Philip Tirone of the Mortgage Equity Group #159

Bruce Norris is joined by Philip Tirone. Philip Tirone is the President of the Mortgage Equity Group and author of The 7 Steps to a 720 Credit Score. Bruce and Philip discuss the state of the jumbo lending market, difficulties with appraisals, over disclosure in the market, regulation x, and new lending guidelines.

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Greg Norris of The Norris Group #158

Bruce Norris is joined by Greg Norris, Porject manager at The Norris Group in charge of REO and trustee sale acquisitions. Bruce and Greg discuss some of what The Norris Group is doing, how Greg learned the skills necessary to be successful, and what it takes to be a competitive California real estate investor in the current market.

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Paul Bertrand of the FBI #157

Bruce Norris is joined by Paul Bertrand, supervisor for the Los Angeles Mortgage Fraud Division in the FBI. Bruce and Paul discuss mortgage fraud including the hot topic of short sale fraud and new trends the FBI watches for in California and around the US.

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Randy Grigg of Elite Auctions #156

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Randy Grigg, President of Elite Auctions in California as well as an investor. Bruce and Randy discuss how trustee sale buyers are leveraging his California auction service and how advertising have changed in the auction business. Randy also shares some of the expertise required in making an auction successful.

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Randy Grigg of Elite Auctions #155

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Randy Grigg, President of Elite Auctions in California. Bruce and Randy discuss everything from creative financing, to seller financing, to California real estate investor strategies over the years.

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Mike Cantu and Tony Alvarez #154

Bruce Norris is joined this week by California real estate investors Mike Cantu and Tony Alvarez. The three discuss what they would do if they needed to start all over again after losing everything. They discuss how different strategies work for different people and personality types. Thank you Mike and Tony for your time. Happy holidays all.

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Mike Cantu and Tony Alvarez #153

Bruce Norris is joined this week by California real estate investors Mike Cantu and Tony Alvarez which talk about how they got started, goals, and creating wealth. They also discuss early struggles in the business and how they got past downturns. Tony and Mike will be guests next week as well.

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Hugh Bromma of Entrust #152

Bruce Norris is joined this week by CEO of Entrust, Hugh Bromma. Bruce and Hugh discuss more about self directed IRA's, the Do's and Don'ts of IRA investing, mistakes people make, investing in real estate using your IRA, and some commonly asked questions that a real estate investor might ask when deciding to invest using an IRA.

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Hugh Bromma of Entrust #151

Bruce Norris is joined this week by CEO of Entrust, Hugh Bromma. Bruce and Hugh discuss how Hugh got involved in the self-directed market, different retirement vehicles, self directed IRAs, what role Entrust plays for its clients, limits to investments in self-directed IRAs, how to spot custodians who may not know what they're doing, investing in real estate out of an IRA, and much more.

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Craig Hill with The Norris Group #150

Bruce speaks with Craig Hill again regarding hard money loans and trust deed investments at the Norris Group. This week Craig discusses preferred characteristics for a hard money borrower. With over 20 years in the hard money business, Craig has important discernment skills that protects our money sources. The Norris Group only loans in California so The Norris Group offers local insights and prides itself on an excellent track record. Bruce and Craig discuss why The Norris Group does not offer pooled (also known as fractionalized) trust deed investment and why they prefer their one-on-one method and the risk-saving features it offers. Bruce Norris and Craig Hill also discuss the new long term hard money program currently available.

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Craig Hill with The Norris Group #149

This week Bruce Norris is joined by Craig Hill. Craig Hill is The Norris Group's hard money loan officer and California trust deed investments manager. Bruce and Craig talk about things going on in the current market, how they started working together, and the mind set of current investors in the market place. They also discuss real estate investors with an "all-in" attitude and how dangerous it can be in the current market.

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I Survived Real Estate 2009 part 8 #148

This week The Norris Group Real Estate Radio Show and Podcast presents the final eposide of I Survived Real Estate 2009. This segment features the much talked about panel discussion between Bruce Norris , Christopher Thornberg with Beacon Economics, Rick Sharga with RealtyTrac, John Young with the California Builders Industry Association, Pat Combs with the National Association of Realtors, Joseph Magdziarz from the Appraisal Institute, and David Kittle with The Mortgage Bankers Association.

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I Survived Real Estate 2009 part 7 #147

This week The Norris Group Real Estate Radio Show and Podcast presents Part 8 of I Survived Real Estate 2009. This segment features the much talked about panel discussion between Bruce Norris , Christopher Thornberg with Beacon Economics, Rick Sharga with RealtyTrac, John Young with the California Builders Industry Association, Pat Combs with the National Association of Realtors, Joseph Magdziarz from the Appraisal Institute, and David Kittle with The Mortgage Bankers Association.

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I Survived Real Estate 2009 part 6 #146

This week The Norris Group Real Estate Radio Show and Podcast presents Part 7 of I Survived Real Estate 2009. This segment features the much talked about panel discussion between Bruce Norris , Christopher Thornberg with Beacon Economics, Rick Sharga with RealtyTrac, John Young with the California Builders Industry Association, Pat Combs with the National Association of Realtors, Joseph Magdziarz from the Appraisal Institute, and David Kittle with The Mortgage Bankers Association.

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I Survived Real Estate 2009 part 5 #145

This week The Norris Group Real Estate Radio Show and Podcast presents Part 6 of I Survived Real Estate 2009. This segment features Bruce Norris finishing of his presentation and then we enter part two of the event which features all eight panelists including Christopher Thornberg with Beacon Economics, Rick Sharga with RealtyTrac, John Young with the California Builders Industry Association, Pat Combs with the National Association of Realtors, Joseph Magdziarz from the Appraisal Institute, and David Kittle with The Mortgage Bankers Association.

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