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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Connect with top operators, LPs, GPs, and more, get real insights, and be part of a curated network built to help you grow.

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JF3408: 1031 Exchange Secrets to Unlock More We...
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JF3407: Strategies for Success in Medical Real ...
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JF3406: Best Ever Roundtable: Interest Rates, O...
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JF3405: Best Ever’s Best of 2023: Joe Fairless’...
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JF3404: Best Ever’s Best of 2023: Real Estate’s...
Today, in the fourth installment of our year-end Best of 2023 series, we’ll focus on something that will make our host Ash Patel very happy. Industrial real estate. Industrial has risen up the ranks in desirability when it comes to commercial assets...
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JF3403: Best Ever’s Best of 2023: From Crime-Ri...
Today, in the third installment of our year-end Best of 2023 series, we’ll focus on one of the hottest asset classes in recent memory. Mobile home parks. In this episode, Derek Vickers takes us through his first mobile home park investment, sharing...
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JF3402: Best Ever’s Best of 2023: How to 3X You...
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JF3401: Best Ever’s Best of 2023: Multifamily S...
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JF3400: Direct-to-Seller Lead Generation Strate...
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JF3399: The Importance of Controlling Market Se...
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JF3398: The 3 Most Common SEC Violations Syndic...
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JF3397: Unlocking Downtown Office Space Opportu...
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JF3396: Why There Won’t be a Soft Landing and H...
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JF3395: The Value-Add Mindset | Passive Investo...
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JF3394: How Renters Use TikTok to Defraud Landl...
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JF3393: The Benefits of Being Opportunistic ft....
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JF3392: Tips for Finding Off-Market and Distres...
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JF3391: Why I Sold My Entire Portfolio: Balanci...
Bill Ham, founder of Real Estate Raw and previous owner of over 1,000 multifamily units, shares his wisdom on gauging market cycles, the importance of cash flow and net worth, and why he chose to sell his entire real estate portfolio.  Key...
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JF3390: Adapting to Change: Jordan Moorhead's E...
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JF3389: How to Create Opportunity with World-Cl...
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JF3388: The Milk Bucket Strategy | Passive Inve...
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JF3387: Inside Congress’s Attack on Institution...
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JF3386: Iven Vian - Strategies for Proactive As...
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JF3385: 3 Ways to Reduce Expenses on Multifamil...
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