The Main Mike Podcast
Hosted by The Flanagan Group based out of Joplin Missouri. We invite you sit back, relax and join us each Friday for new episodes talking about the latest real estate news, Joplin community events and information to help you better yourself!
Episodes
Welcome back to the Main Mike Podcast today our host Adam Escoto sits down with his co-hosts and special guest City Mayor Keenan Cortez as he shares his 20-year journey of community service, from volunteer committees to eventually being unanimously elected mayor and the personal transformation that fueled his commitment to serve. He opens up about balancing his roles as mayor, pastor, and full-time healthcare worker, emphasizing fa...
Welcome back to Bonus Episode 7 of the Main Mike Podcast, hosted by Kaleb Foster and his cohosts Adam Escoto and Dustin Davidson. This episode breaks down the impact of the recent 40-day government shutdown on USDA and VA loans, highlighting major backlogs and delays for buyers waiting to close. They discuss a new 50-year mortgage and portable mortgages, examining how each could affect affordability, mobility, and long-term equity ...
Welcome back to The Main Mike Podcast, today Adam Escoto sits down with co-hosts Dustin Davidson and Kaleb Foster, and their guest Dara Steffen who is the chair of the Membership and Public Engagement Committee for the Ozark Gateway Association of Realtors, who shares how the committee supports both local agents and the community. She highlights their current project with Solace House of the Ozarks, a nonprofit home providing free ...
Welcome back to The Main Mike Podcast, today Adam Escoto sits down with his fellow co hosts Dustin Davidson and Kaleb Foster as they discuss first-time home buyers need to thoroughly understand the inspection process along with clarifying typical misunderstandings such as the idea that inspections are compulsory or have a "pass/fail" result. The differences between inspections and appraisals, how buyers can manage t...
Welcome back to BONUS Episode 6 of the Main Mike Podcast hosted by Kaleb Foster and Adam Escoto. Today we have a special market update for you as we talk everything real estate with our broker: Don Fifer. Don explains that while some price ranges show slight dips, overall activity, buyer demand, and appreciation remain steady indicating a strong, balanced market rather than a downturn. Tune in to get the full update so sit back, re...
Welcome back to The Main Mike Podcast today Adam, Kaleb and Dustin sit down with Marcos Renteria from Ghetto Tacos here in Joplin as he shares how his business began humbly in 2016 with a handmade cart and grew into one of the first licensed food trucks in Joplin, now expanding across the four-state area. He opens up about his faith-driven journey how a stroke taught him patience, shifting his focus from chasing money to following ...
Welcome back to the Main Mike Podcast, today Kaleb Foster, Dustin Davidson and Adam Escoto sit down with longtime commercial real estate expert Gil Stevens to discuss the current state of the Joplin commercial market. Gil shares insights on recent property sales, leasing strategies, and the balance between buying for potential versus proven value, using examples like the new Dutch Bros location and upcoming developments on Geneva. ...
Welcome back to The Main Mike Podcast today Adam Escoto sits down with his co hosts: Dustin Davidson and Kaleb Foster as they discuss balance between mindset, skill set, and taking action as key ingredients for growth in real estate and self-employment. They talk through how mindset shapes success but must be paired with continuous skill development and purposeful action to truly create results. Using examples from sports, sales, a...
In this episode of The Main Mike Podcast, Adam Escoto sits down with our guest Joanna Holden from Fostering Hope, a nonprofit supporting the foster care system across seven counties in southwest Missouri. She shares how the organization began in 2012 and has grown to provide key resources like the Caring Closet, family support programs, and encouragement for agency workers. Sit back, relax and let's learn together!
Welcome back to the fourth bonus episode of The Main Mike Podcast today Kaleb Foster sits down with Elizabeth Sawyer, a realtor with The Flanagan Group, who shares her journey into real estate and house flipping with her husband. She explains their strategy of focusing on conservative deals, reinvesting profits toward a long-term goal of building apartment complexes, and how her role as an agent helps her find opportunities off-mar...
This episode of The Main Mike Podcast features Sergio Rizzo and Don Fifer discussing their community initiative, Faith at Work, which fosters connection, encouragement, and mentorship among local professionals. They share how the group began from casual conversations, grew into a nonprofit with hundreds involved, and now meets monthly for fellowship, testimonies, and discussions on integrating faith and work. Sit back, relax and le...
Welcome back to the third bonus episode for The Main Mike podcast, today Kaleb Foster and Dustin Davidson sit down with Kim Flanagan, who reflects on her 14 years in Joplin real estate and how the market has evolved through the tornado recovery, COVID, and the city’s growth. She highlights the surge in the luxury market, with home prices rising nearly 50% since 2020 and demand increasing dramatically, particularly for updated, well...
Welcome back to The Main Mike Podcast, today Adam Escoto sits down with Don Fifer, he is the broker in charge for Essential Real Estate and the team lead of the Flanagan Group, but he intentionally avoids titles, believing it's not about glory but about helping people. Don also emphasizes his community involvement, which is driven by his faith and a desire to help others, and manages his busy schedule by living by his calendar to i...
In this episode of The Main Mike Podcast, Adam Escoto sits down with guest Casey White, owner of The Revolving Closet in Neosho, Missouri, who shares her journey from nursing to running a thriving consignment business. She discusses her and her husband’s early experiences flipping houses, her unique ability to separate emotion from investment decisions, and how those skills translated into managing and growing her store. Sit back, ...
In this bonus episode of The Main Mike Podcast, Kaleb Foster, Adam Escoto, and Dustin Davidson dive into the current real estate market, breaking down trends in listings, sales, and pricing while addressing the psychology of today’s buyers and sellers. They explore why inventory is rising, homes are sitting longer, yet prices continue to climb and what that means for buyers looking to make a move before rates shift again.
In this episode of The Main Mike Podcast, our hosts sit down with Tiffany Blair and Julie Turner, owners of The Main Event in downtown Joplin, to share how they created an affordable, stylish space for celebrations of all kinds. They talk about the growth of their business, community impact, and future plans to expand offerings beyond private events.
Welcome back to The Main Mike Podcast, today Adam Escoto sits down with his fellow hosts: Dustin Davidson and Kaleb Foster to discuss the realities of being independent contractors in real estate. Covering the challenges of inconsistent income, long hours, and the hidden costs of running your own business. They share personal stories, lessons learned, and misconceptions about real estate to highlight both the struggles and freedoms...
Welcome to the first BONUS episode of The Main Mike Podcast, hosted by Kaleb Foster. Today we talk to Anthony Miller of The Flanagan Group, who shares his passion for helping clients across Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma, the importance of consistency in real estate, and the value of teamwork in driving success.
You can catch more bonus episodes that will be real estate focused every other Monday. We will be keeping the episodes ...
Welcome back to The Main Mike Podcast today features real estate investor and flipper Aaron White, who shares his journey from trucking industry negotiations to successfully flipping three to four homes a year, emphasizing ethical practices, quality work, and lessons learned from both successes and mistakes. He discusses finding undervalued properties, building strong relationships with trades and realtors, and the importance of do...
Welcome back to The Main Mike Podcast, today Adam Escoto, Kaleb Foster and Dustin Davidson sit down with Kim Flanagan and Sarah Vonder Haar to introduce The Essential Real Estate, a new brokerage in Joplin built on community, culture, and integrity. They discuss the vision behind the company, the leadership team’s 100+ years of combined experience, and the drive to create a client-first, values-based environment. Sit back, relax an...
Popular Podcasts
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com
The Burden is a documentary series that takes listeners into the hidden places where justice is done (and undone). It dives deep into the lives of heroes and villains. And it focuses a spotlight on those who triumph even when the odds are against them. Season 5 - The Burden: Death & Deceit in Alliance On April Fools Day 1999, 26-year-old Yvonne Layne was found murdered in her Alliance, Ohio home. David Thorne, her ex-boyfriend and father of one of her children, was instantly a suspect. Another young man admitted to the murder, and David breathed a sigh of relief, until the confessed murderer fingered David; “He paid me to do it.” David was sentenced to life without parole. Two decades later, Pulitzer winner and podcast host, Maggie Freleng (Bone Valley Season 3: Graves County, Wrongful Conviction, Suave) launched a “live” investigation into David's conviction alongside Jason Baldwin (himself wrongfully convicted as a member of the West Memphis Three). Maggie had come to believe that the entire investigation of David was botched by the tiny local police department, or worse, covered up the real killer. Was Maggie correct? Was David’s claim of innocence credible? In Death and Deceit in Alliance, Maggie recounts the case that launched her career, and ultimately, “broke” her.” The results will shock the listener and reduce Maggie to tears and self-doubt. This is not your typical wrongful conviction story. In fact, it turns the genre on its head. It asks the question: What if our champions are foolish? Season 4 - The Burden: Get the Money and Run “Trying to murder my father, this was the thing that put me on the path.” That’s Joe Loya and that path was bank robbery. Bank, bank, bank, bank, bank. In season 4 of The Burden: Get the Money and Run, we hear from Joe who was once the most prolific bank robber in Southern California, and beyond. He used disguises, body doubles, proxies. He leaped over counters, grabbed the money and ran. Even as the FBI was closing in. It was a showdown between a daring bank robber, and a patient FBI agent. Joe was no ordinary bank robber. He was bright, articulate, charismatic, and driven by a dark rage that he summoned up at will. In seven episodes, Joe tells all: the what, the how… and the why. Including why he tried to murder his father. Season 3 - The Burden: Avenger Miriam Lewin is one of Argentina’s leading journalists today. At 19 years old, she was kidnapped off the streets of Buenos Aires for her political activism and thrown into a concentration camp. Thousands of her fellow inmates were executed, tossed alive from a cargo plane into the ocean. Miriam, along with a handful of others, will survive the camp. Then as a journalist, she will wage a decades long campaign to bring her tormentors to justice. Avenger is about one woman’s triumphant battle against unbelievable odds to survive torture, claim justice for the crimes done against her and others like her, and change the future of her country. Season 2 - The Burden: Empire on Blood Empire on Blood is set in the Bronx, NY, in the early 90s, when two young drug dealers ruled an intersection known as “The Corner on Blood.” The boss, Calvin Buari, lived large. He and a protege swore they would build an empire on blood. Then the relationship frayed and the protege accused Calvin of a double homicide which he claimed he didn’t do. But did he? Award-winning journalist Steve Fishman spent seven years to answer that question. This is the story of one man’s last chance to overturn his life sentence. He may prevail, but someone’s gotta pay. The Burden: Empire on Blood is the director’s cut of the true crime classic which reached #1 on the charts when it was first released half a dozen years ago. Season 1 - The Burden In the 1990s, Detective Louis N. Scarcella was legendary. In a city overrun by violent crime, he cracked the toughest cases and put away the worst criminals. “The Hulk” was his nickname. Then the story changed. Scarcella ran into a group of convicted murderers who all say they are innocent. They turned themselves into jailhouse-lawyers and in prison founded a lway firm. When they realized Scarcella helped put many of them away, they set their sights on taking him down. And with the help of a NY Times reporter they have a chance. For years, Scarcella insisted he did nothing wrong. But that’s all he’d say. Until we tracked Scarcella to a sauna in a Russian bathhouse, where he started to talk..and talk and talk. “The guilty have gone free,” he whispered. And then agreed to take us into the belly of the beast. Welcome to The Burden.
"SmartLess" with Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, & Will Arnett is a podcast that connects and unites people from all walks of life to learn about shared experiences through thoughtful dialogue and organic hilarity. A nice surprise: in each episode of SmartLess, one of the hosts reveals his mystery guest to the other two. What ensues is a genuinely improvised and authentic conversation filled with laughter and newfound knowledge to feed the SmartLess mind. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of SmartLess ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.
The World's Most Dangerous Morning Show, The Breakfast Club, With DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, And Charlamagne Tha God!