outlook for real estate in the coming year. Over $90,000 was raised to benefit Make a Wish and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. In this segment, Bruce talks with the entire panel of experts, discussing their biggest concerns for the industry in the next year, including the economy, jobs, regulations and lack of political leadership, broad access to credit for qualified consumers, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.

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I Survived Real Estate 2013 Part 6 #358

On October 18, 2013, The Norris Group proudly presented I Survived Real Estate 2013. An expert line-up of industry experts joined Bruce Norris to discuss perplexing industry trends, head-scratching legislation, and the outlook for real estate in the coming year. Over $90,000 was raised to benefit Make a Wish and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. In this segment, Bruce talks with the entire panel of experts, discussing what surprised each of the experts in the last two years, including price aggression, out migration, inventory as both a leading indicator and a predictor, the affordability index, cash-out refis, the institutional structure of mortgage originations, much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.

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I Survived Real Estate 2013 Part 4 #356

On October 18, 2013, The Norris Group proudly presented I Survived Real Estate 2013. An expert line-up of industry experts joined Bruce Norris to discuss perplexing industry trends, head-scratching legislation, and the outlook for real estate in the coming year. Over $90,000 was raised to benefit Make a Wish and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. In this segment, Bruce talks with panelists Leslie Appleton-Young, Sean O'Toole, Debra Still, and Mark Palim discussing the status of first-time buyers in 2014, affordability, hedge fund participation, market makers, the decline of loan limits, the current mood of the industry, the drivers of future housing demand, the attitude of decision-makers, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.

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I Survived Real Estate 2013 Part 3 #355

On October 18, 2013, The Norris Group proudly presented I Survived Real Estate 2013. An expert line-up of industry experts joined Bruce Norris to discuss perplexing industry trends, head-scratching legislation, and the outlook for real estate in the coming year. Over $90,000 was raised to benefit Make a Wish and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. In this segment, Bruce talks with panelists Christopher Thornberg, John Burns, Leslie Appleton-Young, and Sean O'Toole discussing demographics in the next ten years, the older generation owning more households, household formation, volume of sales for 2014, equity sales, underwater homeowners, the median price of distressed sales, first-time buyers in 2014, and much more on this weeks real estate radio show and podcast.

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I Survived Real Estate 2013 Part 2 #354

On October 18, 2013, The Norris Group proudly presented I Survived Real Estate 2012. An expert line-up of industry experts joined Bruce Norris to discuss perplexing industry trends, head-scratching legislation, and the outlook for real estate in the coming year. Over $90,000 was raised to benefit Make a Wish and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. In this segment, Bruce talks with panelists Christopher Thornberg and John Burns, discussing 2014's expected GDP growth, the uncertainty today about regulations and fundamentals, the building industry in the coming year, construction costs, the increase in single-family home sales, debt levels, new homes versus existing homes, inflation, the retirees demographic, and much more on this weeks real estate radio show and podcast.

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Christopher Thornberg Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #347

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Christopher Thornberg. Christopher is the founding partner of Beacon Economics, LLC and widely recognized to be one of California’s leading economists. Bruce and Christopher discuss his upcoming speaking engagement on October 29th, the state of the economy and whether or not we are moving forward, quantitative easing, mortgage and the unemployment rate, underwater homeowners and lack of construction, the increase in home prices, California migration, the upcoming event I Survived Real Estate 2013, and much more on this weeks real estate radio show and podcast.

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Christopher Thornberg, Principal at Beacon Economics, Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #299

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Christopher Thornberg.  Christopher is the founding partner of Beacon Economics, LLC and widely considered to be one of California's leading economists.  He is an expert in economic forecasting and regional economics, economic policy, and industry economics.  He was one of the earliest and most adamant predictors of the global economic recession that began in 2008. Bruce and Christopher discuss his view on the direction of the U.S. economy, the 1.7% ten-year T-Bill, California and the risk quotient, the real estate numbers, their view on the 2013 fiscal cliff, Chapter 9 bankruptcy, the consequences of a low interest policy, and 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. 


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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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