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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JF3101: How to Get Started with Passive Income ...
Passive Investor Tips is a weekly series hosted by full-time passive investor and Best Ever Show host, Travis Watts. In each bite-sized episode, Travis breaks down passive investor topics, simplifying the philosophy and mindset while providing...
19 min
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JF3100: Carving Out the Mini-Multi Niche ft. To...
Tom Higgins is a Managing Partner at Terra Capital, a real estate investment firm that rolls up mini-multis (2-15 units) through fund offerings into large, fully renovated, optimized cash-flowing portfolios of 100–200 units. He has leveraged his...
33 min
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JF3099: How to Become “Deadly Efficient” at Und...
Jason Baik is a Managing Principal at Compounding Capital Group, a real estate investment firm that stabilizes value-add multifamily properties in Cincinnati, OH, and surrounding areas. A former corporate data scientist, in addition to being a general...
36 min
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JF3098: A System for Targeting Short-Term Appre...
Mark Updegraff is the founder of Updegraff Group Realty Services, a suite of companies that broker, manage, and provide GC services, as well as Raze Capital, a commercial real estate syndication company. After getting laid off from his job making...
25 min
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JF3097: Syndications and Senior Assisted Living...
Matt Jones is the CEO of Hawkwing Capital, which invests passively and raises capital from other investors for solid deals with proven sponsors. In this episode, Matt discusses how he went from house-hacking a triplex to becoming an LP and eventually...
33 min
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JF3096: Navigating Multifamily Portfolio Manage...
John Warren is the President at Forte Properties, Inc., a top-performing real estate brokerage that specializes in selling real estate in the one- to four-unit space and acquiring value-add apartment buildings. In this episode, John discusses the...
24 min
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JF3095: Lessons in Scaling Your Real Estate Bus...
Abbas Mohammed is the CEO and founder of Model Equity, a multifamily real estate investment firm with a focus on properties in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. He started in the residential space as an agent at 18 years old before going all-in on...
29 min
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JF3094: How to Play the Odds and Avoid the Mira...
Passive Investor Tips is a weekly series hosted by full-time passive investor and Best Ever Show host, Travis Watts. In each bite-sized episode, Travis breaks down passive investor topics, simplifying the philosophy and mindset while providing...
12 min
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JF3093: The Benefits of Collateralized Investin...
Carrie Cook is the President of Ignite Funding. With over 15 years of experience in private lending, Carrie has funded over $1.5B and is committed to continued growth and preservation of investor capital. In this episode, Carrie discusses her...
38 min
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JF3092: Creative Ways to Set Up Your LLC ft. Ga...
Garrett Sutton is an attorney and the founder of Corporate Direct, which helps entrepreneurs and investors protect their assets, maintain privacy, and reach their financial goals. He’s also a best-selling author and one of Robert Kiyosaki's Rich Dad...
24 min
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JF3091: Debunking Mobile Home Park Investing My...
Daniel Weisfield is a third-generation mobile home park investor and the co-founder of Three Pillar Communities, which is now a Top 30 mobile home park owner in the U.S. with roughly a $500 million portfolio made up of 65 communities in 11 states. In...
30 min
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JF3090: Investing in Car Washes for Passive Inc...
Whitney Elkins-Hutten is the Director of Investor Education at passiveInvesting.com, which builds passive income and equity for investors through low-risk real estate investments in the hottest U.S. real estate markets. Her current focus is helping...
20 min
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JF3089: How to Raise Capital Online in 2023 ft....
Dr. Adam Gower is the founder of GowerCrowd, which builds real estate crowdfunding platforms for sponsors, serving as a digital marketing agency to major syndicators and professional investors. He calls it “building shovels for the gold miners.”...
27 min
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JF3088: Scouting the Next Mixed-Use Hot Spot ft...
Pete Montgomery is a Broker of Retail Development at CMC Properties, which has owned and managed thousands of apartments, offices, and retail stores. When CMC selects a site that it’s going to build on, Pete prospects for potential commercial...
21 min
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JF3087: How to Get Double-Digit Pay Increases E...
Passive Investor Tips is a weekly series hosted by full-time passive investor and Best Ever Show host, Travis Watts. In each bite-sized episode, Travis breaks down passive investor topics, simplifying the philosophy and mindset while providing...
12 min
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JF3086: Investing for Stability in Unstable Tim...
Jack Krupey is the founder and principal at JK Asset Management, a firm focused on sharing private investment opportunities with accredited investors to help them grow their wealth without Wall Street. From working with a private equity fund on Wall...
22 min
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JF3085: Repositioning Urban Core Warehousing ft...
Alfredo Riascos is a commercial real estate broker and owner of Gridline Properties, a full-service CRE brokerage that represents commercial property owners in the sale, leasing, and disposition of their properties. He focuses on repositioning...
34 min
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JF3084: How to Get Started in Co-living Real Es...
Matt Ryan is a real estate entrepreneur and the founder of , a private equity company focused on funding co-living spaces. A returning guest on the Best Ever Show ( and ), Matt is currently developing co-living, rent-by-bedroom spaces in Sacramento...
27 min
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JF3083: Value-Add Mobile Home Park Investing f...
Amanda Cruise is the owner of Voyage Investing, which purchases value-add mobile home parks and commercial properties. In this episode, she discusses the perks of investing in mobile home parks over other asset classes, how she markets herself and...
27 min
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JF3082: What’s Next for Offices? ft. Max Browne
Max Browne is a commercial real estate broker primarily focusing on office tenants at Kennedy Wilson Properties. In this episode, Max shares what types of office tenants are currently moving to LA, how the increasing popularity of hybrid work...
25 min
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JF3081: Business Strategies & Processes to Know...
Mathew Owens is a CPA and the owner of OCG Properties, which helps clients attain financial freedom by providing support, education, and cash flow real estate investment opportunities. In this episode, Mathew tells us what up-and-coming commercial...
29 min
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JF3080: 10 Questions to Ask Before Investing in...
Passive Investor Tips is a weekly series hosted by full-time passive investor and Best Ever Show host, Travis Watts. In each bite-sized episode, Travis breaks down passive investor topics, simplifying the philosophy and mindset while providing...
15 min
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JF3079: Multifamily Development & Redevelopment...
Brian Green is the owner/operator at Green Springs Capital Group, which develops and redevelops multifamily properties. In this episode, Brian discusses starting his own property management company, how his value-add projects quickly led to...
30 min
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JF3078: Achieving Affordable Construction & Hou...
Mike Kaeding is the CEO of Norhart, which is committed to solving America’s housing shortage and affordability crisis. In this episode, Mike shares how Norhart plans to strategically drive down the cost of housing on a national level, his advice for...
23 min
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JF3077: What You Should Know Before Launching a...
Matthew Burk is the CEO of two companies: Fairway America, a CRE investment fund manager; and Verivest, a CRE software, advisory, and service provider. In this episode, Matthew tells us the biggest mistakes he sees investors make when setting up a...
25 min