Mark Dowling and Paul Herrera of IVAR Join Bruce Norris on the Norris Group Real Estate Radio Show #466

Bruce Norris is joined again this week by Mark Dowling and Paul Herrera. Mark Dowling has more than 20 years of experience in real estate and community development. He serves as the Chief Executive Officer for the non-profit Inland Valleys Association of Realtors. With more than 4,000 members, IVAR is one of the largest realtor associations in California. At its core IVAR provides a variety of support services that helps its members be more competitive in a real estate marketplace. Key services include realtor education and training, government affairs advocacy, multiple listing services, and professional standards mediation. Paul Herrera serves as an advocate for realtors and their clients on local issues, helping to preserve and protect property rights and the value of homeownership. He works with colleagues at the California Association of Realtors and the National Association of Realtors. Paul helps members make a difference for their clients at the local, state, and federal levels. Bruce, Mark, and Paul discuss GSE-backed lenders, the cost for doing home renovations, loan structure and amortizing payments, IVAR's work with Renovate America, the non-payment process, HERO loans, FHA changes regarding lien positions, surprises for 2015, and much, much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast.

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Mark Dowling and Paul Herrera of IVAR Join Bruce Norris on the Norris Group Real Estate Radio Show #465

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Mark Dowling and Paul Herrera. Mark Dowling has more than 20 years of experience in real estate and community development. He serves as the Chief Executive Officer for the non-profit Inland Valleys Association of Realtors. With more than 4,000 members, IVAR is one of the largest realtor associations in California. At its core IVAR provides a variety of support services that helps its members be more competitive in a real estate marketplace. Key services include realtor education and training, government affairs advocacy, multiple listing services, and professional standards mediation. Paul Herrera serves as an advocate for realtors and their clients on local issues, helping to preserve and protect property rights and the value of homeownership. He works with colleagues at the California Association of Realtors and the National Association of Realtors. Paul helps members make a difference for their clients at the local, state, and federal levels. Bruce, Mark, and Paul discuss primarily the PACE and HERO programs, energy savings, property values, how contractors make their services available for the programs, loans taking the place of firsts, and much, much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast.

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Mark Dowling, Steve Manos, and Paul Herrera of the Inland Valley Association of Realtors Join Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #285

This week Bruce Norris is joined once again by Mark Dowling, Steve Manos, and Paul Herrera of the Inland Valley Association of Realtors. Mark serves as the Chief Executive Officer for the non-profit Inland Valley Association of Realtors, while Steve Manos is the current president and Paul Herrera the government affairs director
The primary focus of today's show is government eminent domain.  Bruce, Mark, Paul, and Steve discuss eminent domain in terms of the Cal Trans freeway expansion, the research on the city ordinance in Oakland, perverse incentives being created by government programs, the tax liability and legal ramifications from eminent domain, who owns the loan when eminent domain is successful, cram-downs and how it differs from eminent domain, and much, much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.
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Mark Dowling, Steve Manos, and Paul Herrera of the Inland Valley Association of Realtors Join Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #284

This week Bruce Norris is joined by Mark Dowling, Steve Manos, and Paul Herrera of the Inland Valley Association of Realtors.  Mark serves as the Chief Executive Officer for the non-profit Inland Valley Association of Realtors, while Steve Manos is the current president and Paul Herrera the government affairs director.  Bruce, Mark, Paul, and Steve discuss the percentage of short sale inventory in the market, the number of sales in the market currently, the escalating market, the ease of receiving a loan today, the impact of REOs on the market, the Homeowner Bill of Rights, foreclosure alternatives are that the legislation wants to be available, and much, much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.

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