The Norris Group Real Estate Radio Show and Podcast

Aaron Norris is joined this week by his own father, Bruce Norris, and Andrea Jennings. Bruce, of course, is CEO of the Norris Group, and Andrea is an award-winning realtor currently with McKee Real Estate. Over the years she has worked with buyers, sellers, and even investors. She started her career in the early 90s and began working with Bruce in 1993. From 1996 to 2002 she owned and operated her own successful real estate business. During this last downturn, she joined the “dark side” as an investor and worked both as a realtor and investor. Aaron, Bruce, and Andrea discuss the different Quadrants of the market, how the buying strategies changes with each one, what big thing has caused the most change in the quadrants, how they determine the different quadrants, what years we saw them change, probates and much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast. Play Nowhttp://www.thenorrisgroup.com/

Aaron Norris is joined again this week by Damien O’Farrell. Damien a community organizer and social entrepreneur who lives in Riverside. He is the CEO of Path of Life Ministries, the largest homeless shelter and housing provider in all of Riverside County. Aaron and Damien discuss misconceptions about homelessness and why this is important to understand, they ways Path of Life Ministries reach out to the homeless, the ideal home in which to place those who have just come off the street, the types of homeless people with which he works, functional zero and the group of people that has reached this status, the success rate of those who have gone into Path of Life Housing, and much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast. Play Now http://www.thenorrisgroup.com/

Aaron Norris is joined this week by Damien O’Farrell. They cover a topic they have never covered in the ten years since they started the radio show. Damien a community organizer and social entrepreneur who lives in Riverside. As a man of faith, he seeks to foster a just and sustainable community by supporting, advising, and developing initiatives of personal formation, community collaboration, and integration for those addressing barriers of dysfunction for a concern for the poor and marginalized. He is the CEO of Path of Life Ministries, the largest homeless shelter and housing provider in all of Riverside County. He continues to be involved in non-profits and initiatives like Seizing Our Destiny, the Pick Group, Riverside Neighborhood Partnership, the Raincross Group, and Give Big Riverside. His wife is also the CEO of the Big Brothers/Big Sisters of the Inland Empire, made up of young professionals shaping the community. Aaron always tells people how he finds out about awards in the community because either Damien or his wife win them. Aaron and Damien discuss Path of Life Ministries, how they help the homeless, political issues regarding homelessness, common misconceptions people may have of people in homeless situations, why he chose to work for the non-profit sector, the statement by Tony Mays that really caught Aaron's attention, the potential cut in HUD funding and whether this concerns non-profits, and much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast. Play Nowhttp://www.thenorrisgroup.com/

Bruce Norris is joined again this week by Mike Cantu. Mike has worn a lot of hats: real estate investor, entrepreneur, property manager, sometimes speaker, and full-time capitalist. Bruce and Mike discuss what prepared him for the 2008 downturn, mobile home parks and how they differ from regular homes in terms of investment, his goals and whether they have changed over the years, what effect the downturn had on people's character, his experience with a promissory note, how he handles properties and how Bruce has adopted this, and much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast. Play Nowhttp://www.thenorrisgroup.com/

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Mike Cantu. He has worn a lot of hats: real estate investor, entrepreneur, property manager, speaker, and full-time capitalist. Bruce and Mike discuss the different hats he wears, how he first got started as an entrepreneur, the reason many do not make it buying and selling homes themselves, how he first got started in real estate itself, his experience in dealing with big downturns, his most influential trainers, and much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast. Play Now http://www.thenorrisgroup.com/

Aaron Norris is hosting the radio this week, covering another technology topic. He is joined by Grant Gould, entrepreneur and real estate technologist. He is founder and CEO of Automabots, and he develops AI chatbots for the real estate industry. He is also co-founder of Home Junction, a top-tier real estate data company based in San Diego. In 1998, Grant founded Real Estate Village, which was the number one website company for realtors and the first to syndicate listings to Yahoo Real Estate. Grant is passionate about helping real estate professionals succeed. On his LinkedIn profile, it says he is passionate about new technology and is one of the biggest nerds on the planet. Aaron and Grant discuss the latest in real estate technology, chat bots, artificial intelligence and how this will change the real estate industry, whether realtors should be concerned, how he got involved in real estate technology, where he sees himself going with it in the next year, and much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast. Play Nowhttp://www.thenorrisgroup.com/

Aaron Norris is filling in for Bruce Norris this week and next. He is joined by Michael Quarles, a real estate investor who started his investing career as a teenager constructing a duplex. Since then he has been involved in over 1,000 real estate deals. Mike was a general building contractor as well as a broker. He has built over 70 units from the ground up. He launched YellowLetters.com back in 2005, which is now the nation’s leader in direct marketing service for real estate investors. He also runs the Buy/Sell/Fix/Flip Academy. Aaron and Michael discuss the number of mail pieces he will send before stopping if the client is uninterested, a good return rate for your mailer, top tips for mailer design to get a seller to call, a good follow-up system for your mailer, systems to manage incoming calls you get off mailers, marketing crossover, and much, much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast. Play Nowhttp://www.thenorrisgroup.com/