Ward Hanigan, Founder of ForeclosureForum.com, Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #325

Bruce Norris is joined again this week by Ward Hanigan. Ward is the founder of Foreclosure Forum.com and the educator of real estate investors for the last 20+ years.He is the most recognized name in trustee sales training and one of the most respected men in the business. Bruce and Ward primarily discuss Ward's impact he had on a particular individual and how he got him into the real estate business, as well as the change in the industry since the downturn, foreclosures, price aggression and price increases, much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.

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Ward Hanigan, Founder of ForeclosureForum.com, Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #324

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Ward Hanigan.Ward is the founder of Foreclosure Forum.com, a website specifically for education of real estate investors, specifically trustee sale experts.Ward is the most recognized name in training other people to do trustee sales, and he is one of the most respected men in the industry. Bruce and Ward discuss his journey into the real estate world and how he ended up working there, his work with IBM, Country Wide, and Chula Vista Commercial Realty his work with foreclosures, his first time speaking in front of a large audience, and much, much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.

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John Karevoll of DataQuick Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #323

Bruce Norris is joined again this week by John Karevoll. John was born in Minneapolis in 1951.His family moved to Norway where he was raised, educated, and married. He worked as a journalist in Oslo for ten years and joined a Scandinavian business publication in New York in 1983.In 1987 he was pulled into the world of data, mining large databases for trends.He has worked for TRW, CDB Infotek, Axiom, and others.His relationship with San Diego-based DataQuick Information Systems goes back to 1989.The statistics he generates are used by public agencies, lending institutions, title companies, and others. Bruce and John discuss the current competition in the marketplace, pent-up demand, the appraisal world, inventory, where interest rates are headed, and much, much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.

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John Karevoll of DataQuick Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #322

Bruce Norris is joined this week by John Karevoll. John was born in Minneapolis in 1951.His family moved to Norway where he was raised, educated, and married. He worked as a journalist in Oslo for ten years and joined a Scandinavian business publication in New York in 1983.In 1987 he was pulled into the world of data, mining large databases for trends.He has worked for TRW, CDB Infotek, Axiom, and others.His relationship with San Diego-based DataQuick Information Systems goes back to 1989.The statistics he generates are used by public agencies, lending institutions, title companies, and others.  Bruce and John discuss DataQuick's information system, real estate in 1970 compared to today, the Dodd-Frank Act and what effect it will have, the trends in today's market numbers, FICO scores, and much, much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast. 

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David Kittle of the Mortgage Collaborative Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #321

Bruce Norris is joined again this week by David Kittle. David is the senior director of industry relations for IMARC, a fraud investigation company located in Santa Ana.He manages IMARC’s Washington D.C. office.He is the past chairman of MBA’s political action committee MORPAC and former vice-chairman of MBA’s residential board of governors.  He also served on MBA’s board of directors from 2004 through 2010.David is the past chairman of Mortgage Bankers Association in Washington D.C, completing his term in October 2009.  Bruce and David discuss the fear in the marketplace today of making a mistake, QRM being already in place, the market hitting bottom, VA and stated income loans, unintended consequences, shadow inventory, loan limits, the markets on the East Coast compared to the markets here, and much, much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast. 

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David Kittle of the Mortgage Collaborative Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #320

Bruce Norris is joined this week by David Kittle. David is the senior director of industry relations for IMARC, a fraud investigation company located in Santa Ana.He manages IMARC’s Washington D.C. office.He is the past chairman of MBA’s political action committee and former vice-chairman of MBA’s residential board of governors.He also served on MBA’s board of directors from 2004 through 2010.David is the past chairman of Mortgage Bankers Association in Washington D.C, completing his term in October 2009.Bruce and David discuss the mortgage fraud problem, the unemployment rate, MBA's forecasts for the market, FHA, Fannie and Freddie loans, the markets in the Midwest compared to the other states, and much, much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast. 

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Craig Hill of The Norris Group Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #319

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Craig Hill of The Norris Group. Craig is the underwriter for the Norris Group’s loan division. Bruce and Craig discuss the Norris Group loan program, what they loan, who they loan to, Quadrant 4 pricing, construction loans, fund control, points and fees, the buy/sell business, REOs, and much, much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast. 

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Leslie Appleton-Young of C.A.R. Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #318

Bruce Norris is joined again this week by Leslie Appleton-Young. Leslie is vice-president and chief economist for the California Association of Realtors, a statewide trade organization with 155,000 members dedicated to the advancement of professionalism in real estate.Leslie directs the activities of the association’s member information group.She oversees the analysis of the housing market and brokerage industry trends. Bruce and Leslie discuss FHA financing, loan limits, Robert Schiller and his views housing investments, existing lots, the percentage of sellers who lost money, the short sale business, the return of the housing sector, Dodd-Frank, and much, much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast. 

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Vice President and Chief Economist of CAR Leslie Appleton-Young Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #317

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Leslie Appleton-Young. Leslie is vice-president and chief economist for the California Association of Realtors, a statewide trade organization with 155,000 members dedicated to the advancement of professionalism in real estate.Leslie directs the activities of the association’s member information group.She oversees the analysis of the housing market and brokerage industry trends. Bruce and Leslie discuss equity and traditional sales, REOs becoming a smaller percentage of the market, the policies from the past that are still in effect today, CoreLogic's data on underwater mortgages, and much, much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast. 

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Cary Pearce with Provident Loans joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #316

Bruce Norris is joined again this week by Cary Pearce.Cary is the sales production manager for Provident Loans, and he has been involved over his lifetime involved in loans and about $ 1 billion and a half in closings.  Bruce and Cary discuss Provident's policies for giving loans, overlays, requirements if you are self-employed, down payment required, cash reserves for occupant buyers, down payment gift programs, fourplex limits, VA loans, and much, much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast. 

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Cary Pearce with Provident Loans joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #315

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Cary Pearce. Cary is the sales production manager for Provident Loans, and he has been in the business since 1985.  He has closed about 2,500 loans himself, and he has also supervised about $1.5 billion in closing.  Bruce and Cary discuss Provident's Inside Lending newsletter, the percentage of the market made up of short sales, the unemployment level, expected GDP growth, the interest rate when Cary first started in the business, jumbo loans and portfolio loans, FHA loans, and more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast. 

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Tony Alvarez Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #314

Bruce Norris is joined again this week by Tony Alvarez. Tony is the owner of Evergreen Properties.  He buys and sells, buys and holds, manages his own properties, and has become one of the most sought after speakers and trainers. Bruce and Tony discuss his deal source in 2012, REO agents in the short sale world, acquisitions, hedge fund buyers, rental properties, price aggression, the building industry, and more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast. 

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Sean O'Toole Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #313

Bruce Norris is joined again this week by Sean O’Toole. Sean is the founder and president of ForeclosureRadar.com, one of the finest websites a real estate investor can get involved with on a regular basis.Sean has done an excellent job on the website and put his computer genius to work in the industry, saving a lot of people a lot of money. He has also created competition that did not exist prior to his website by making it easier for people to become very proficient. Bruce and Sean discuss his foreclosure website and how it has grown into a short sale referral network, California's budget problems and where we may actually see improvement, delayed household growth, hedge funds and their impact on rents, REITs, affordability being close to all-time highs, new policies in the future following price aggression, and more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast. 

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Sean O'Toole on the Norris Group Real Estate Radio Show #312

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Sean O’Toole. Sean is the founder and president of ForeclosureRadar.com, a website that has pretty much revolutionized the trustee sale-buying business. Bruce and Sean discuss surprising changes at the end of last year, the number of people in foreclosure or 90+ days late in California, prices in 2013, their trip to Washington D.C., inflation, the credit world, and more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast. 

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Susie Leivas on the Norris Group Real Estate Radio Show #311

Bruce Norris is joined once again this week by Susie Leivas. Susie is the CFO of Leivas Associates. She has been doing taxes for Bruce for many years and has gotten a lot of referrals from him and other real estate investors.  Bruce and Susie discuss changing tax laws, capital gains, Social Security and when it is taxable, interest and charity deductions, a ROTH conversion, Section 179, and more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast. 

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