Doug Duncan Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #338

Bruce Norris is joined once again this week by Doug Duncan. Doug is the senior vice president and chief economist for Fannie Mae. He is responsible for managing Fannie Mae’s economics and strategic research group. In this leadership role Duncan provides all economic housing and mortgage market forecast, analysis, and serves as the company’s thought leader internally and with the external constituent groups. Bruce and Doug discuss shadow inventory, the delinquency level, the year-over-year price program, the Fed's monetary policy, the psychology of the market, the amount of mortgage-backed securities owned by the Fed, Fannie Mae's current policies, the general consensus for owning a home, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.

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Doug Duncan Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #337

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Doug Duncan. Doug is the senior vice president and chief economist for Fannie Mae. He is responsible for managing Fannie Mae’s economics and strategic research group.In this leadership role Duncan provides all economic housing and mortgage market forecast, analysis, and serves as the company’s thought leader internally and with the external constituent groups.Doug was recently named one of the 50 most powerful people in real estate. He has been a friend to investors and has invited them back to talk with Fannie and FHA about loosening up some of the loans that were given to investors. Bruce and Doug discuss how investors are a critical part of the market, the concern downward pressure on prices should people exit, Doug's paper "Unusually Uncertain," the question of whether it is a good time to sell, the lag in the consumer understanding of prices, the price recovery in California, underwater homeowners, 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 #336

Bruce Norris is joined again this week by Peter Fortunato. Peter has been an investor for a very long time since 1965 and loves the business. He is a libertarian, a capitalist, and he believes that transactions result from carefully conceived goals and plans followed by purposeful action and scrupulous documentation. Bruce and Peter discuss repeat business when dealing with private parties, his situation with a property he tried to acquire and the nine heirs involved, Peter's mentors and the people he learned from, his start at the age of 18, his seminar "Peter Fortunato and Jay Turner Present Profits and Mortgages," 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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Aaron and Bruce Norris of The Norris Group on the Real Estate Radio Show #334

In a reversal this week, Bruce Norris is the special guest again this week. He is interviewed by Aaron Norris, his son and Vice President of the Norris Group. Bruce is the president and founder of the Norris Group and has been a real estate investor since 1980. During this time he has been involved in over 2,000 transactions. As an investor, builder, and/or hard money partner he is best known for his long-term market timing reports including The California Comeback 1997, The California Crash 2006, and he is the moderator for I Survived Real Estate. This is their award-winning show that has produced almost $350,000 since its inception in 2008. Bruce and Aaron discuss California Comeback 2, doubling of prices, the handling of homes now compared to the boom, the decrease in labor and construction, migration, the Norris Group hard money loan program, the upcoming even I Survived Real Estate 2013, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.

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Aaron and Bruce Norris of The Norris Group on the Real Estate Radio Show #333

In a reversal this week, Bruce Norris is the special guest this week. He is interviewed by Aaron Norris, his son and Vice President of the Norris Group. Bruce is the president and founder of the Norris Group and has been a real estate investor since 1980. During this time he has been involved in over 2,000 transactions. As an investor, builder, and/or hard money partner he is best known for his long-term market timing reports including The California Comeback 1997, The California Crash 2006, and he is the moderator for I Survived Real Estate. This is their award-winning show that has produced almost $350,000 since its inception in 2008. Bruce and Aaron discuss the current market, Bruce's reports and his upcoming California Comeback 2, the charts and how they reflect the market, hedge funds, equity sellers, interest rates, the Fed's involvement in the market from 1970 to the present, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.

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Mike Novak-Smith Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #332

Bruce Norris is joined again this week by Mike Novak-Smith. Mike is with REMAX Results and is in the top 1% of agents nationwide. He is an expert in the disposition of REO, short sales, bankruptcies, asset management, and negotiation. Bruce and Mike discuss short sales, REOs, the attitude of homeowners and buyers now compared to the 90s, the percentage of people current on their mortgages, prices and hedge funds, the new home construction business, the trend today for getting people approved for loans, portfolio loans, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.

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Mike Novak-Smith Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #331

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Mike Novak-Smith.Mike is with REMAX Results and is in the top 1% of agents nationwide.He is an expert in the disposition of REO, short sales, bankruptcies, asset management, and negotiation.. Bruce and Mike discuss REOs, hedge funds, shadow inventory, inventory, properties for sale, FHA deals, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.

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Rick Solis Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #330

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Rick Solis. Rick wears a lot of hats. He is an investor, an appraiser, hard money lender, a landlord, and on occasion he puts on his teacher’s hat. Bruce and Rick discuss appraisals and comparables that Rick does for the different areas, automatic appraisals and other review processes, price increases and price movement and what this holds in the future, inventory levels, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.

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Rick Sharga, Vice President of Carrington Holding Company, LLC, Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #329

Bruce Norris is joined again this week by Rick Sharga. Rick is the vice-president of Carrington Mortgage Holdings and one of the country’s most frequently quoted sources on foreclosure, mortgage, and real estate trends. Rick has appeared on every major network and news show in the country, and he has even briefed government organizations such as the Federal Reserve and Senate Banking committee on foreclosure trends. Prior to being with Carrington, Rick was senior vice president of RealtyTrac, which is responsible for marketing and business development. Bruce and Rick discuss interest rates and affordability, price increases and their effect on delinquencies, shadow inventory, REOs, ways to get inventory into the market, college debt, price movement, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.

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Rick Sharga, Vice President of Carrington Holding Company, LLC, Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #328

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Rick Sharga. Rick is an executive vice president at Carrington Mortgage Holdings, LLC. Rick is one of the most often quoted experts and has been on almost every television show about real estate records. He has been seen on NBC Nightly News, CNN, CBS, NBC. He is a trusted voice in what is going on in the real estate world. Bruce and Rick discuss the time he spoke in front of the Federal Reserve and Senate Banking Committee, vertical integration, Carrington Holding Company and their new programs and services, Carrington's business model in addition to other business models, rent values, long-term holds, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.

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Peter Schiff, CEO of Euro Pacific Capital, Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #327

Bruce Norris is joined again this week by Peter Schiff. Peter is the CEO of Euro Pacific Capital and bestselling author of The Real Crash: America’s Coming Bankruptcy - How to Save Yourself and Your Country.He is also the host of the nationally syndicated Peter Schiff show, heard daily from 1-3 Pacific Time at schiffradio.com. Bruce and Peter discuss California during the Bubble, mortgage rates in California, the national economy and how it is affected by government policies, the economy today compared to the 1990s, interest rates, the analogy of decoupling when relating to the market, the problem of monetizing debt, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.

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Peter Schiff, CEO of Euro Pacific Capital, Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #326

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Peter Schiff.Peter is the CEO of Euro Pacific Capital and bestselling author of The Real Crash:America’s Coming Bankruptcy - How to Save Yourself and Your Country.He is also the host of the nationally syndicated Peter Schiff show, heard daily from 1-3 Pacific Time at schiffradio.com. Bruce and Peter discuss his prediction of the US economy back in 2005-2007, the collapse of the market, America's bankruptcy and how he would deal with it, debt to GDP both here and in Japan, the Federal Reserve being the largest creditor, the hit on credibility, the benefits of reserve currency, 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 #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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