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Bruce hosts the awardwinning Norris Group Real
Estate Radio Show and Podcast, where he interviews
real estate industry leaders, authors, government
officials, local experts, and economists. Guests have
included representatives from the FBI, the MBA,
Freddie Mac, the Appraisal Institute, HUD, Fannie
Mae, PropertyRadar, Auction.com, PIMCO, PMI
Group, REDC, the National Auctioneers Association,
and the Center for Responsible Lending, as well as
Peter Schiff of EuroPacific Capital, and John Maudlin,
to name a few. There are almost 600 shows and 250
hours of free education in the real estate radio archives.
Bruce currently serves on the Executive Board for
the Real Estate Research Council of Southern
California. He was awarded Educator of the Year by
Think Realty in 2018.
What About the Norris Group?
experience price increases in many areas of California.
We have never had “full employment” and a great
economy while experiencing a decline. However, Bruce
is concerned about a number of issues including interest
rates, and in some markets how hot prices have become.
His longterm and shortterm outlooks for California
differ. He wants investors to really think about protecting
themselves in the next few years, and avoid buying into
the hype.
The Norris Group in Florida
Bruce has been investing in Florida since Hurricane
Andrew. Over 20 years, he and the Norris Group have
built houses, done “flips”, and acquired rentals, along
with establishing a “hard money” lending business.
Bruce exchanged some California properties into new
construction rentals over the last four years and expects
to see many California investors diversify by using
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 1031 to exchange
into Florida properties or properties in other states
outside of California.
The Norris Group offers readers to visit their
website, http://TheNorrisGroup.com, to take
advantage of the free items available there.
Besides making “hard money” loans in California
and Florida, The Norris Group educates investors. Their
training is unique in that they created the Quadrant
System, which takes a lot of their market timing
research and layers buying and selling strategies to the
market. Their learning management system has over 60
hours of content, but an investor won’t use all of it at
one time. In addition, they consider the investor’s
skillset and personality, and can do oneonone strategy
sessions that consider who the person is, where the
market is, and how they will most likely best succeed in
the business. The Norris Group recommends exploring
their free content, like their radio show and weekly real
estate news videos, and then explore their VIP
Subscription. Bruce Kellogg
What About Bruce’s Market Predictions He is available for listing, selling, consulting,
mentoring, and partnering. Reach him at
[email protected], or (408)
4890131.
Bruce Kellogg has been a
Realtor® and investor for
36 years. He has transacted
about 800 properties in 12
California counties. These
include 14 units, 5+ apartments, offices,
mixeduse buildings, land, lots, mobile homes,
cabins, and churches.
Mr. Kellogg is a contributor and copy editor for
two national real estate wealthbuilding
magazines: Realty411 , and REI Wealth
Monthly .
Bruce is worried that markets have become hot in
California. Affordability numbers suggest we could still
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