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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JF131: I Challenge You! The 3, 2, 1 Challenge |...
Let's start 2015 off with a bang by connecting with who we know, meeting strangers and learning something every day. There's power in progress and what gets measured gets repeated. Let's get this challenge going baby! Listen to today's show to hear...
9 min
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JF130: Top Note Buying Tip Revealed
Ever wonder what people are talking about when they say they are note buyers? Well, today’s Best Ever guest clears it all up and shares how and why he went from time shares to note buying.  And...he shares with you his #1 tip on note...
15 min
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JF129: What's It Take to Get Your Deal on a Cro...
Today’s Best Ever guest shares how his company, Patch of Land, underwrites their deals. If you’re interested in crowdfunding then you need to listen to this interview. Let’s go!   Tweetable quote: Stay curious and don’t listen to...
17 min
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JF128: Crash Course on Financial Modeling for R...
Today’s Best Ever guest shares with you why financial models are important and how to use them. Plus, he tells you why it’s important to learn the story behind the property.   Tweetable quote: A financial model is a story telling tool.  ...
16 min
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JF127: This Unique Approach Closed 5,000 Apt Un...
Today’s Best Ever guest tells you how he created a company from scratch that went on to do over $1,000,000,000. Learn the business model he initially employed and how he evolved his business over time.   Tweetable quote: Find something you do...
18 min
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JF126: How to Do Over 100 Transactions WITHOUT ...
Today’s Best Ever guest tells you how you can do transactions without relying on those darn bank loans. Tweetable quote: You are in the people business not the property business.   Brian Reed’s real estate background: ...
18 min
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JF125: What’s the Smallest Loan Size You Can Get?
Today’s Best Ever guest specializes in loans around 90k but have you ever wondered how small of a loan can you actually get from a traditional lender? He reveals that and much, much more.   Tweetable quote: Don’t try to guess the future. Just...
13 min
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JF124: 4 Steps to Bringing on Team Members| #sk...
What if you could multiply yourself by 3? Today we talk about the importance of bringing on interns and team members and the 4 steps to making it a win-win.    Subscribe in    and    so you don't miss an episode!  ...
11 min
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JF123: Want a Loan? MUST Listen.
Today’s Best Ever guest tells you the difference between Fannie May and Freddie Mack and how to get approved for the each of the programs. Tweetable quote: Major banks have overlays.   Shaun Weeks’s real estate background: ...
23 min
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JF122: How to Start Slow and Steady Then Go Fas...
Today’s Best Ever guest shares how to get started in real estate and how you can too. Already started? That’s fine. He also shares how to go from a couple properties to a large portfolio.   Tweetable quote: Cap rate should exceed interest...
28 min
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JF121: Crowdfunding Tips from a Crowdfunding Wi...
Today’s Best Ever guest shares with you how to be successful at crowdfunding and the types of deals crowdfunding sites look for when picking which ones to offer to their investors. Let’s go!     Tweetable quote:   Swim against the...
18 min
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JF120: How to Use Hard Money to Buy Deals
Today’s Best Ever guest shares how he uses hard money to structure his fix and flip deals. He also talks about how he takes his profits from his flips and puts it into long-term holds. Let’s go!   Tweetable quote: The follow up is the key....
25 min
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JF119: The Anatomy of a $1,000,000 Flip
Today’s Best Ever guest flips homes that are over $1,000,000 and he talks about a case study and how he makes a living out of luxury flips. He has a fascinating career path from buying and holding to land development and now flipping multi-million...
18 min
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JF118: How to Enhance Your Biz with Technology
From organizing contacts to social media, today’s Best Ever guest talks about cutting edge tips and technologies that help you get the most out of your biz.   Tweetable quote:   Have a system for your contacts.   Darren Phillipy’s...
14 min
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JF117: 4 Powerful Lessons Learned in 2014
Looking back on 2014 here are four powerful lessons I’ve learned and how they can be applied to your life. Let’s go!   Tweetable quote: All we have is the moment we have right now.     Subscribe in    and    so...
16 min
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JF116: Let’s Get Your Company Ranked High in Go...
Online marketing is necessary so we might as well get good at it, right? Today’s Best Ever guest shares with you his expert tips for ranking high in Google searches and being an overall savvy online marketer for your real estate company.  ...
25 min
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JF115: Buy Smart and Buy for THESE Reasons
Today’s Best Ever guest talks about the importance of buying right and buying for the right reasons. Like these! Let’s go!   Tweetable quote:   Buy smart and buy for the right reasons.   Jim Duncan’s real estate background: ...
14 min
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JF114: Ways to Increase YOUR Income Stream with...
Today’s Best Ever guest tells you about the importance of evaluating properties based on income streams. Then, he gives you actionable advice for making it happen on your deals.   Tweetable quote: Buy real estate based on future income stream....
25 min
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JF113: So, Wait a Minute, Real Estate ISN’T Lik...
After watching house flipping shows on TV and losing money on his first deal, today’s Best Ever guest talks about the lessons he learned and how he applied them to his business. Now, fast forward 4 years, he’s done over 100 deals. He tells you how...
21 min
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JF112: Can’t Sell a House? DON’T Lower the Pric...
  Here’s a blueprint for selling your house when you haven’t been able to sell it before. Our Best Ever guest walks you through the step-by-step process. Let’s go!   Tweetable quote:   It’s always cheaper to fix the problem than...
25 min
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JF111: The 10 Rules of Successful Real Estate I...
Just what the title says, my friend. Today’s Best Ever guest shares with you the 10 Rules of Successful Real Estate Investing. What? You just wanted ONE piece of advice? Sorry Charlie. You get 10 golden nuggets in this episode!   Tweetable...
25 min
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JF110: Finding YOUR Puppy + Experience YOUR Goa...
As we set our 2015 goals here is one thing to add to the goal setting process that will make increase your success rate of reaching the goals.    Let's go! 
8 min
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JF109: Selfie…? Naw. Self STORAGE!! Evaluating ...
Want to learn how to evaluate self-storage units? How to identify value-add opportunities in self storage? How to evaluate markets for self storage opportunities? Listen up, Best Ever listener!   Don’t have an interest in self storage? This...
22 min
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JF108: La La La La Land Trusts: Discover the Be...
Learn about Land Trusts and how today’s Best Ever guest uses them to limit his liability. We talk about the pros and cons and how they came be used when you’re buying property.   Tweetable quote: Don’t own real estate in your own personal...
18 min
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JF107: Presenting…The World’s Fastest Refinance!
All we do is…set refinance records…and win! J Today’s Best Ever guest shares how he set an unofficial world record on the fastest refinance on a property, why it happened and how to avoid in the future. Plus, we talk about his experience...
17 min