The Norris Group Real Estate Radio Show and Podcast

This week Aaron Norris is joined Sterling Jawitz of Common. He is head of the real estate strategic partnerships at Common where he is in charge of growing and maintaining relationships with large-scale real estate developers, owners, and investors in all target markets. As a first employee of Common, Sterling spent more than a year as head of real estate acquisitions, focusing on real estate acquisition, strategy, project-specific analysis. Prior to Common, he focused on real estate development in New York City, specializing in high density co-living spaces that provide a social and professional development services and amenities. He also worked in real estate capital markets, primarily with institutional investors looking to deploy equity and debt. Aaron and Sterling discuss whether there is a lot of competition when it comes to micro and co-living, pod shares and whether these add to the competition, the markets where Common is located and why they chose them, how they get their tenants involved in the community, the risk of putting strangers together and how they manage the risk, the future of co-housing, and much more on the real estate radio show and podcast. Play Now http://www.thenorrisgroup.com/

This week Aaron Norris is joined Sterling Jawitz of Common. He is head of the real estate strategic partnerships at Common where he is in charge of growing and maintaining relationships with large-scale real estate developers, owners, and investors in all target markets. As a first employee of Common, Sterling spent more than a year as head of real estate acquisitions, focusing on real estate acquisition, strategy, project-specific analysis. Prior to Common, he focused on real estate development in New York City, specializing in high density co-living spaces that provide a social and professional development services and amenities. He also worked in real estate capital markets, primarily with institutional investors looking to deploy equity and debt. Aaron and Sterling discuss Common and their main focus, the different types of co-living scenarios and whether they are the same or different, misconceptions people have about co-living, what is included in a Common living space, the typical interior design for a Common 4-5 bedroom living space, whether they have a team member who places the right people together, ground-up development, and much more on the real estate radio show and podcast. Play Now http://www.thenorrisgroup.com/

This week Aaron Norris is joined by Steve Basten of John Burns Real Estate Consulting. He supports the firms building products research, including their in-depth forecasts of building products spending in new construction and remodeling end markets and, additionally, is responsible for demand forecasting and sector coverage of all residential building product categories. Before joining John Burns Real Estate Consulting, Steve worked for Kohler Co. as a product manager, responsible for new product development priorities and scheduling and, prior, in Kohler's Corporate Development office as an M&A analyst where he was responsible for valuation analysis, deal-flow management, and competitive benchmarking for all of Kohler’s business units. He has an in-depth understanding of the residential construction industry from financial outlook to interior design trends and is very passionate about new product development and innovation. Aaron and Steve discuss whether HGTV has ruined the building industry, whether innovation is outpacing regulation, factors that make design and finish trendy versus classic, whether black colors and paint will be in this year and out the next, the definition of simplified customization, much more on the real estate radio show and podcast. Play Nowhttp://www.thenorrisgroup.com/

This week Aaron Norris is joined by Steve Basten of John Burns Real Estate Consulting. Here,he supports the firms building products research, including their in-depth forecasts of building products spending in new construction and remodeling end markets and, additionally, is responsible for demand forecasting and sector coverage of all residential building product categories. Before joining John Burns Real Estate Consulting, Steve worked for Kohler Co. as a product manager, responsible for new product development priorities and scheduling and, prior, in Kohler's Corporate Development office as an M&A analyst where he was responsible for valuation analysis, deal-flow management, and competitive benchmarking for all of Kohler’s business units. He has an in-depth understanding of the residential construction industry from financial outlook to interior design trends and is very passionate about new product development and innovation. Aaron and Steve discuss John Burns Real Estate Consulting and the main goal they strive for in their business, where design starts for things like buildings and Home Depot and Lowes products some new housing trends and where we should expect to see them, micro and co-living, surban neighborhoods, much more on the real estate radio show and podcast. Play Now http://www.thenorrisgroup.com/

This week Bruce Norris is joined again by John Bohannon of BuildZig. John took his first interest in shop class for the construction industry at large in elementary school and has turned it into a career. He is the director of business development at BuildZig, a funds control firm that has been in the industry since 1936. John is a licensed general contractor, certified construction inspector, registered home inspector, and a certified review appraiser. Bruce and John discuss Joint Control Escrow Licensing, the hottest market and where he sees the most activity, co-living and micro-apartments, the newest business incubator, whether other states like California utilized heavy regulations after the downturn, the biggest mistakes funds control catches, popular projects these days, whether the recent fires will affect construction, and much, much more on the real estate radio show and podcast. Play Now http://www.thenorrisgroup.com/

This week Bruce Norris is joined by John Bohannon of BuildZig. John took his first interest in shop class for the construction industry at large in elementary school and has turned it into a career. He is the director of business development at BuildZig, a funds control firm that has been in the industry since 1936. John is a licensed general contractor, certified construction inspector, registered home inspector, and a certified review appraiser. Bruce and John discuss funds control, the process, what a funds control company does, who uses it, the costs involved, what it monitors, and much, much more on the real estate radio show and podcast. Play Nowhttp://www.thenorrisgroup.com/

This week Bruce Norris is joined by Tony Alvarez. Tony is known as the REOMentor and has been a friend of theirs for a long time. Bruce and Tony discuss the market opportunity he jumped on in Lancaster, what the market was like in Rosamond in 2006 and how he responded to it, how he utilized what he learned in his life to help him grow his business, what he does to help others wanting to get started, the 2006 Millionaire Maker, and much more more on the real estate radio show and podcast. Play Now http://www.thenorrisgroup.com/

This week Bruce Norris is joined by Tony Alvarez. Tony is known as the REOMentor and has been a friend of theirs for a long time. Bruce and Tony discuss how he spends his time between California and Oregon, the states with the biggest positive net migration, the group of people who drive the fluctuating rental prices in the housing market in those states, Lancaster's journey and when Tony became interested in that market, Tony's own journey in regards to him buying and selling, what made him want to work with Bruce, and much more more on the real estate radio show and podcast. Play Nowhttp://www.thenorrisgroup.com/

This week Bruce Norris is joined again by Amanda Han and Matthew MacFarland, owners of Keystone CPA in Orange County. Matt has over 20 years of experience in public accounting as a CPA and tax strategist. He has worked for both the Big Four and regional CPA firms. Amanda has over 18 years of experience as a CPA with special emphasis in real estate, self-directed investing, and individual tax planning. Amanda has extensive Big Four public accounting experience, and you can catch her book on BiggerPockets called Tax Strategies for Savvy Real Estate Investors. They discuss many topics covering the new tax bill passed, including changes that took place in California as well as things that stayed the same, changes regarding withholding Social Security and Medicare tax, changes to capital gains rates, how much it will help lower the tax bill for Americans, how it will affect charitable donations, its effect on itemized deductions, whether or not these changes are pro real estate for both investors and homeowners, and much more more on the real estate radio show and podcast. Play Now http://www.thenorrisgroup.com/

This week Bruce Norris is joined by Amanda Han and Matthew MacFarland, owners of Keystone CPA in Orange County. Matt has over 20 years of experience in public accounting as a CPA and tax strategist. He has worked for both the Big Four and regional CPA firms. Amanda has over 18 years of experience as a CPA with special emphasis in real estate, self-directed investing, and individual tax planning. Amanda has extensive Big Four public accounting experience, and you can catch her book on BiggerPockets called Tax Strategies for Savvy Real Estate Investors. They discuss many topics covering the new tax bill passed, including changes that took place in California as well as things that stayed the same, changes regarding withholding Social Security and Medicare tax, changes to capital gains rates, how much it will help lower the tax bill for Americans, how it will affect charitable donations, its effect on itemized deductions, whether or not these changes are pro real estate for both investors and homeowners, and much more more on the real estate radio show and podcast. Play Now http://www.thenorrisgroup.com/