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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JF3060: Top 3 Tips for Deal Seekers in 2023 ft....
Cowboy Joe Marques is an influencer, professional speaker, and educator who has invested in numerous development projects across the U.S. including turnkey subdivisions, multifamily, 5,000-bed crew lodges, gulf-front condos, resorts, commercial...
23 min
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JF3059: What Kind of Investor Are You? | Passiv...
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...
10 min
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JF3058: How Capital Raisers Vet & Select Operat...
Taylor Loht is the founder of NT Capital Group and host of The Passive Wealth Strategy Show podcast. In this episode, he tells us why he switched his investment strategy from the stock market to real estate, how he vets potential operators before...
29 min
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JF3057: How to Win the 1031 Exchange Game ft. E...
Ed Fernandez is the CEO of 1031 Crowdfunding, which is responsible for raising $800M of equity from individuals and institutional investors through private and public real estate offerings. In this episode, Ed discusses how his company has become the...
30 min
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JF3056: Pivoting to Small Businesses for Greate...
Ricardo Torres is the co-founder and CEO of Vectored Equity, which primarily focuses on syndications and funds. In this episode, he shares what motivated him to purchase a laundromat, the pros and cons of owning a small business, and the ins and outs...
34 min
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JF3055: Focusing on the Fundamentals in a Marke...
Kip Sowden is the CEO at RREAF Holdings, which works in multifamily, hospitality, ground-up construction, single-family, build-to-rent, master-planned communities, and more. In this episode, he tells us about the biggest lessons he’s learned...
22 min
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JF3054: 5 Tips to Increase Efficiency & Scale T...
Brad Simtob is the founder of Simtob Management & Investment LLC, which purchases value-add multifamily in the Midwest. In this episode, he discusses the factors that helped him to nearly triple his unit count in 2022: Managing all of his...
22 min
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JF3053: Keeping Self-Storage Investing Recessio...
Cris Burnam is the CEO of StorageMart, a self-storage business team deploying technology with over 100 collective years of experience. In this episode, Cris shares his thoughts on how interest rate increases have impacted self-storage deals, what...
25 min
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JF3052: The Game of Monopoly — The Strategy of ...
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...
7 min
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JF3051: Putting Your Investors’ Needs First ft....
Nick and Elaine Stageberg are the owners of Black Swan Real Estate, a real estate private equity firm that buys deep value-add residential real estate ranging from distressed single-family homes to large class-A apartment buildings and ground-up...
40 min
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JF3050: Why Partnering Up Leads to Exponential ...
Corey Chonsky is a full-time real estate investor and multifamily syndicator at Fair Winds Capital, a real estate investment firm that purchases value-add multifamily properties through JV or syndicated partnerships. In this episode, Corey discusses...
23 min
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JF3049: Lessons Learned Scaling a Multifamily B...
Jimmy Edwards owns High Five Multifamily, which sources, acquires, and manages multifamily assets in the B- and C-class space. In this episode, he shares the pain points that motivated him to scale his business, how he builds relationships with...
24 min
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JF3048: Why Investors & Operators Win with Crow...
Anna-Marie Lieb is the head of Multi-housing at CrowdStreet, where her team identifies and renews potential multifamily, student housing, and BTR offerings. In this episode, Anna-Marie tells us what kind of investors and operators access CrowdStreet,...
26 min
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JF3047: Achieving Linear Growth in a Midwestern...
Nancy Huynh, MD, is the founder and CEO of Clear Vision Investing, a co-GP of value-add apartment syndications that donates nearly half of its company profits to cure preventable blindness. In this episode, Nancy discusses why she chose to invest in...
23 min
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JF3046: Commercial Brokering with a Banking Bac...
Brian Tobler is a commercial broker at Malman Commercial Real Estate, which focuses on investment sales opportunities through buyer/seller representation. In this episode, Brian shares why he left the commercial real estate banking industry after 15...
22 min
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JF3045: Rich vs. Wealthy | Passive Investor Tip...
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...
11 min
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JF3044: Demystifying the Allure of Family Offic...
Arti Shah works at Invest Beyond Multifamily, which invests in necessity-based commercial real estate properties in growth markets. In this episode, she tells us how syndicators can get the attention of family offices, the intensive vetting process...
35 min
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JF3043: The Intricacies of Development & Market...
Emily Zhu is the CMO of New Empire Corp, which is dedicated to all the marketing and sales of over $500M in new development condos and commercial spaces in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Long Island City. In this episode, Emily discusses the advantages and...
29 min
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JF3042: Succeeding in Self-Storage as First-Tim...
Connor Gross is the owner of Atlas Storage, which buys and sells self-storage facilities. In this episode, he shares what three aspects drew him to invest in self-storage over other asset classes that he considered, why he recommends screening local...
22 min
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JF3041: Why 2023 Will Be a Challenging Year for...
John McNellis is the principal at McNellis Partners, a commercial development firm. In this episode, he tells us why he thinks 2023 will be a challenging year for real estate, his thoughts on the current state of office and multifamily, his advice for...
39 min
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JF3040: Converting Hospitality into Long-Term R...
Andrea Foley is the CEO/CFO of Generational Wealth Capital, which specializes in reimagining hospitality for long-term wealth. In this episode, she discusses how she is building wealth by purchasing mom-and-pop hotels in smaller towns and converting...
29 min
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JF3039: Syndicating Campgrounds, RV Parks, & Ma...
Don Spafford is a partner at Happy Camper Capital, which syndicates RV resort vacation campgrounds and marinas. In this episode, he shares why he primarily focuses on investor relations despite his financial background, how the build-to-rent and...
26 min
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JF3038: The 4 Phases of the CRE Market Cycle | ...
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...
9 min
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JF3037: Qualifying GPs in Today’s Rising Rate E...
Randy Smith is the founder of Impact Equity, a fund-to-fund manager that helps W-2 employees decrease dependence on W-2 income. In this episode, Randy tells us how being laid off after 25 years in corporate America prompted him to accelerate his real...
33 min
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JF3036: How to Earn Passive Income through Priv...
Serena Holmes is a full-time investor who previously ran her own brand experience agency for 18 years and sold it in February to focus on real estate. She is also the author of . In this episode, Serena discusses her passive investing experience, the...
21 min