CW 577 - Reducing Consumer Opportunity Under the Guise of Protection with Ken Trepeta

The mainstream media doesn’t ever mention investment property as an asset class. Are they owned by Wall Street? Small investors must not buy enough ad space. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, in an effort to protect the average person, makes new regulations which actually reduce opportunities for entrepreneurs or any mid-level company without enough money to pay an army of lawyers to sift through the glut of compliance issues. We discuss regulatory changes and the new closing form.

Key Takeaways:

Jason’s Editorial:

[1:37] Celebrating Jason’s birthday by paragliding

[2:54] Real estate service providers and introducing new forms

[4:35] New rules and documents for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

[8:36] Mini case study voicemail from Mason

[10:32] Outsmarting the Federal Reserve and the lame stream media

[15:20] Downward pressure on property pricing

[16:16] Upward pressure on rents

[18:26] The good way out is technological innovation

[19:50] Orlando income property tour in mid-November

[20:56] Meet the Masters in San Diego, California on January 8 & 9

Ken Trepeta Guest Interview:

[23:00] Integrating RESPA and TILA

[25:28] No more HUD-1’s

[26:08] The underlying rules are the responsibility of the lender of the closing disclosure form

[28:50] The devil in the details of the Dodd-Frank document

[31:50] Protecting consumers from paying too high interest

[33:02] The investor community has certain exemptions

[35:23] Small and midsize investors may need an army of lawyers

[37:57] New real estate investors walk away after seeing the roadblocks