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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JF78: Building a Luxury Brand on a Shoestring B...
How do you rise to the top of your profession, become a best-selling author, close on $20MM deals and be on a hit TV show? You become a branding genius. Today’s Best Ever guest has accomplished all these things and then some and shares with you...
15 min
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JF77: Buying Raw Land 2.0
Today’s Best Ever guest gives you a deep tutorial on how to successfully buy raw land, evaluate land and get land deals. Let’s go!   Tweetable quote:   Make ridiculous offers.   Mark Podolsky’s real estate background:   ...
21 min
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JF76: Making Money from LinkedIn
Today’s Best Ever guest shares how he uses LinkedIn to wholesale deals and make moola. Want proof? Good! We’re going to talk about a deal and how it came about. Tweetable quote:   Talk to 5 new people a day. Follow up with 5 people a day....
17 min
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JF75: Crash Course on Self Directed Retirement ...
How is it possible to have millions of dollars in your IRA when the government only allows a certain amount to be deposited annually? Self-directed accounts. Today’s Best Ever guest talks about the pros, cons and misconceptions of self-directed...
27 min
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JF74: 3 Steps to QUICKLY Connect with Someone
Introducing….Skillset Sunday! On today’s episode I share with you the three-step process to quickly connect with someone in a meaningful way. This can grow your biz bigtime because you’ll have more friends and be able to stay in touch in a more...
14 min
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JF73: DO THIS and Never Receive a Late Payment ...
Today’s Best Ever guest shares with us something he has implemented that resulted in never receiving a late payment from a tenant. And, you’ll learn other ways to automate the process of being a landlord so you can spend time doing more of what...
16 min
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JF72: Why Wholesalers Wholesale Houses is Beyon...
That’s a direct quote from today’s Best Ever guest. He shares with you the alternative to wholesaling homes. He says it’s all about marketing and negotiation. Let’s go!   Tweetable quote: We don’t buy houses. We buy problems.  ...
15 min
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JF71: From Millions to Bankruptcy...and Now?
Today’s Best Ever guest is a former millionaire who lost it all in 2008 and is now coming back strong with a revised approach to his business. Curious about the 1 thing he is changing this time around? Let’s go!  Tweetable quote:  ...
26 min
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JF70: Over 40 Years of Real Estate Investing Le...
A life’s worth of lessons is jam-packed in today’s episode with our Best Ever guest. From crashing in burning to building a business back up again with only a couple thousand dollars. Deal syndication, overcoming paralyzing terror, flipping, urban...
28 min
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JF69: Section 8 Myth Bustin
Curious about Section 8? Listen to today’s Best Ever guest as she shares the pros and cons of Section 8 programs. Oh, you’ll also hear a cute puppy dog story too.  Tweetable quote: Live like today could be your last but plan like you’ll...
17 min
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JF68: Optimism is Great…Just Don’t Buy Based on...
My glass is always half full but today’s Best Ever guest cautions to not buy based off of optimism. Listen to what you should be buying off of…    Tweetable quote:   Luck is when opportunity meets preparation.   Theresa...
19 min
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JF67: Talk to Strangers
Today’s  Best Ever guest talks about the importance of talking to strangers and why he has a remarkable goal of meeting 100 new people a day. Too fluffy for ya? Well he has a personal portfolio of over $20,000,000 and he talks about his tactic...
21 min
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JF66: The Four Qualifying Questions Brokers Hav...
Real estate investing is a team game. And having an All Star broker on your team is stacking the odds in your favor for finding deals and making money. How do All Star brokers qualify YOU as a potential business partner? Listen to today’s Best Ever...
20 min
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JF65: Wanna…Role Play? Wink Wink
This interview takes an unexpected and deliciously wonderful turn when today’s Best Ever guest asks to role play so he can share with you how to smoothly bring up prospecting for your biz in any setting.  Tweetable quote:    When you...
27 min
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JF64: Success Systems for Flippers
Today’s Best Ever guest shares with us the systems he implements to continually grow his flipping business. From morning routine to overall psychology – you’ll get a full dose of how to make it happen! Tweetable quote: There’s no time wasted...
17 min
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JF63: Revealing Five Profitable Exit Strategies...
Note buying. Buying notes. And more note buying…you want to hear from a note buying expert? Listen to today’s Best Ever guest as he shares how to do the due diligence on note buying and the reveals five exit strategies for note buying.  ...
22 min
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JF62: Getting Conned by a Con Man 
Today’s Best  Ever has raised over $3,000,000 and flipped over 200 homes but it hasn’t come without challenges. Major challenges. Like starting his company with $80,000 in debt, selling a car to finish a flip, and being conned by a con man....
17 min
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JF61: But I Don’t Wanna Do My Homework!
Today’s Best Ever guest brings a different perspective to the show than what’s typical because her background isn’t exclusively focused on real estate. She’s a certified financial planner and talks to you about her Best Ever advice. Tweetable...
13 min
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JF60: Flippity Flopping Land: Tales of a Land F...
How many land flippers do you know? Ain’t too many, right? Today’s Best Ever guest shares with us his advice on buying land low and selling it high. It’s a business model that isn’t discussed often but is working out very well for our guest....
26 min
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JF59: Avoiding a Spooookyyyy Home Inspection  
Today’s Best Ever guest shares with you five ways to avoid a spooooky home inspection. This Best Ever advice can save you time and money – let’s go! Tweetable quote: So many deals fall though simply because people didn’t show up for...
17 min
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JF58: Turning Smiles into Profits
Combine a long-term vision with best-in-class customer service and what do you get? A company that Inc. Magazine recognizes as one of the fastest growing in the United States. Today’s Best Ever guest shares with us how he helped turn his company...
21 min
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JF57: Peek-a-Boo I See You: Overlooked Costs on...
How much did it cost to fix up? What did you pay for it? How long did you hold it? What did you sell it for? Those four questions are the four that are typically asked when evaluating the success of a fix and flip deal. However, today’s Best Ever...
24 min
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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