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Welcome to Dollars & Sense with Joshua Dobi, CFP® About the Show: Prepare to gain valuable financial insights and smart investment strategies as Joshua Dobi, a seasoned Certified Financial Planner® (CFP®), takes the airwaves by storm every Thursday from 4 pm to 5 pm on WSIC. Join us for an hour of comprehensive financial advice and expert guidance that will empower you to make informed decisions for your financial future. Meet Joshua Dobi, CFP®: With nearly two decades of experience in the f ...
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How to Analyze an All-Cash Rental Property Purchase Deal analysis is important. Learning how to analyze deals is a critical skill for all real estate investors, whether you're financing 100% of the purchase or buying a property without a loan at all and paying all cash. In this class, we will look at how deal analysis changes when you plan to buy a…
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How Return on Investment Changes Based on Credit Score With PMI Does your credit score really matter when you're buying rental properties? Sure, your credit score impacts the mortgage interest rate you can get with traditional mortgages. And yes, your credit score affects how much private mortgage insurance (PMI) will cost. Your credit score can al…
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Welcome to Dollars & Sense, presented by North Main Financial. At Dollars & Sense, we believe in empowering our listeners with the knowledge and tools to achieve financial success. Your host, Joshua Dobi’s engaging and approachable style ensures that complex financial concepts are made accessible to all, allowing you to stay informed and proactive …
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So, are you stressing out over higher mortgage interest rates and properties not cash flowing as well as they used to, or in some markets, not having positive cash flow at all... even with 25% down? What's a real estate investor seeking financial independence to do? In this class, we will compare two strategies. In both strategies, you first buy an…
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Welcome to Dollars & Sense, presented by North Main Financial. At Dollars & Sense, we believe in empowering our listeners with the knowledge and tools to achieve financial success. Your host, Joshua Dobi’s engaging and approachable style ensures that complex financial concepts are made accessible to all, allowing you to stay informed and proactive …
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So, you're considering Nomading™. Excellent! But as you dig into the details, you may wonder what the impact would be if you chose to buy a more desirable, higher quality, but maybe less optimal property at full price (without a discount), versus focusing on finding a slightly less desirable, slightly lower quality, but slightly more optimized rent…
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Welcome to Dollars & Sense, presented by North Main Financial. At Dollars & Sense, we believe in empowering our listeners with the knowledge and tools to achieve financial success. Your host, Joshua Dobi’s engaging and approachable style ensures that complex financial concepts are made accessible to all, allowing you to stay informed and proactive …
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Deal Alchemy™ - Black Box Cash Flow Deal Alchemy™ is all about manipulating returns to get the returns you desire most. One variation of Deal Alchemy™ has you think about your rental property investment as a black box. You put money into the black box, some magical things happen over the next few years and out pops profit which you can spend like c…
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Warning - Risks of Rental Demand Declining When Investing in Real Estate Risk, risk, risk... Life is full of risks. To a limited degree, we get to choose which risks we voluntarily take on. For example, if you choose to invest in real estate, you choose to take on some additional risks that you might not—directly—face if you opt to invest in someth…
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Welcome to Dollars & Sense, presented by North Main Financial. At Dollars & Sense, we believe in empowering our listeners with the knowledge and tools to achieve financial success. Your host, Joshua Dobi’s engaging and approachable style ensures that complex financial concepts are made accessible to all, allowing you to stay informed and proactive …
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Private Mortgage Insurance Myths Reputation can be a challenging thing. I have found, through many conversations with clients over the years, that Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI) has a questionable reputation with home buyers in general and investors in particular. However, much of its reputation is based on half-truths, bad information, lies, and…
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Welcome to Dollars & Sense, presented by North Main Financial. At Dollars & Sense, we believe in empowering our listeners with the knowledge and tools to achieve financial success. Your host, Joshua Dobi’s engaging and approachable style ensures that complex financial concepts are made accessible to all, allowing you to stay informed and proactive …
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Join the Midwest Invest Report Newsletter for free: https://midwest-invest-report.beehiiv... Mike & Kyle break down the specifics of how a rate buydown actually works. Mike Boyle at Canopy Mortgage: https://canopymortgage.com/lo/mikeboyle/ Don't miss our other episodes: 013 - May Market Update, Using Days On Market to Find Deals, & REI Meetup Notes…
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Warning - Risks of Neighborhood Decline When Investing in Real Estate Everything in life has risks. Not investing adds certain types of risks, while investing adds other risks. One risk that some real estate investors face is the possibility that the neighborhood they're investing in will decline, causing values and/or rents to drop. So, how do we …
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Welcome to Dollars & Sense, presented by North Main Financial. At Dollars & Sense, we believe in empowering our listeners with the knowledge and tools to achieve financial success. Your host, Joshua Dobi’s engaging and approachable style ensures that complex financial concepts are made accessible to all, allowing you to stay informed and proactive …
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Subscribe to the Midwest Invest Report NEWSLETTER and unlock key insights the Fargo/Moorhead real estate market. https://midwest-invest-report.beehiiv.com/subscribe Summary In this episode, Kyle discusses the May market conditions in Fargo, Moorhead, and West Fargo. He highlights the two different real estate markets within the area based on price …
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How to Analyze a Duplex Some real estate investors are sensitive to their ability to get ten 30-year fixed rate financing loans and would prefer to fill those loan spots with larger purchases than just single family rental homes. One way to do that is to buy more expensive properties like duplexes, triplexes or fourplexes. In this class, James will…
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How to Calculate PMI If you're a house hacker, Nomad™, investor buying properties with less than 20% down, or buying creatively where the seller has PMI, you'll want to make sure you know how to analyze deals that have Private Mortgage Insurance. In this mini-class, James will cover how to analyze deals that have PMI, with an emphasis on doing it u…
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Welcome to Dollars & Sense, presented by North Main Financial. At Dollars & Sense, we believe in empowering our listeners with the knowledge and tools to achieve financial success. Your host, Joshua Dobi’s engaging and approachable style ensures that complex financial concepts are made accessible to all, allowing you to stay informed and proactive …
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Subscribe to the Midwest Invest Report NEWSELETTER and unlock key insights the Fargo/Moorhead real estate market. https://midwest-invest-report.beehiiv... Summary In this conversation, Kyle Reedstrom discusses the idea of the new 1% rule in real estate investing and the importance of finishing unfinished space in homes. He also recommends a book ca…
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In many cases—not all, but many cases—real estate investors can speed up the time it takes to become financially independent by choosing to pay off the mortgages on their properties early. Sometimes it makes sense to take every extra dollar beyond a healthy amount of reserves and aggressively pay off properties as quickly as possible. Other times, …
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Welcome to Dollars & Sense, presented by North Main Financial. At Dollars & Sense, we believe in empowering our listeners with the knowledge and tools to achieve financial success. Your host, Joshua Dobi’s engaging and approachable style ensures that complex financial concepts are made accessible to all, allowing you to stay informed and proactive …
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Deal Alchemy™ - Residential vs Commercial Property Deal Alchemy™ is all about manipulating the returns you're earning on your investments. Often, this is done through the choices we make when selecting the investment property and the strategies we choose to implement. For example, you could choose to invest in residential properties where your tena…
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Your host, Joshua Dobi, CFP®, discusses the far-reaching impact of the Federal Reserve's decisions on various financial aspects of people's lives, including loan rates, savings, and consumer spending. He also provides insights into the recent discussions about potential interest rate cuts, expressing skepticism about the advisability of such cuts a…
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Subscribe to the Midwest Invest Report NEWSELETTER and unlock key insights the Fargo/Moorhead real estate market. https://midwest-invest-report.beehiiv.com/subscribe Summary In this episode of the Midwest Invest Report, host Kyle Reedstrom discusses the possibility of Fed rate cuts and how they may impact real estate investing. He also shares three…
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Warning - Risks of Loan Called Due When Investing in Real Estate Investing in real estate adds some risk to an already risk-filled life. However, certain activities and strategies when investing in real estate create additional risks that other strategies and activities do not have. For example, choosing to utilize strategies where the lender has t…
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Welcome to Dollars & Sense, presented by North Main Financial. At Dollars & Sense, we believe in empowering our listeners with the knowledge and tools to achieve financial success. Your host, Joshua Dobi’s engaging and approachable style ensures that complex financial concepts are made accessible to all, allowing you to stay informed and proactive …
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Subscribe to the Midwest Invest Report NEWSELETTER and unlock key insights the Fargo/Moorhead real estate market. https://midwest-invest-report.beehiiv.com/subscribe Welcome back to the Midwest Invest Report. In today's video, we dive deep into the essentials of securing loan approvals, understanding deal analysis fundamentals, and optimizing your …
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How to Analyze Buying a Rental Property at a Discount in Fargo Some real estate investors insist on only buying properties where they can purchase them at a significant discount. While not mutually exclusive, other investors insist on buying quality properties at a fair price as long as it gets them their desired returns and will stand the test of …
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Welcome to Dollars & Sense, presented by North Main Financial. At Dollars & Sense, we believe in empowering our listeners with the knowledge and tools to achieve financial success. Your host, Joshua Dobi’s engaging and approachable style ensures that complex financial concepts are made accessible to all, allowing you to stay informed and proactive …
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Subscribe to the Midwest Invest Report Newsletter Today: https://midwest-invest-report.beehiiv.com/subscribe Summary In this episode of the Midwest Invest Report, Kyle Reedstrom discusses the controversy surrounding real estate agent commission and the importance of offering buyer agent commission. He shares a story about a listing that didn't sell…
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How to Calculate PMI If you're planning to buy a property and put less than 20% down, you're likely to be required to pay Private Mortgage Insurance. Lenders prefer that you put at least 20% down, but if you insist on putting less than 20% down, they may still make the loan. However, they will usually do so at a slightly higher mortgage interest ra…
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Welcome to Dollars & Sense, presented by North Main Financial. At Dollars & Sense, we believe in empowering our listeners with the knowledge and tools to achieve financial success. Your host, Joshua Dobi’s engaging and approachable style ensures that complex financial concepts are made accessible to all, allowing you to stay informed and proactive …
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Subscribe to the Midwest Invest Report and unlock key insights the Fargo/Moorhead real estate market. https://midwest-invest-report.beehiiv.com/subscribe Summary In this episode of the Midwest Invest Report, Kyle Reedstrom discusses the benefits of condos over single-family homes in the Fargo Moorhead market. He explores the lower maintenance, amen…
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There are a large number of investing strategies you could pursue as a real estate investor: Nomad™, house hacking, fix and flip, buying 20% down rentals, buying 25% down rentals, saving up to buy free and clear rentals and many, many more options. Which is the best? Which gets you to financial independence fastest? Which gives you the highest net …
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Welcome to Dollars & Sense, presented by North Main Financial. At Dollars & Sense, we believe in empowering our listeners with the knowledge and tools to achieve financial success. Your host, Joshua Dobi’s engaging and approachable style ensures that complex financial concepts are made accessible to all, allowing you to stay informed and proactive …
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Subscribe to the Midwest Invest Report and unlock key insights the Fargo/Moorhead real estate market. https://midwest-invest-report.beehiiv.com/subscribe In this episode of the Midwest Invest Report, Kyle discusses escalation clauses in real estate, the importance of understanding insurance, the difference between captive and independent insurance,…
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Subscribe to the Midwest Invest Report and unlock key insights the Fargo/Moorhead real estate market. https://midwest-invest-report.beehiiv.com/subscribe In this episode of the Midwest Invest Report, Kyle discusses the twin home market in Fargo-Moorhead and the costs involved in getting a house hack. Takeaways - The twin home market in Fargo-Moorhe…
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Deal Alchemy™ - Increasing Down Payment There are four primary returns from investing in rental properties: appreciation, cash flow, debt paydown, and the tax benefits of depreciation. Additionally, there is a secondary return in the form of the interest earned on the reserves required to make the investment in the first place. Many real estate inv…
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Welcome to Dollars & Sense, presented by North Main Financial. At Dollars & Sense, we believe in empowering our listeners with the knowledge and tools to achieve financial success. Your host, Joshua Dobi’s engaging and approachable style ensures that complex financial concepts are made accessible to all, allowing you to stay informed and proactive …
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Warning - Risks of Rental Property Expenses When Investing in Real Estate Risk is all around us. When we choose to invest in anything, we’re choosing to take on the additional risk characteristics of that investment. For example, when we choose to invest in real estate, we choose to take on the risk characteristics of the specific real estate inves…
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Welcome to Dollars & Sense, presented by North Main Financial. At Dollars & Sense, we believe in empowering our listeners with the knowledge and tools to achieve financial success. Your host, Joshua Dobi’s engaging and approachable style ensures that complex financial concepts are made accessible to all, allowing you to stay informed and proactive …
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Subscribe to the Midwest Invest Report and unlock key insights into your real estate market. https://midwest-invest-report.beehiiv.com/subscribe Navigate interest rate expirations, identify BRRR (buy, rehab, rent, refinance, repeat) opportunities, and dive into the ROI of home improvements on this episode of the Midwest Invest Report Podcast with K…
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How to Analyze a New Construction Single-Family Home Property in Fargo Your ability to analyze deals is arguably the most important skill as a real estate investor. It allows you to make smart investment decisions and helps you avoid making career-ending bad decisions, such as buying cash-flowing-sucking vampire properties. In this class, James wil…
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Welcome to Dollars & Sense, presented by North Main Financial. At Dollars & Sense, we believe in empowering our listeners with the knowledge and tools to achieve financial success. Your host, Joshua Dobi’s engaging and approachable style ensures that complex financial concepts are made accessible to all, allowing you to stay informed and proactive …
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Get your copy of the Midwest Invest Report Newsletter: https://midwest-invest-report.beehiiv.com/subscribe Learn how to successfully generate positive cashflow via house hacking in the Fargo/Moorhead area with Kyle Reedstrom on the Midwest Invest Report. Quick deep dive into how special assessments affect your property. Kyle delivers the exact stra…
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The 3 Strategies to Pay Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI) Whether they're putting 15% down and buying a non-owner-occupied property or utilizing an owner-occupied loan with 0%, 3%, 3.5%, or 5% down for Nomading™ or house hacking, some real estate investors will choose to put less than 20% down. With the decision to put less than 20% down comes the c…
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