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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4101
JF56: The Complete Guide to Staging Your Property
Want to command the most money for your house? Stage it baby! Today’s Best Ever guest talks in detail about how to stage a home so it commands the highest dollar. This info is perfect for all investors doing Lease to Purchase Options.  ...
20 min
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JF55: Creative Alternative to Just Renting Your...
Today’s Best Ever guest had a problem. She could sell her house so she was forced to turn it into a rental. But instead of simply renting it she did a lease with option to purchase. Listen to hear how that turned out… Tweetable quote: Always have...
18 min
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JF54: Pros and Cons of Passive and Active Inves...
Today’s Best Ever guest shares with you what he has learned from actively investing in real estate and comparing that to passive investing in another investor’s deal. Tweetable quote: Just go out and do it. Pedro Duquesne's real estate...
15 min
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JF53: Cashing in on Revitalized Areas
Buy in an improving area, manage well and watch your value increase. Seems obvious right? Right. But today’s Best Ever guest shares with you a major wrinkle to this plan that can help you increase your property value even more…and faster. ...
22 min
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JF52: A Different Kind of Due Diligence
We all think about due diligence as research on the property we’re going to buy. But, today’s Best Ever guest talks about the importance of conducting more due diligence on his team than the market or property. And he would know because he has...
15 min
4106
JF51: A Multifamily Biz Model that Quickly Sca...
Today’s Best Ever guest shares with you the biz model he uses to quickly scale his apartment investing business. Next week he is closing on a $12,000,000 property – I think you’ll want to hear what he has to say. Tweetable quote: Start smart and...
17 min
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JF50: Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda…The Top 5 Multifa...
Today I reveal the Top 5 Lessons Learned Looking Back on Multifamily Deals. I’ve spoken to successful multifamily investors and they dished all the stuff they wish they would have done differently. Listen to this advice, implement it and avoid these...
9 min
4108
JF49: One...Two…Three…Four…FIVE Keys to Real Es...
From CPA to successful investor, today’s Best Ever Guest shares with you the five keys to success that will help you do more deals and make more moooola.   Tweetable quote: Learning to educate will lead to successful money raising.  ...
26 min
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JF48: But It’s Sooo Shiny! Nope. Stick to Your ...
The longer you’re in the game the more opportunities you’ll be exposed to. Listen to Today’s Best Ever Guest as she shares how sticking to her criteria has helped her build a multimillion dollar portfolio in three short years. Tweetable quote:...
21 min
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JF47: Follow the Well Worn Path to Success
Learning the ropes from those who have successfully done it before is a proven success model. Today’s Best Ever guest speaks about that and shares with us details on how successful deals he has done. Tweetable quote: To achieve what you’ve never...
16 min
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JF46: Discover the Two Keys to Successful Passi...
Let the other person do the work. Today’s Best Ever guest shares his secrets on how he has become a full-time passive income investor. He lets other people put the deals together and he brings the money to participate. He has to be very selective...
18 min
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JF45: Need a Loan for a Multifamily Property? T...
What of liquidity do you need in order to qualify for a typical loan? What’s the difference between equity and post-equity liquidity? What do you need to qualify for the loans? Learn this and much more as today’s Best Ever guest shares with you...
22 min
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JF44: Money Raisin Tips Revealed by a Money Rai...
Want to raise money for your next deal? Then slap on those ear buds and hit play. Today’s Best Ever guest is a money raisin master and he shares with you his best real estate investing advice ever!   Tweetable quote:  People who control...
24 min
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JF43: Letting the Market Dictate the Strategy
Today’s Best Ever guest shares a case study of how his company changed their strategy in the middle of a project and came out ahead. Plus, if you’re interested in the hotel business you’ve got to listen to what Jonathan has to say. Tweetable...
14 min
4115
JF42: Top Economist Reveals Her Best Real Estat...
Interest rates, refinancing and property selection, oh my. You are in for a treat with today’s Best Ever guest Nela Richardson who is the Chief Economist for Redfin. She talks about the state of today’s economy and, more importantly, her advice on...
14 min
4116
JF41: Swinging for…Doubles. Play Ball!
A funny thing happens when you swing for doubles – sometimes you end up with homeruns. Today’s Best Ever guest talks about the importance of investing in “doubles” and not waiting around for a “home run”. And he gives an example of a...
19 min
4117
JF40: Love is in the Air
Meet the real estate matchmaker. Today’s Best Ever guest shares with us her approach to investing and the unique way she makes money with real estate investing. If you stop learning you’re going to stop growing.   Ali Boone real estate...
17 min
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JF39: Pssst...Check Out This Note
Welcome to the wonderful world of note buying. Where you become the proud owner of paper not property. So basically you are now a bank. Want to hear how the heck one of the most successful note buyers is approaching this investing strategy? Everybody...
27 min
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JF38: Don’t You Dare Lose Control
Mark Cuban says he isn’t a glass hall full or half empty guy. Instead, he wants to be the guy pouring the glass. Today’s Best Ever guest shares the same philosophy. Jason Hartman talks about the importance of maintaining control and when it makes...
25 min
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JF37: Entrepreneur Builds Successful Side Biz i...
Listen to today’s Best Ever guest as she walks you through how to build a profitable business by renting out other people’s apartments. You know of Airbnb, right? Well, she uses that site and others to create her own profitable bed and breakfast....
26 min
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JF36: Flipping Properties in Bad, BAD Neighborh...
Flipping properties in bad neighborhoods can be scary and profitable. Today’s Best Ever guest talks about what it is like working in some of the roughest Las Vegas neighborhoods. He also gives invaluable tips how to effectively manage...
32 min
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JF35: Want a Crash Course on Probate Wholesalin...
If you have ever wanted to do wholesaling then you need to listen to this interview. Our Best Ever guest walks you through how to wholesale probate properties. She tells you how to format your letters, find the properties and how to approach the...
28 min
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JF34: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie…
As landlords it’s almost impossible to not get caught up in some sob story a tenant has. It’s a judgment call we all have to make and then live with the consequences. Listen to today’s Best Ever guest as she shares her experience and,...
13 min
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JF33: Using All Sorts of Financing to Build You...
401k, banks, and hard money lenders oh my! Plus owner financing, cash and mortgage brokers. Today’s Best Ever guest has financed properties through all these ways and shares with you tips for how to decide which one makes the most sense based on the...
33 min
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JF32: How to Collect the Most on an Insurance C...
You’re standing in 4 feet of water. What’s your next step to getting the problem fixed and reimbursed for the damages? Today’s Best Ever guest is a public adjuster who represents property owners when they file insurance claims. Tune in to listen...
16 min