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S6, Episode 3 - Jacob Vanderslice on Self Storage Facilities- VanWest Partners

Good to see be back! I know you are here to learn and to feed your brain something for your growth and I am so proud of you that you keep yourself improving.

Today, I want to give you an idea about a man who was once a firefighter but now a successful real estate investor.

He is the Principal at VanWest Partners, a Denver-based real estate investment firm focusing on the acquisition and management of self-storage centers and other opportunistic real estates throughout the United States.

I can't wait for you to learn more from him!

Let me introduce to you, Mr. Jacob Vanderslice. Welcome to the show, Jacob!

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In this podcast, you will...

• Learn about Storage Facilities, and the Prons and Cons of the asset class
• Discover the journey of Jacob Vanderslice from being a firefighter to Principal, Real state, and Finance
• How did Jacob learn real state? Was it hard for him?
• How did he start from it? Listen to his stories during one of his tough years and how he goes through it
• Jacob shares lessons and advice on how to survive during hard times
• What was Jacob’s zero-down kind of thing that happened to him?
• Learn about low-interest-rate environments
• Do Tenants live in Storage Facility?
• Discover the Positive and Negative side of having Storage Facility Business
• Jacobs explained about cap rates
• How Covid impacted his business
• What are the pros and cons of being a passive investor VS. an Active investor owner?
• Learn Jacob’s advice to people who want to start a self-storage business
• Discover the budget range on buying a square foot building
• Learn the Inflation rate in the Real state / Cash flow in the Real state
• Understand more about investing in real state
• Are the use of leverage fixed or variable?
• What is the potential danger of interest rate?
• How to avoid bad operator and how to spot a good one

Resources Mentioned In This Podcast

Book:

The Big Short - Michael Lewis

Websites:

Amazon

VanWestPartners

Jacob Vanderslice

 

For all the show notes, and more, check out the podcast website at www.doctorfreedompodcast.com

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S6, Episode 2 - Land Academy Interview

I know a lot of you are excited to learn and be knowledgeable about something today and I am happy to see you here.

Our guest for today will inspire and motivate you especially, for the couples out there who want to start building their future.

This lovely couple has been cofounders of Land Academy Since 1999. Since their start, they have completed the acquisition and sale of more than 15,000 properties without incurring leverage or debt. With such an amazing track record, it is no surprise that they began sharing their experience as investors with the real estate investment community! Jill and Steven rose to become some of the best investors in their field. They have easy-to-follow advice and lots of free tips and tricks for all of you!

I can't wait to hear about their journey!

Please help me welcome Steve Butala and Jill DeWitt. Welcome, Steve and Jill!

 

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In this podcast, you will…

• Learn more about Land investing
• Discover the stories of Steve Butala and Jill DeWitt on how they started this kind of business
• Learn the struggle and hardships that you need to go through in Land Investing
• How Steve Butala and Mark Podolski join forced together
• Discover about Financial and technology crisis before and now
• What is the technology that helps them buy and sell land much easier
• Discover the tools to use for Real estate investor
• How Jill and Steve deal between their relationship and business
• Learn the process of how they generated seven digits together
• What are the motivations to not give up on your dreams / to the things that you want to achieve
• Find out their secret to sold properties for the past years up until now
• Jill’s perspective about how their business and relationship have grown for the last 10 years. How have they done things together?
• They reveal their stepping journey to become successful
• Listen to their advice for people who have a lot of excuses to learn and take action
• Their formula for financial freedom

 

 

Resources Mentioned In This Podcast

eBay
Landtank.com
Land Academy - (Youtube, Facebook, and Podcast)
Docusign
Google earth

 

For all the show notes, and more, check out the podcast website at www.doctorfreedompodcast.com

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S6, Episode 1 - Changing Leaves in a New Season

Welcome to season 6 of the Podcast. I've taken some time off and you have been relistening to season 2 and season 3 of the Podcast that we've been replaying them and I hope you are enjoying them. 

This season I am looking forward to bring new content and some new guests. Last season was a lot of focus on what happened with the coronavirus and the financial implication of the coronavirus. 

In this podcast, you will discover: 

• What content I'm planning to discuss about finance 
• Discover the land businesses that I have and partnered with 
• Learn about tax liens I've been dabbling in 
• How to get a great deal on the books that I have 

 

Resources Mentioned In This Podcast 

Email: dave@doctorfreedompodcast.com 

For all the show notes, and more, check out the podcast website at www.doctorfreedompodcast.com

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S3, Episode 41-The Complete Guide to Taking The Road Less Traveled-[Physican Fireside Chat] with Dr. Michelle Mudge-Riley from Physicians Helping Physicians

My name is Dave Denniston, your host. Welcome back my friends to the latest episode of The Freedom Formula for Physicians Podcast.

Welcome back to our monthly fireside chat with a physician to get to know their journey, their joys, and their struggles with finances and outside of finances.

My friends, in this show, I try and dig deep to find interesting people. As a matter of fact, our next guest was featured on the August 27th, 2016 episode of Dr. Nii Darko's podcast, Doc's Outside The Box.

I was immediately drawn to this episode, as it was titled, "This doctor had it all, but didn't want it."

She was top performer in medical school, and then got to the point of struggling with whether or not she wanted to be in clinical medicine. Fresh out of residency, she decided she not to.

In this interview today, we’re going to talk about her journey and successful transition, because now she is helping other physicians do this as well.

Please help me welcome Dr. Michelle Mudge-Riley from Physicians Helping Physicians. Welcome Michelle!   

In this podcast you will:

• Discover what led Dr. Mudge-Riley away from clinical medicine into helping other physicians who also want to escape clinical medicine.
• Be inspired on how taking the road less traveled can lead to the greatest successes.
• Gain knowledge on how Physicians Helping Physicians, Dr. Mudge-Riley's organization, develops customizable plans for each of their clients.
• Learn from Dr. Mudge-Riley's mistakes and acquire the right tools and protocol to protect yourself if you decide to also move away from clinical medicine.

Resources mentioned in this podcast:

Doc Outside The Box-Dr. Nii Darko's Podcast

Dr. Michelle Mudge-Riley's Docs Outside The Box episode

Physician's Helping Physicians-Dr. Michelle Mudge-Riley's organization

 

For all the show notes, transcription and more, check out the podcast website at http://doctorfreedompodcast.com/

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S3, Episode 40-[Physican Fireside Chat] with Dr. Fahd Ahmad from Rogue Dad MD.

My friends, in this show, I try and dig deep to find interesting people. As a matter of fact, our next guest was recently featured on The White Coat Investor.

This wasn’t just some guest post that I read. This physician worked with some colleagues to do an assessment of residents’ and fellows personal finances literacy.

In this interview today, we’re going to get into that assessment as well as to learn about his journey and his experiences.

Anyhow, I can’t wait to hear about his journey and his advice for us!

Please help me welcome Dr. Fahd Ahmad from Rogue Dad MD. Welcome Fahd!   

In this podcast you will:

• Discover what led Dr. Ahmad away from a finance career into a career in medicine.
• Aquire knowledge on what financial training is being missed that can you lead you to financial independence.
• Receive a technique that is father used to teach him about money and investments at a young age.
• Gain the thought process that Dr. Ahmad would use now if he could go back and restart his spending and savings habits at the bigging of hgis carrer. (HINT: You may be suprised at how he would prioritize his money)

For all the show notes, transcription and more, check out the podcast website at http://doctorfreedompodcast.com/

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S3, Episode 39-Real Estate advice with Tyler Sheff of Cash Flow Guys

One of the promises that I made at the beginning of the year was that we would talk a lot of real estate.

I get a number of people that reach out to me from time-to-time and many I don’t bring onto this show. However, a select few do make it.

So far this year, we’ve had on Peter Kim, Damion Lupo, Cory Fawcett, Mark Podolsky, and Larry Harbolt- some physicians and some not to edumacate us on real estate and their experiences.

Our next guest is a fellow podcaster. He is a US Army Gulf War Era Veteran, originally earned his Florida real estate license back in year 2000, he also owned and operated a trucking business, worked as a local Police Officer, Charter Captain and Chief Boatswain aboard a US government research ship.

In October 2014, he jumped into helping others learn about real estate investing and share his glorious successes and smashing failures.

Please help me welcome Tyler Sheff of The Cash Flow Guys podcast.

In this podcast you will:

• Discover why Tyler left a 6 figure job to persue real estate in 2012
• Receive the biggest tip Tyler received when it comes to closing a real estate deal (HINT: you will be suprised how easy it is)
• Collect tips in ways to reduce your taxes with real estate
• Gain Tyler's insight on financial freedom and how he feels he has or has not gotten there yet...
• Acquire Tyler's equation for maintaining a positive cash flow on any rental property

For all the show notes, transcription and more, check out the podcast website at http://doctorfreedompodcast.com/

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S3, Episode 38-Round Up-Best Real Estate Advice I‘ve Received

I want to feature some of the best advice that I have received over the years about real estate. Real Estate has become an extremely popular career and side hustle for so many out there.

We have been very fortunate to have had numerous guests that have 100's of years of combined experience in real estate and they have become successful using some very different tactics.

I have learned multiple techniques, tools and resources from each and every guest and I thought it was important to highlight some of those for you in one podcast.

 

In this podcast you will:

• Acquire the different methods that people use to start a venture in real estate
• Learn the pros and cons of bank financing versus owner financing
• Discover a "affordable" way to start a side hustle in real estate (HINT: You will be surprised how affordable the investment is)
• Gain 6 common resources to begin to find property to invest in
• Gather the mistakes that these experts have made throughout the years, so you avoid making the same ones

For all the show notes, transcription and more, check out the podcast website at http://doctorfreedompodcast.com/

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S3, Episode 37-My Financial Experiment-Quarter 3 Update

Today we are going to be talking about my third quarter update for my financial experiment. If you haven't checked it out yet make sure to look at Season Three, Episode 12: What I Learned From My Mistakes; so then I'll give you some background to what I'm going to be talking about today.

In this podcast you will:

• Discover what Dave would have done differently with this investment, if he could do it all over
• Explore the different way that Dave has done different investments throughout the years
• Gain the pros and cons of Dave and Gabby's experiment with Amazon FBA
• LEARN Dave's next investment experiment (You may be surprised with his decision...) 

For all the show notes, transcription and more, check out the podcast website at http://doctorfreedompodcast.com/

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S3, Episode 36-[Physician Fireside Chat] with Valerie from OB Doctor Mom

My friends, in this show, I try and dig deep to find interesting people. As a matter of fact, our previous guest Physician on Fire had a guest post from OB Doctor Mom on his website that I thought was great!

The title of the post is "Retired from Medicine at 37: The Finances Behind Her Decision"

Our next guest is the author of that post. She is a newly retired physician at the tender age of 38, an OB/GYN by training of course. She was recently added as a regular contributor to Doximity through The Doximity Fellows Program.

She says that she retired for a few reasons, one due to a health scare and the other to spend more time with her precious 3 kiddos.

Anyhow, I can’t wait to hear about her journey and her advice for us!

Please help me welcome Valerie from OB Doctor Mom. Welcome Valerie!

In this podcast you will:

• Learn who was the biggest influence in her life regarding finances (Hint: You will be very surprised)
• Discover the efficient ways that Valerie paid off her student loans
• Acquire ways to start educating your children on money and finances
• Gain knowledge and tips on how to save enough to retire at an early age
• Find out how she handled the decision to give up her passion for medicine to retire and spend the time with her children.

For all the show notes, transcription and more, check out the podcast website at http://doctorfreedompodcast.com/

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S3, Episode 35-The Power of Guilt

GUILT...we all have had it. How do you deal with your guilt? 

Do you struggle with guilt daily? Weekly?

Do you use money as your way to deal with guilt for the events or family time that you miss out on?

 

This podcast will address how guilt and money seem to go hand in hand with physicians, and frankly, anyone that has a demanding job.

In this podcast you will:

• Find out why people tend to think that money can make up for a lack of quality time
• Discover the ways that Dave has dealt with guilt in the past and why he regrets it
• Determine if you use money or does money use you? (Hint: You may be surprised at your answer)

For all the show notes, transcription, and more, check out the podcast website at http://doctorfreedompodcast.com/

 

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