I Survived Real Estate 2018 Part 1 #611

On Friday, September 28, the Norris Group proudly presented its 11th 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, tech disruption, and opportunities emerging for real estate professionals.  All proceeds from the event benefitted 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.

This week is Part 1 of the radio show covering I Survived Real Estate 2018. Aaron opened by welcoming everyone to the 11th annual I Survived Real Estate. He thanked everyone who helped with the event, including MVT Pro and White House Catering, who had been there for 11 years to make it run as smoothly as possible. He also thanked The Norris Group team: Robyn, Vickie, Craig, Holly, Donna, Joey, Don, Mike, and Rich for helping make all 400 attendees as happy as possible. Covered in this segment is the years I Survived Real Estate has been around, how much they have made through their sponsors, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Make A Wish, the impact they make in children's lives, and this year's Rohnny Award winner and everyone he impacted.

The Norris Group would like to thank its Gold Sponsors for supporting I Survived Real Estate: Coldwell Banker Town and Country, 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, RealWealth Network, Rick and LeeAnne, 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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This week Bruce Norris is joined again by Jay Decima. Jay is a very experienced investor with nearly 50 years of experience. Since 1977, he has specialized in fixing up ugly houses and small apartment buildings. Jay is also a successful career-changer, having worked for over 20 years for the telephone company before switching to full-time real estate investing in 1979. Today, he spends the majority of his time managing and overseeing his investment houses and training others who wish to pursue this lucrative profession.

Bruce and Jay discuss how he buys for his customers, the way he find properties to buy, his main gimmick when he first started as a fixer-upper, the two main types of client situations he works with, his thoughts on the way realtors handle the financing of these types of properties, how he first started in education, and much more on the real estate radio show and podcast.

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This week Bruce Norris is joined by Jay Decima. Jay is a very experienced investor with nearly 50 years of experience. Since 1977, he has specialized in fixing up ugly houses and small apartment buildings. Jay is also a successful career-changer, having worked for over 20 years for the telephone company before switching to full-time real estate investing in 1979. Today, he spends the majority of his time managing and overseeing his investment houses and training others who wish to pursue this lucrative profession. He has authored three best-selling How To books published by McGraw Hill. Investing in Fixer-Uppers was voted the #1 real estate book in 2003 by the LA Times and Chicago Sun. Start Small, Profit Big in Real Estate advises readers how to develop a plan for building wealth starting from scratch and create enough cashflow to quit their job. Goldmine Houses teaches readers how small apartments and multiple houses called colonies can speed up the wealth process and get you to the finish line in quicker fashion.

Bruce and Jay discuss his best-selling books and how they helped investors, how he first got involved in real estate, his first venture with REOs, what he did to become more of a handyman, his early mentors, and much more on the real estate radio show and podcast.

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