California foreclosure investors now have an opportunity to tap the knowledge of a 25-year real estate investing veteran who correctly predicted the last two major swings in the California real estate market and is on the verge of correctly predicting another.

“Bruce Norris was dead right” about home prices in California doubling in the early 2000s after hitting bottom in 1997, said Michael Carney, Director of the Real Estate Research Council of Southern California. Carney went on to say that he thinks Norris’ latest prediction, made in early 2006, that foreclosures will soar and home prices will plummet in the next few years is also likely to be correct.  It’s what Norris, president of The Norris Group, calls the “California Crash.”

Now RealtyTrac and The Norris Group have teamed up to unveil a comprehensive real estate investor training series authored by Norris. Specific to the California real estate market, the co-branded training materials are jam packed with market research and highly practical instruction that will help any real estate investor succeed in California.

The course materials include workbooks, audio CDs and an online education portal. Included with each Norris Group course purchased through RealtyTrac is a free one year subscription to RealtyTrac’s online foreclosure database.

Here’s a brief course description of the California “only” series:

California “Only” Investor Essentials
This introductory course, written by Norris, is designed to give new and experienced investors absolute command of the essential elements of real estate investing. The course includes a full-color, 145-page manual and five audio CDs, plus forms, checklists, call scripts, formulas and more.

California “Only” Buying Systems
In the second course in the series Norris explains how to implement 24 different "buying systems" designed to find wholesale real estate deals in California no matter what part of the real estate cycle they are investing in . The course includes a 233-page manual and 10 audio CDs, plus forms, checklists, call scripts, formulas, contracts, advertisements and more.

California “Only” Negotiating
In the third course Norris teams up with sales guru and accomplished author Ben Gay III to discuss real estate negotiating and closing techniques. This unique course drives home the often overlooked subjects of scripting, sales fundamentals and self-discipline. The course includes a 133-page manual and 10 audio CDs, plus sales scripts, forms, checklists, formulas and more.

California “Only” Foreclosure
The final book of the series has Norris teaming up with foreclosure expert Ward Hanigan to cover the California foreclosure business from every angle. The course includes a full-color, 300-page manual and eight audio CDs, plus checklists, call scripts, mailer samples and more.

Investors can save more than 40 percent off the purchase price of the entire “California Only” training courses by purchasing it through RealtyTrac. In all, the entire series consists of four full-color manuals (over 800 pages of training materials) and 33 audio CDs offering over 30 hours of personal training.

California Crash
This unique course is the most comprehensive report ever written on California real estate market trends. The course includes a full-color, 407-page manual and nine audio CDs.

For more information about the co-branded training products, visit www.realtytrac.com/TNG