Real Estate Investing With Mike Cantu #654

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Mike Cantu. Mike wears a lot of hats in the real estate world. He's a wholesaler flipper and occasional builder and property manager of his own portfolio of well-selected rentals. He has trained other people, and after all this time is still a student.

In this segment, Bruce and Mike will discuss how an infomercial got him interested in real estate investing, his experience and time working with Mick Blackwell, his first jobs and how much he made compared to when he was an investor, how he learned discipline and dedication and how he carried it over, how early he showed signs of being an entrepreneur, and 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.


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Robotics and Real Estate With Aaron Norris #635

Bruce Norris is joined this week by his son 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 CPST designation.

Bruce and Aaron will discuss his different designations and why he chose to pursue them, the weight of a business's reputation on clients, the different tradeshows he attended and what he learned the most from them, the investing they are doing in Florida, 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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ADUS and SB 1069 With Senator Bob Wieckowski #618

This week, Aaron Norris is joined by Senator Bob Wieckowski. He was elected in 2014, and he represents the 10th Senate District in the California State Legislature. The district stretches from Southern Alameda County into Santa Clara County. He serves on a number of Senate committees as well, including judiciary, budget and fiscal review, transportation and housing, and ethics. He has been one of the leading voices pushing for housing solutions, including legislation on accessory dwelling units. He hopes to help out with California’s affordability issues and lack of new construction. His background is as a small business owner and bankruptcy attorney.

Aaron and Bob discuss ADUs and how they got started, the shortage of homes in 2021, the difficulty of building in California, Senate Bill 1069 and how it got started, SB 831 and how it differs from 1069, owner-occupied and whether we should get rid of them all, people's thoughts on statewide ADUs, and much more on the real estate radio show and podcast.

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Bruce Norris Is Joined By Aaron Norris of The Norris Group on the Real Estate Radio Show #582

This week Bruce Norris is joined again by his son and Norris Group Vice President Aaron Norris. They began this segment by discussing some of the disruption that is occurring. They were speaking at an event recently, and a realtor went up to speak about the 80/20 rule. This simply refers to 80% of the business being done by 20% of the people. He really thought it was headed to 95/5. It’s scary.

Aaron and Bruce discuss Airbnb, how they compare to Common and Pod Shares, why you as a homeowner would make your home into an Airbnb, whether co-living is a new or already existing concept, Open Door, Uber Agents and how they are a big step in real estate technology, and much more on the real estate radio show and podcast.

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Bruce Norris Is Joined By Aaron Norris of The Norris Group on the Real Estate Radio Show #581

This week Bruce Norris is joined by his son and Norris Group Vice President Aaron Norris. They began by discussing their website and the education space. When Aaron first came on, they had a product that, before, was only the best Bruce could produce. When Aaron came on, it looked like Goldman and Sachs all of a sudden. Aaron had a Wall Street background and did acquisition and merger presentations for a Wall Street company for many years. Big bankers would come down and tell him they needed an 80-page book in a week, and it was all the research they were doing for a major presentation for a multi-billion dollar company. Aaron learned a lot about PowerPoint, Excel, and Word through this. He even knows the shortcuts.

Aaron and Bruce discuss the importance of content and continually updating it, the Norris Group's mission statement that they just updated, products that can be bought at a discount, the investor matrix, the goal of the Investor Roadmap and how they base it off people's personalities, their daily news blog, how they ended up on the cover of Think Realty Magazine, and much more on the real estate radio show and podcast.

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The Norris Group's Craig Hill Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #522

Bruce Norris is joined again this week by The Norris Group’s very own Craig Hill. Bruce has known Craig for over 20 years. He has been running the loan business, getting people invested in trust deeds, and dealing with the borrowers.

Bruce and Craig primarily discuss trust deeds and investing, how he first got started in the business, determining who is safe to loan to, Fannie Mae's ideas on loaning to investors, areas of investing the Norris Group will not do, the biggest job of a broker, and much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast.


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Harry Dent of Dent Research Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #518

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Harry Dent. Harry is the founder of Dent Research, and economic forecasting firm specializing in demographic trends. He has been the author of many books, most of which Bruce has read. These include The Great Boom Ahead, The Great Depression Ahead, Demographic Cliff, and The Sale of a Lifetime: How the Great Bubble Burst of 2017-2019 Can Make You Rich.

Bruce and Harry discuss what huge event could lead to unemployment, his thoughts on deflation and how it could actually benefit the market, the market sector that has bubbled more than real estate, the consequences of another bubble burst in California compared to other states, areas of the country where bubbles are occurring, the concept of disruption in the real estate market, where technology is heading, and much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast.

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Harry Dent of Dent Research Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #517

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Harry Dent. Harry is the founder of Dent Research, and economic forecasting firm specializing in demographic trends. He has been the author of many books, most of which Bruce has read. These include The Great Boom Ahead, The Great Depression Ahead, Demographic Cliff, and The Sale of a Lifetime: How the Great Bubble Burst of 2017-2019 Can Make You Rich.

Bruce and Harry discuss how accurate demographics are on outcome, economic predictions he was both proud of and not proud, national and global real estate bubbles, countries with the worst demographics and housing bubbles, what the future holds for real estate bubbles, and much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast.

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Brad Hunter of HomeAdvisor Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #498

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Brad Hunter. Brad spearheads HomeAdvisor, which works with the analysis and tracking of housing markets and the home improvement industry using proprietary data. In his former position, he was Chief Economist and Director of Consulting for Metro Study, where he orchestrated 100s of areas for specific housing market studies over his 18 years at the firm. He also presented original research and insights to the federal agencies who focused on the housing industry during the depths of the housing crisis.

Bruce and Brad discuss his HomeAdvisor site, the percentage of remodeling projects in the market, demographics and their effect on home improvement, the output gap we should see filled, foreign and local investor participation, what we should expect for the real estate market in the coming year, and much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast.

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The Norris Group's Craig Hill Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #467

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Craig Hill. Craig has been with the Norris Group for almost 20 years. He is active as the underwriter, salesperson, and money raiser for the company. You might say he wears a lot of hats. Bruce and Craig discuss the hard money loan business, how Craig got his start here, the misconception of the risk of loaning to an investor, credit vs. liquidity, the Norris Group 6.9% and 8.9% loan program, 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 #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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Randy Grigg of Elite Auctions Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #443

Bruce Norris is joined again this week by Randy Grigg. Randy is an entrepreneur, business owner, property manager, buy and hold real estate investor, and author of The Carrot Approach to Single-Family House Management. Bruce and Randy discuss repairs he will do before renting a home, the change in society and its effect on tenants, millennials, Rent To Own versus For Rent, transitions in the auction business over the years, his new book The Twelve Minute Miracle, and much, much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast.

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The Norris Group's Craig Hill Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #439

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Craig Hill of the Norris Group. Craig is the gentleman you would be talking to if you were going to invest in trust deeds or borrowing money from the Norris Group. Bruce and Craig discuss the Norris Group's hard money program, how he got started in the business, HUD auctions, the beginning of the loan business at the end of the REO cycle, the 6.9% loan program, borrower misconceptions, and much, much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast.

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Harry Dent Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #417

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Harry Dent. Harry is the founder of Dent Research and Economic Forecasting Firm. They specialize in demographic trends, and his mission is to help people understand change using years of hand-on business experience. Mr. Dent offers unprecedented and refreshingly understandable tools for seeing the key economic trends that will affect your life, business, and investments over the rest of your lifetime. He has authored many books, including The Great Boom Ahead, and his latest book The Economic Cliff. He is also editor of the free newsletter Economy and Markets. Bruce and Harry discuss the baby boomer and millennial generation, the correlation between the birth index and booms and busts in the economy, large participants and hedge funds in the economy, and much, much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast.

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Eric Janszen, Economic and Financial Analyst of iTulip, Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #416

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Eric Janszen. Eric is an economic analyst with more than two decades of experience as a technology industry executive and venture capitalist. In 1998 he founded itulip.com, a financial analysis company with an amazingly accurate forecasting record. Eric is also the author of the post “Catastrophe Economy" and was last featured on the panel for I Survived Real Estate 2012.  Bruce and Eric discuss economic progress over the last five years, tapering, changes in the Fed fund rate, the value of the dollar, oil prices, our biggest exports, his book The Post Catastrophe Economy, and much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast.



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Craig Hill Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #340

Bruce Norris is joined again this week by Craig Hill. Craig is the underwriter for the Norris Group’s loan programs. He has been with the Norris Group since they opened, and he has been in the hard money loan business for over twenty years. Bruce and Craig discuss the hard money points and fees and the changes made to the programs, loan-to-value, buy and sell, entities in which investors buy properties, credit worthiness, borrower protection, short sales and REOs, the new potential construction lending program for the Norris Group, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.

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Craig Hill Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #339

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Craig Hill. Craig is the underwriter for the Norris Group’s loan business. He has been in the hard money loan business for over twenty years. Bruce himself has been a customer of his since 1993. Bruce and Craig discuss trust deed investing and their hard money loan program, owner-occupants, the Norris Group's borrower track record, costs involved with the lenders and borrowers, properties they loan on and their condition range, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.

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Peter Fortunato Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #335

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Peter Fortunato. He is a long-time real estate investor, trainer, libertarian, a capitalist, and he believes that transactions result from carefully conceived goals and plans followed by purposeful action and scrupulous documentation. Bruce has known Peter as a trainer for many years, and even the most experienced investors learn from him and come home with their head hurting when they are done.

 Bruce and Peter discuss how he got his start in real estate, his first properties, the definition of an investor, the attitude of investors today compared to the 60s as well as interest rates, his most important transaction of his life, uncomfortable situations and how this affects him making a deal, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.

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Mike Cantu, Tony Alvarez, and Rick Solis #201

This week, The Norris Group celebrates its 201st episode and we're joined by Tony Alvarez, Mike Cantu, and Rick Solis. The four discuss the rental market, what the three like in a rental including square footage, bedrooms, and number of bathrooms, areas they all like and buy in, school districts, holding condos in the current California market, section 8, the current state of REO and shadow inventory, dealing with renters, and much more.

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