Why Is It So Hard To Have A Home In California? With Dan Dunmoyer #605

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.

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Dan Dunmoyer. Dan is president and CEO of the California Builders Industry Association. Dan oversees and manages all aspects of the association. He is a respected and recognized leader, strongly committed to ensuring the CBIA continues to be the leading voice of housing in California as well as efforts to ensure the American dream of homeownership is attainable for all Californians. He is the son of a small home builder from Southern California and a veteran of California public policy issues. He served as president and CEO of the Personal Insurance Federation of California from 1996 to 2005. As Deputy Chief of Staff and Cabinet Secretary for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Most recently he served as Senior Vice President and Head of Government Affairs for Zurich and Farmers Insurance companies.

Bruce and Dan discuss the CBIA, the process for obtaining approval for a housing project in California, how it differs in other states, building permit costs in California versus other states, legislation in place to help the housing and building crisis, solar power on homes in the future, ADUs and how they could help solve the crisis, 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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Predictive Analysis in Real Estate With Rich Swier #604

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 Rich Swier. He is the co-founder of Offrs.com and a serial entrepreneur based in Sarasota, Florida. He is the founder of the HUB, co-founder of Offers.com. His previous ventures include Sarasota Online, acquired by Comcast at the ripe age of 24 and Backsoft, acquired by SAP. In addition to his primary business pursuits, he is an author and speaker on topics including broadband development, predictive analytics, and building startup ecosystems. He has been awarded a number of industry awards and accolades for his work with startups, and he continues to promote entrepreneurship in schools and communities.

Aaron and Rich discuss predictive analysis, mathematics, and applying this to real estate, the consumers' response to his work, how he ended up using his mathematics background in real estate, whether other service providers utilize his methods outside of real estate, where he sees Offrs going in the next several years, how he and his partner use their knowledge of real estate and math together in the company, 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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GDP Growth With Christopher Thornberg #603

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.

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Dr. Christopher Thornberg. Dr. Thornberg founded Beacon Economics, LLC in 2006. Under his leadership, the firm has become one of the most respected research organizations in California, serving public and private sector clients across the United States. In 2015, Dr. Thornberg also became director of the UC Riverside School of Business Center for Economic Forecasting and Development. He is also an adjunct professor at the school. He is an expert in economic and revenue forecasting, regional economics, economic policy, and labor and real estate markets. He also consults for private industries, cities, counties, and public agencies. Dr. Thornberg became nationally known for forecasting the subprime mortgage market crash that began in 2007; and he was one of the few economists on record to predict the global economic recession that followed.

Bruce and Christopher discuss quantitative easing, the Fed reduced balance sheet, their effect on the economy, GDP growth and where it is headed next year, interest rates and whether they could go negative, what could cause the next recession, the short and long-term impacts robotics, AI, and 3D printing could have on the economy, 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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Bruce Norris and I Survived Real Estate #602

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 his dad and president of The Norris Group, Bruce Norris. This week they are launching I Survived Real Estate. They will have the new intro and outro starting this week. Leading up to September 28, they will be doing interviews with several, although not all of the panelists before the event. They do not want to give everything away before the event, but they will be interviewing people who support some of the questioning and research up to the event. They had such strong sponsor support that they actually sold out about 4 months before they even officially launched.

Aaron and Bruce discuss I Survived Real Estate 2018, this year's panel and why they chose who they chose, topics that will be discussed, artificial intelligence and real estate tech, how technology affects realtors, other upcoming Norris Group events, 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: In A Day Development, Inland Valley Association of Realtors, 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, uDirect IRA Services, White House Catering.  See www.isurvivedrealestate.com for event information.

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How to Get the Yes Vote With Katie Coates #601

Aaron Norris is joined this week by Katie Coates. She is the author of Yes Vote, the public hearing plan for developers. She has a long history of working with developers to overcome opposition, build support, and obtain approval for projects. This means she spent way too much time in city council, planning, regional, and state agency meetings to be sure. She is a creative strategist at Taylor & Co. PR based out of Southern California. She also teaches at several local Southern California universities on topics ranging from building community to crisis communications. Aaron met her in New York City many years ago as they were serving at the Public Relations Society of America. It was not until a few months ago he knew her specialty was on this, which is highly appropriate considering his research was also on this.

Aaron and Katie discuss her book Yes Vote and why she wrote it, how you can get a free copy, the different naysayers and their triggers they try to use to stop projects, an assumption people have in Riverside on zoning laws that is false, how to get street credibility as an outside investor, and much more on the real estate radio show and podcast.

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Interior Design and Finishing With Andrea Van Soest #600

Aaron Norris is joined this week by Andrea Van Soest for The Norris Group’s 600th radio show. This is 250 hours of real estate content and 10 years on the radio show. Andrea is a flipper, realtor, and designer. She adds the design eye to the husband-wife team at So Cal Homebuyers, which she co-owns and runs with her husband Doug. He was on the show the last two weeks talking about their journey, getting started in entrepreneurship, and how they went from kettle corn to flipping. Today, they will discuss design and style. Andrea studied interior design at UCLA and UC Riverside and has a background in industrial-organizational psychology. She and her husband have flipped hundreds of properties, and they also buy rentals.

Aaron and Andrea discuss her interior design business, how she first started working with this, her client's reactions, where she goes to get the necessary materials she needs, finishes that she finds the most unique, how you can check out her work, and much more on the real estate radio show and podcast.

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Access To Real Estate Information and Finding Leads With Doug Van Soest #599

Bruce and Aaron Norris are joined again this week by Doug Van Soest. He and his wife Andrea have been property buyers since about 2008. They have done about 400 deals as well as have gotten into wholesaling, property management, and keeping properties. He has been one of the success stories of the business.

Bruce and Aaron discuss with Doug his business and how he handles calls from prospective clients, the percentage of leads he has dealt with personally and not over the phone, how the ease of access to information has changed his business, his idea of the perfect rental property, the California market and how it is for reselling properties, how he has succeeded in a business in which few have, and much more on the real estate radio show and podcast.

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Mailers and Finding Deals with Doug Van Soest #598

Bruce and Aaron Norris are joined this week by Doug Van Soest. He and his wife Andrea have been property buyers since about 2008. They have done about 400 deals as well as have gotten into wholesaling, property management, and keeping properties. He has been one of the success stories of the business.

Bruce and Aaron discuss with Doug his business prior to real estate, how he and Andrea first got into the real estate business, how they decided who handled what tasks, their best skills they utilize for the business, finding deals and how it has changed in 2018, their mailer and how they make it stand out, the way the industry is changing how people search for real estate, and much more on the real estate radio show and podcast.

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National CORE and the Hope Through Housing Foundation's Mission With Steve PonTell and Gregory Bradbard #597

Bruce and Aaron Norris are joined again this week by Steve PonTell and Gregory Bradbard of the National CORE and the Hope Through Housing Foundation.

Bruce and Aaron discuss with Greg and Steve National CORE and Hope Through Housing and what their main focus is with social services, the source of funding for their programs, their strategic partnerships, NIMBYism and YIMBYism, their biggest roadblocks to current and future projects, the future of affordable housing, and much more on the real estate radio show and podcast.

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The State of Affordable Housing With Steve PonTell and Gregory Bradbard #596

Bruce and Aaron Norris are joined this week by Steve PonTell and Gregory Bradbard.  Steve PonTell is the CEO and President of the National Community Renaissance, or National CORE, which is one of the largest affordable housing developers in the US home based in Rancho Cucamonga.  The acquisition, developer, and social services nonprofit controls over 10,000 doors and close to $1 billion in assets, while housing over 27,000 residents.  In 1996, Steve founded the La Jolla Institute, a California-based nonprofit think tank that advances a better understanding of the critical elements necessary for both communities and corporations to achieve sustainable economic competitiveness.

Gregory Bradbard is the Senior Vice President of National CORE and the President of Hope Through Housing Foundation.  He's got 20 years of experience as a community leader and a fundraiser.  Prior to joining Hope Through Housing and National CORE, Greg served as President and Chief Executive Officer at the Inland Empire United Way.

Bruce and Aaron discuss with Greg and Steve National CORE and its mission, how they got involved in their line of work, their core audience, how National CORE differs from Hope Through Housing, the importance of social services and affordable housing, the structure they built and how it has changed over the years, the state of affordable housing, and much more on the real estate radio show and podcast.

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Notes and Self-Directed IRAs with Rick Solis #595

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Rick Solis. Rick is a retired appraiser, investor, teacher, and property manager. Primarily he is an investor now. He retired only two years ago when he was 48.

Bruce discusses with Rick his retirement accounts he had to invest with, Substantially Equal Periodic Payments, when he first learned about self-directed IRAs, his concerns about the timing of the next down cycle, the states in which he invested in notes, his first Florida loan, the unique thing Bruce had to deal with when working with the real estate there, and much more on the real estate radio show and podcast.

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Rick Solis and His Journey to Real Estate #594

Aaron and Bruce Norris are joined this week by Rick Solis. Rick is a retired appraiser, investor, teacher, and property manager. Primarily he is an investor now. He retired only two years ago when he was 48.

Aaron and Bruce discuss with Rick how he began his journey into real estate at a young age, his first house he bought as an investment, how the downturn affected him, his inventory building and how it has changed, whey he decided to exit sooner than when most people thought advantageous, and much more on the real estate radio show and podcast.

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The Purpose of the PACE Program With Paul Herrera #593

Aaron and Bruce Norris are joined again this week by Paul Herrera. Paul is the Government Affairs Director for the Inland Valley Association of Realtors. Paul serves as an advocate for realtors on local issues, helping to preserve and protect property rights and the value of homeownership. His unique experience includes an award-winning journalism career with newspapers in Florida and California. He covered real estate, small business, the aviation business, and the confluence of government policy, politics and business.

Aaron and Bruce discuss with Paul the main issue behind affordable housing and whether it extends to renting, ideas to make it possible to build a different price-level home, solar power and where it could go, the PACE Program, and much more on the real estate radio show and podcast.

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Propositions and Rent Control With Paul Herrera #592

Aaron and Bruce Norris are joined again this week by Paul Herrera. Paul is the Government Affairs Director for the Inland Valley Association of Realtors. Paul serves as an advocate for realtors on local issues, helping to preserve and protect property rights and the value of homeownership. His unique experience includes an award-winning journalism career with newspapers in Florida and California. He covered real estate, small business, the aviation business, and the confluence of government policy, politics and business.

Aaron and Bruce discuss with Paul the different propositions and what changes we could see made in the future, rent control and how we are seeing this played out in different cities, the Costa Hawkins Act, the way the efforts to get a bill passed or prevented from getting passed are funded, the way to get involved besides realtors associations, and much more on the real estate radio show and podcast.

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What Investors Should Know About Hoarding With Dr. Robin Zasio #591

This week Aaron Norris is joined by Dr. Robin Zasio. They had originally posted on Facebook to get people’s questions they wanted to ask her. She is a licensed clinical psychologist and licensed clinical social worker who has been specializing in the treatment of OCD and anxiety disorders for over twenty years. You may recognize her from several different shows, but the one that he was introduced to her on was “Hoarders.” He was always so fascinated how calm and collected and patient she was with the people with whom she worked.

Aaron discusses with Robin the proper name for a hoarding disorder, OCD and how it is defined, warning signs to look for in someone with a hoarding disorder, the International Obsessive Compulsive Foundation and how they help people with anxiety and hoarding disorders, her method for working with people with the disorder, a good strategy for knowing when to not add more items to your collection, and much more on the real estate radio show and podcast.

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