A Year In Review With Bruce and Aaron Norris #620

This week, Aaron Norris is joined this week by his dad and president of The Norris Group, Bruce Norris. Aaron said this was their opportunity to take a break from all the many things they have been working on this busy year. Therefore, this broadcast focused on the “year in review.”

Aaron and Bruce discuss their past events, reasons for having their portal, ADUs, rent control, the market and where they see it going, technology and how it is changing the market, the Hyperloop and its ramifications on home values, and much more on the real estate radio show and podcast.

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Century 21 Rebranding and Real Estate Technology With Nick Bailey #608

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.

Aaron Norris is joined this week by Nick Bailey. He is president and CEO of Century 21, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Realogy Holdings Corp. He leads the iconic Century 21 brand and the organization’s approximately 7,400 independently-owned and operated offices and more than 115,000 independent sales professionals in 79 countries worldwide. He has over 21 years of industry experience as a licensed broker, and he is known to be a trailblazing, revenue-generating operator who increases margins while ultimately mitigating the impact of economic change. The Norris Group last saw Bailey in his role as vice-president of broker relations for the Zillow Group. He was on the I Survived Real Estate panel a few years back. Before that, he spent 12 years at the RE/MAX worldwide headquarters as vice president.

Aaron and Nick discuss his move from Zillow Century 21, how he helped with their rebranding, the two main audiences they work with, the future for realtors, the volume of agents going forward, employee models versus commission models, the technology trends and services that most excite him, 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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Aaron Norris Is Joined By Mark Lesswing and Todd Carpenter of NAR on the Real Estate Radio Show #568

This week Aaron Norris is joined again by Mark Lesswing and Todd Carpenter of the National Association of Realtors to cover technology topics. Today, they continue their conversation on technology.

Aaron discusses with Mark and Todd discuss if escrow and title should be concerned about their jobs, the middleman and how we are eliminating them, where Blockchain will start in the U.S., zero interface, the biggest struggle for brokerage and real estate companies when generating leads, what they read to keep up on all the latest technology, and much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast.

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Grant Gould of Automabots Joins Bruce Norris on the Aaron Group Real Estate Radio Show #534

Aaron Norris is hosting the radio this week, covering another technology topic. He is joined by Grant Gould, entrepreneur and real estate technologist. He is founder and CEO of Automabots, and he develops AI chatbots for the real estate industry. He is also co-founder of Home Junction, a top-tier real estate data company based in San Diego. In 1998, Grant founded Real Estate Village, which was the number one website company for realtors and the first to syndicate listings to Yahoo Real Estate. Grant is passionate about helping real estate professionals succeed. On his LinkedIn profile, it says he is passionate about new technology and is one of the biggest nerds on the planet.

Aaron and Grant discuss the latest in real estate technology, chat bots, artificial intelligence and how this will change the real estate industry, whether realtors should be concerned, how he got involved in real estate technology, where he sees himself going with it in the next year, and much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast.

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Shubber Ali of Centriq Technology Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #531

Aaron Norris is filling in for Bruce this week, and he is joined by Shubber Ali. He is co-founder and CEO of Centriq, a software platform designed to connect homeowners with everything they need to know about the home in an easy-to-use app. Previously he was vice president of strategic innovation for salesforce.com. This was Forbes most innovative company for the past four years. He held C-level executives at Fortune 100 companies to develop and execute on transformational business process innovation initiatives across retail, banking, and manufacturing. He is a regularly featured speaker on Process and Disruptive Innovation, and he has published numerous articles on topics ranging from innovation to management of core competencies in corporations. He serves as a consultant to the World Bank on digital infrastructure in developing markets. Recently he was a new member of the digital infrastructure working group for the World Economic Forum. Shubber has a very impressive resume, and there is actually more on the website.

This segment primarily focuses on the new app they created at Centriq, including how you can have it for your own use, what it is and how it works for appliances, how it makes things easier for tenants, renters, and homeowners, Aaron's first-hand experience with it, how this app could work for real estate, what Shubber sees in the future for it, and much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast.

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Rob Hahn of 7DS Associates Joins Aaron Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #481

Aaron Norris is filling in for Bruce this week and is joined again by Rob Hahn. He is the founder and managing partner of 7DS Associates as well as the blog The Notorious R.O.B. Here, he opines on topics including real estate, technology, marketing, and strategy. You may even catch him at speaking engagements like Inman Connect, T3 Summit, and local, state, and national association events. Aaron and Rob discuss how real estate pros obtain business and listings, the importance of local databases, strategies Realtors use for farming leads, renters in the market, real estate technology trends in the next five years, and much, much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast.

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