I Survived Real Estate 2011 part 6 #253

This week, The Norris Group presents the audio portion from the event I Survived Real Estate 2011. This award-winning event has raised over $250,000 since its inception four years ago thanks to the support of all the sponsors and individuals donors that participate. This year, the event focused on current industry regulation, head-scratching legislation, and the opportunities emerging for savvy real estate professionals from an exciting lineup of experienced experts from multiple industries. The video is available on the website. This week's radio show features all six panelists, who discuss the recent Moody's report on QRMs, the loan balance, the federal programs being at the county level, the uncertainty in the lending community right now, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.

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I Survived Real Estate 2011 part 5 #252

This week, The Norris Group presents the audio portion from the event I Survived Real Estate 2011. This award-winning event has raised over $250,000 since its inception four years ago thanks to the support of all the sponsors and individuals donors that participate. This year, the event focused on current industry regulation, head-scratching legislation, and the opportunities emerging for savvy real estate professionals from an exciting lineup of experienced experts from multiple industries. The video is available on the website. This week's radio show features Bruce and panelists Doug Duncan, Eric Janszen, Sean O'Toole, Debra Still, Sara Stephens, and Gary Thomas, who discuss the function of the appraisal management company, AMCs, the reasonable customary fee, undue pressure, the need for local market expertise, broker-price opinions, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.
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I Survived Real Estate 2011 part 4 #251

This week, The Norris Group presents the audio portion from the event I Survived Real Estate 2011. This award-winning event has raised over $250,000 since its inception four years ago thanks to the support of all the sponsors and individuals donors that participate. This year, the event focused on current industry regulation, head-scratching legislation, and the opportunities emerging for savvy real estate professionals from an exciting lineup of experienced experts from multiple industries. The video is available on the website. This week's radio show features Bruce and panelists Doug Duncan, Eric Janszen, Sean O'Toole, Debra Still, Sara Stephens, and Gary Thomas, who discuss issues with foreclosures and how it will affect taxpayers, the number of people currently delinquent, extensively on the Dodd-Frank Act and where we are now with it, the risk retention rule, reps and warranties and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.
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I Survived Real Estate 2011 part 3 #250

This week, The Norris Group presents the audio portion from the event I Survived Real Estate 2011. This award-winning event has raised over $250,000 since its inception four years ago thanks to the support of all the sponsors and individuals donors that participate. This year, the event focused on current industry regulation, head-scratching legislation, and the opportunities emerging for savvy real estate professionals from an exciting lineup of experienced experts from multiple industries. The video is available on the website. This week's radio show features Bruce and panelists Doug Dunca, Eric Janszen, and Sean O'Toole, who discuss Eric Janszen's book The Post-Catastrophe Economy, the recent loan portfolio, the debate on the debt ceiling, output gaps, public/private partnerships to create an infrastructure and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.

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I Survived Real Estate 2011 part 2 #249

This week, The Norris Group presents the audio portion from the event I Survived Real Estate 2011. This award-winning event has raised over $250,000 since its inception four years ago thanks to the support of all the sponsors and individuals donors that participate. This year, the event focused on current industry regulation, head-scratching legislation, and the opportunities emerging for savvy real estate professionals from an exciting lineup of experienced experts from multiple industries. The video is available on the website. This week's radio show features Bruce and panelists Doug Dunca, Eric Janszen, and Sean O'Toole, who discuss the meaning of homeownership, foreclosure rates, investor financing, current lending policies on investors, the recent study put together by Cal Poly Pomona and Michael Carney, the primary risk of a Greek default, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.

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I Survived Real Estate 2011 part 1 #248

This week, The Norris Group presents the audio portion from the event I Survived Real Estate 2011. This award-winning event has raised over $250,000 since its inception four years ago thanks to the support of all the sponsors and individuals donors that participate. This year, the event focused on current industry regulation, head-scratching legislation, and the opportunities emerging for savvy real estate professionals from an exciting lineup of experienced experts from multiple industries. The video will be available on the website shortly. In this first show, Aaron Norris and Bruce Norris launch the event and Bruce sets up the evening speaking on our current sales volume in California and home ownership.

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Gary Thomas Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #247

This week Bruce is joined by Gary Thomas, First Vice-President of the National Association of Realtors. Bruce and Gary discuss the past real estate markets compared to today, interest rates and where they are going, rentals and homeownership, the mortgage interest rate deduction, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast. On October 14th, the Norris Group returns with its award-winning event I Survived Real Estate 2011.

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Sean O'Toole with PropertyRadar #246

This week Bruce is joined by Sean O'Toole, President of ForeclosureRadar. Bruce and Sean discuss how he became involved in the business of buying at trustee sales, shadow inventory, how his website has changed the process for trustee sale purchases, the number of properties scheduled for sale in California currently, overencumbered properties and owners, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast. On October 14th, the Norris Group returns with its award-winning event I Survived Real Estate 2011.

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Debra Still with the Mortgage Bankers Association #245

This week Bruce is joined by Debra Still, Vice-Chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association.  Bruce and Debra discuss the new rules that are recently being made, the Dodd-Frank Act, qualified residential mortgages and the new rules for qualifying, the 2009 Book of Business, government-funded loans and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.  On October 14th, the Norris Group returns with its award-winning event I Survived Real Estate 2011.
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Christopher Thornberg with Beacon Economics #244

This week Bruce is joined by Christopher Thornberg, Principal for Beacon Economics.  Bruce and Christopher discuss whether or not we will see growth in the second half of the year,  the housing bubble, Greece's economy compared to ours, the suspension of basic rules of asset valuation, the major impediment to having a housing market recovery, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.  On October 14th, the Norris Group returns with its award-winning event I Survived Real Estate 2011.
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Doug Duncan with Fannie Mae #243

This week Bruce is joined by Doug Duncan, Chief Economist for Fannie Mae.  Bruce and Doug discuss the housing bubble and when things became unsustainable, the mood in the market today compared to only two months ago, rentals vs. owned properties, the hurdles to having a new housing market, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.  On October 14th, the Norris Group returns with its award-winning event I Survived Real Estate 2011.

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Eric Janszen with iTulip #242

This week Bruce is joined by Eric Janszen, founder and President of iTulip.  Bruce and Eric discuss his business iTulip, the housing bubble, the tulip bulb mania and how it relates to today, the fire economy, what our market can do to get back in the right direction, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.  On October 14th, the Norris Group returns with its award-winning event I Survived Real Estate 2011.

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Sara Stephens with the Appraisal Institute #241

This week Bruce is joined by Sara W. Stephens, President Elect of the Appraisal Institute.  Bruce and Sara discuss the Appraisal Institute, her recent testimony in front of Congress, the HVCC and the Dodd-Frank Legislation, the difference between finding estimates on Zillow and using an AVM model, appraisal management companies, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.  On October 14th, the Norris Group returns with its award-winning event I Survived Real Estate 2011.

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Rick Solis and Andrea Esplin Join Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #239

This week Bruce is joined once again by Rick Solis and Andrea Esplin, both investors in Southern California.  Bruce, Andrea, and Rick discuss when they noticed the market going down and how it affected their business strategies, how things have changed in the real estate business, the status of rental properties for the time, the status of their inventories, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.

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Andrea Esplin and Rick Solis Join Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #238

Bruce is joined this week by Rick Solis and Andrea Esplin.  Both are real estate investors in Southern California and have been doing it for a long time.  Rick is also the appraiser that appraises most of The Norris Group’s hard money loan situations.  Bruce, Andrea, and Rick discuss how they first got started in real estate, how they put their resources together to form their business partnership, what the real estate market was like a decade ago compared to today, the price of rental properties,  and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.


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