The Best Ever CRE Show

Welcome to the Best Ever CRE Show, the world’s longest-running daily COMMERCIAL real estate podcast. Founded by Joe Fairless, a co-founder of Ashcroft Capital who went from buying $35,000 homes to controlling more than $2.7 billion in real estate assets, the Best Ever CRE Show provides commercial real estate expert insights, education, and timely information to our community of active and passive investors who want to build wealth, build a legacy, and do more good in the world.

So if you want the real stories behind the good, the bad, and the worst ever deals — plus, insights into what really goes on in commercial real estate investing — you’re in the right place. Our hosts interview commercial real estate experts every day to uncover secrets and strategies YOU can use to become a better, more informed investor. This is the Best Ever CRE show.

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JF524: New Investor Finding Her Way to DEAL #1
She attended the classes, works a full time job, and took massive action! Our Best Ever guest found her way through all the normal complications of getting started in real estate investing, including bad partnerships, contractual misunderstandings,...
23 min
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JF523: How to Build a Business from SCRATCH #sk...
It starts with a passion for…well what is your passion? What makes you tick? Our Best Ever guest has been with us before, and today he is sharing the true struggle and joy of building a business step by step. He covers important topics that you...
32 min
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JF522: How NOT to Handle Evictions #situationsa...
He made some mistakes in the eviction process, as do most first time land lords. He learned quickly and doesn't waste time when rent is late—notice will be posted that day. Hear his advice about the whole process and be educated!Best Ever Tweet:...
27 min
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JF521: Schedule K-1, What It Is and Why It's IM...
TAX TIME! Joe shares the Schedule K-1 that he uses with his partners on his apartment syndications, in fact a copy is available below in the notes! Depreciation, write offs, and other tax advantages have benefited the investors involved in Joe's...
15 min
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JF520: Hola! He Shares His Prayers, Culture, an...
Hola! Our guest is from Mexico and is closing wholesale deals in the Phoenix market! He plans to organize a wholesale group specifically in Spanish, so hear his show and sea feliz!Best Ever Tweet: We must have a mentor to make it at the next...
34 min
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JF519: See What He Bought after Selling Around ...
A “tape” is a spreadsheet of loans that are for sale, and our Best Ever guest decided to liquidate his 55 rental properties and invest in a $3MM tape of mortgages. He desired to be the bank instead of the landlord. Hear his story and...
27 min
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JF518: He's Funded Over 6,000 Deals by Being a ...
Our guest today is able to fund deals when other lenders hesitate. His step-by-step process and seasoned experience allows him to break down the numbers, Investor, and the deal strategically and fund in record time. Hear his feedback about funding...
26 min
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JF517: How She Received a 10% Response Rate Via...
Today's guest is new in wholesaling real estate, but she thinks big. She shares the mistakes she has made, and how she solved some EXPENSIVE problems. Hear her success from her direct mail plan and what her response rate was!Best ever tweet: Know your...
27 min
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JF516: How to Create a Referral Based Business ...
His strength is developing a referral business. He is a student of Zig Ziglar, Tom Hopkins, and other great salesmen and motivational speakers. He co-authored The Go-Giver and is a success in the business network realm. Hear about the skill he shares...
32 min
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JF515: How he Survived Bankruptcy and Rose from...
He lost 70 homes in the crash...but what he found is even greater. Our Best Ever guest is an advocate of liquidity and still uses leverage to acquire more properties. His "free and clear" philosophy is motivating, hear his situation and how he invests...
24 min
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JF514: Raise Private Money through DATING WEBSI...
Joe shares what he has learned from his mastermind in Cincinnati, and we bet you haven t heard of tip number one! Follow along!Best Ever Tweet:Join dating websites only if you're single. in iTunes. Made Possible Because of Our Best Ever...
16 min
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JF513: How YOU Can Buy Apartments NOW
Our Best Ever guest has assisted many investors in the purchase of apartment complexes, in fact he is an attorney that knows the paperwork. He purchases investments for himself and eventually created his own in-house property management company. You...
35 min
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JF512: How She Moved from Medical Billing to Mi...
She started out in medical billing, and knew there was something bigger out there—she fell in love with real estate. She works now with investors, general contractors, and planners to develop large multimillion developments. Hear how she did and...
22 min
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JF511: Wholesale to Other Wholesalers and How t...
Tired of rehabbing? Did you know you can put properties under contract and sell the paper to other wholesalers? Today's guest does just that, and he is highly successful teaching others to sell deals to other investors. Hear how he does it! Best Ever...
25 min
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JF510: Coma, Failure, Now a Successful Wholesaler
He has failed as many great investors do in the path of growth and wisdom. Hear his compelling story of injury but never defeat! Physically beaten, but emotionally strong our Best Ever guest successfully wholesales single-family residences in Phoenix,...
30 min
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JF509: 5 Tips for Attracting QUALITY Tenants vi...
167,000,000 people login to Facebook every day! If you know which of the 167 MM people would make a great tenant, then you are in business! How do you target the best tenant? How do you get a reaction? Hear this episode to bump your Facebook marketing...
30 min
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JF508: Many Mistakes Made on ONE Deal #situatio...
The title sounded bad, but our Best Ever guest absorbed the consequences and applied what he learned after making many mistakes on a SFR purchase. After closing, he planned to move in his Section 8 tenant and everything was going to work...
23 min
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JF507: How to Raise Money and Network With thes...
Urge to raise money and syndicate big deals? Who does have that desire!? It will take a network of professional relationships derived from productive communication. Emails, webinars, and other communicative mediums are powerful tools to create an...
22 min
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JF506: His Firm Buys in 22 Student/Multiunit MA...
He saw value in the student housing market, and took it to the next level! Chicago based investor appeals to the millennial tenant in many different states, while he speaks at universities regarding entrepreneurship and business. Hear how he grew and...
28 min
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JF505: This Lender Closed a Deal for a Client t...
Price? Cost of rehab? Retail sales price after rehab? He asks these questions to his clients hoping to qualify for a quick loan. His best move was moving to California, and there he found the hard money industry. As a hard money lender, he has made...
24 min
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JF504: How You Can Achieve COMPLETE Automation ...
System building is his definition of being an entrepreneur. Our Best Ever guest is tenaciously seeking to create a product and environment that streamlines YOUR wholesale business using workflows and Podio, a simplified CRM. He started in a band and...
24 min
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JF503: He Thought BIG, From 8 Broken Houses to ...
At 25 years old, he purchased 8 "crack houses", or shells rather, to jump into real estate, and specifically big deal developments. In Philadelphia, he had a vision to add value to residential communities, and he did so. He even renovated a portion of...
32 min
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JF502: How to DOUBLE Your Business Profits! #s...
Are you stuck? Striving to earn more clients, sell more products, or find more deals? You’re in luck because today our Best Ever guest is a marketing nd sales MACHINE! He has mastered lead generation and shares his skills with us...
39 min
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JF501: How to SCALE Your REI Biz and MAINTAIN a...
With 400 doors and counting, our Best Ever guest was turning into the mechanically cold and apathetic leasing company with choppy work orders, no mercy notices, and abrupt fees. He was able to transform the resident experience by viewing both sides of...
30 min
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JF500: BOOST Your Following for MASSIVE Succes...
1,800 followers and counting! Joe shares his techniques to grow a following that he uses to fund deals for everyone to win! It is important to interact with others through webinars, podcasts, and videos that add value and answer questions. Hear him...
28 min