The Norris Group Real Estate Radio Show

262-TNGRadio - Robert Kleinhenz 1-28-12

aaron@thenorrisgroup.com (The Norris Group, Bruce Norris) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:34:35 PST

Bruce is joined once again this week by Robert Kleinhenz. Robert is the Chief Economist of the Kyser Center for Economic Research, which conducts research in regional, state, and national economies. Bruce and Robert discuss the sovereign debt problem in Europe, the interest rate climate of today and how we can use it to determine the forseeable future, deflation vs. inflation, the oil world, the employment and consumer sectors, shadow inventory, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.
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261-TNGRadio - Robert Kleinhenz 1-21-12

aaron@thenorrisgroup.com (The Norris Group, Bruce Norris) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:14:12 PST

Bruce is joined this week by Robert Kleinhenz. Robert is the Chief Economist of the Kaiser Center for Economic Research, which conducts research in regional, state, and national economies. Bruce and Robert discuss the kind of work that LAEDC does and their market forecasts, the economy and labor market, the manufacturing sector and the educational needs related to this work, the workforce as a whole including the baby boomers, the California and national budget, the GDP, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.
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260-TNGRadio - Craig Hill 1-14-12

aaron@thenorrisgroup.com (The Norris Group, Bruce Norris) — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:12:21 PST

Bruce is joined once again this week by Craig Hill. Craig has been with The Norris Group since its inception in 1995. He has worked with the real estate investors, helping them access money for their deals and trust deed investors who want to get a very safe yield on their money. Bruce and Craig discuss the borrower side of the loan program, gaining experience in the real estate market, the real estate world at the time Bruce and Craig first met, the hoops and filters of lending, and a lot of facts about lending people are not originally told, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.
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259-TNGRadio - Craig Hill 1-7-12

aaron@thenorrisgroup.com (The Norris Group, Bruce Norris) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:08:54 PST

This week Bruce is joined this week by Craig Hill. Craig has been with The Norris Group since its inception in 1995. He has helped The Norris Group invest in approximately $40 million worth of trust deeds. Bruce and Craig discuss The Norris Group and its process for handling loans, the mood in the market regarding price shifts, their relationship with the borrowers, the idea of passive loans and investing, 9.9%, 12.5%, and 4% loans, high interest yield, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.
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258-TNGRadio - Robert England 12-31-11

aaron@thenorrisgroup.com (The Norris Group, Bruce Norris) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:41:33 PST

This week Bruce is joined once again by Robert England, author and financial journalist. Bruce and Robert discuss CDOs and how they came about, the concept of traunches, different laws passed for banking companies and investment firms, credit default swap, the illegal activity by specific investing firms, the recent trader who earned a lot of money from one trade, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.
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257-TNGRadio - Robert England 12-24-11

aaron@thenorrisgroup.com (The Norris Group, Bruce Norris) — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 08:28:37 PST

This week Bruce is joined by Robert England, author and financial journalist. Bruce and Robert discuss his book Black Box Casino: How Wall Street’s Risky Shadow Banking Crashed Global Finance and how he came up with the title, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the amount of political clout the political clubs had, the 1992 Federal Housing Enterprise Financial Safety and Soundness Act, mortgage-backed securities, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.
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256-TNGRadio - Carolina Reid 12-17-11

aaron@thenorrisgroup.com (The Norris Group, Bruce Norris) — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:09:40 PST

This week Bruce is joined by Carolina Reid, Senior Researcher at the Center for Responsible Lending. Bruce and Carolina discuss the idea of a 20% down payment, the foreclosure crisis and strategic foreclosures, the success of the NSP fund program, the period of time when delinquencies tripled and foreclosures declined, the short sale status, the ramifications from a decline in homeownership, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.
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255-TNGRadio - Carolina Reid 12-10-11

aaron@thenorrisgroup.com (The Norris Group, Bruce Norris) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 08:38:41 PST

This week Bruce is joined by Carolina Reid, Senior Researcher at the Center for Responsible Lending. Bruce and Carolina discuss foreclosures and the foreclosure crisis, the connection between the foreclosure rates among communities and the loan products they received, the unintended consequences of delaying foreclosing, loan modifications, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.
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254-TNGRadio - I Survived Real Estate 2011 part 7 12-03-11

aaron@thenorrisgroup.com (The Norris Group, Bruce Norris) — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 09:23:16 PST

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 uncertainty in the lending community, stable employment, underinvestment in the economy, the 203k program that existed back in the 90s, changes that need to be made to HARP and new regulations, what each of the panelists would like to see accomplished in their industry, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.
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253-TNG Radio - I Survived Real Estate 2011 part 6 11-24-11

aaron@thenorrisgroup.com (The Norris Group, Bruce Norris) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 08:08:00 PST

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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252-TNG Radio - I Survived Real Estate 2011 part 5 11-19-11

aaron@thenorrisgroup.com (The Norris Group, Bruce Norris) — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 11:43:05 PST

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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251-TNG Radio - I Survived Real Estate 2011 part 4 11-12-11

aaron@thenorrisgroup.com (The Norris Group, Bruce Norris) — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 08:04:07 PST

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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250-TNG Radio - I Survived Real Estate 2011 part 3 11-05-11

aaron@thenorrisgroup.com (The Norris Group, Bruce Norris) — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 08:07:33 PDT

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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249-TNG Radio - I Survived Real Estate 2011 part 2 10-29-11

aaron@thenorrisgroup.com (The Norris Group, Bruce Norris) — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 08:48:06 PDT

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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248-TNG Radio - I Survived Real Estate 2011 10-22-11

aaron@thenorrisgroup.com (The Norris Group, Bruce Norris) — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:47:28 PDT

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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247-TNG Radio - Gary Thomas 10-14-11

aaron@thenorrisgroup.com (The Norris Group, Bruce Norris) — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 07:57:56 PDT

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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246-TNG Radio - Sean O'Toole 10-8-11

aaron@thenorrisgroup.com (The Norris Group, Bruce Norris) — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:11:26 PDT

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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245-TNG Radio - Debra Still 10-1-11

aaron@thenorrisgroup.com (The Norris Group, Bruce Norris) — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:13:29 PDT

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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244-TNG Radio - Christopher Thornberg 9-24-11

aaron@thenorrisgroup.com (The Norris Group, Bruce Norris) — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:09:23 PDT

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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243-TNG Radio - Doug Duncan 9-17-11

aaron@thenorrisgroup.com (The Norris Group, Bruce Norris) — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 08:09:20 PDT

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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242-TNG Radio - Eric Janszen 9-10-11

aaron@thenorrisgroup.com (The Norris Group, Bruce Norris) — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 10:28:10 PDT

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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241-TNG Radio - Sara Stephens 9-3-11

aaron@thenorrisgroup.com (The Norris Group, Bruce Norris) — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:50:37 PDT

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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239-TNG Radio - Rick Solis and Andrea Esplin 8-20-11

aaron@thenorrisgroup.com (The Norris Group, Bruce Norris) — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 09:21:33 PDT

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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238-TNG Radio - Rick Solis and Andrea Esplin 8-13-11

aaron@thenorrisgroup.com (The Norris Group, Bruce Norris) — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:14:35 PDT

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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237-TNG Radio - Tony Alvarez and Mike Cantu 8-06-11

aaron@thenorrisgroup.com (The Norris Group, Bruce Norris) — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 08:18:15 PDT

Bruce is joined once again this week by Tony Alvarez and Mike Cantu, two of the most popular buyers and now trainers in California. Bruce, Mike, and Tony discuss their different methodologies for buying and selling houses, people who were the biggest influences in Mike's life, how both of them were involved in the education side of real estate, how Bruce was the one who influenced Tony to keep going in the business, their advice for starting over when you have lost everything, and much more on this week's real estate radio show and podcast.

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