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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JF2922: How Customizable Funds Are Changing the...
Badri Malynur has invested in various startups and across asset classes, including auctions, stock, commodities, and bonds. After entering semi-retirement, a friend asked him to help co-found Avestor Inc., a technology platform focused on an...
24 min
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JF2921: The Secret to Investing Is Simple, But ...
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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JF2920: The Value of Data-Driven Business Opera...
Leslie Awasom is a nurse anesthetist who co-founded XSITE Capital Investment with his partners, Julius Oni and Tenny Tolofari. When he came across the multifamily asset class, Leslie realized many of his colleagues in the healthcare industry and...
21 min
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JF2919: When LPs Decide to Change the Market ft...
Michael Episcope worked as a commodities trader for 15 years while investing passively before deciding to take things a step further and earn a master’s degree in real estate. Looking back on previous passive investing experiences, Michael and his...
42 min
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JF2918: Real Estate Market Update | Round Table
Each week for the Best Ever Round Table, the three Best Ever Show hosts — Ash Patel, Slocomb Reed, and Travis Watts — come together for a deep dive into a commercial real estate investing topic. Is now a good time to get into real estate? In...
25 min
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JF2917: Shopping Centers & Small Bay Industrial...
Danny Newberry has been busy since his last appearance on the Best Ever Show. The CEO of Vail Commercial Group, a privately held boutique commercial real estate group, has been focusing on value-add shopping centers and small bay industrial facilities...
31 min
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JF2916: Two Lifetimes of Lessons on Scaling ft....
Richard Simtob has been an entrepreneur since he was young, getting involved with his first franchise during college. Throughout his career, he has scaled franchises for chains like Wireless Toyz, Zoup! Eatery, Goldfish Swim School, Creative World...
36 min
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JF2915: Raising Capital as a FT Physician ft. H...
Harry Nima Zegarra, MD, and his wife are physicians from Peru. They met in medical school and then moved to the U.S. to continue their education and training. After settling in Dallas, they decided to get involved in real estate five years ago. They...
20 min
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JF2914: Why Your First Million Is So Hard | Pas...
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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JF2913: Establishing an Edge Against Institutio...
Bikran Sandhu is a CPA who began his career as an auditor for PricewaterhouseCoopers. He caught the real estate bug in 2018; by April 2021, it became his full-time career. Today, Bikran is CFO, COO, and co-founder of Rise48 Equity, a real estate...
35 min
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JF2912: How an 18-Month Trip Inspired Her CRE C...
When Sujata Shyam was asked to transfer across the country for her corporate career, she decided to take 100 days off to consider her next move. 100 days turned into 18 months of traveling and experiencing the world, and Sujata soon realized she...
38 min
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JF2911: Best Ever Advice for Scaling Your CRE B...
In this episode, Ash, Slocomb, and Travis share advice for scaling your commercial real estate business, as well as the lessons they’ve learned from their own experiences. They discuss the pivotal moment when they each realized it was time to expand...
26 min
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JF2910: Serving Your Investors in Uncertain Tim...
Justin Liggitt entered the investment industry more than 20 years ago as a financial advisor. In 2011, he took on a major project that ended up steering his career toward a more creative role, which allowed him to focus on marketing and investor...
26 min
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JF2909: How to Deal with CRE Vacancy | Beyond M...
In this episode, Ash gives his Best Ever advice on how to fill vacancies in commercial real estate. He provides knowledge to help investors make educated decisions on what to buy, what to do if you have a vacancy, and how to fill it. The Beyond...
29 min
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JF2908: Multifamily Investing w/ a Military Min...
Patrick Reven is an active-duty Air Force Pilot currently stationed at the Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter, SC. He met his business partner, Ricardo Torres, in pilot training, and together they purchased their first multifamily deal in Tucson, AZ, only...
25 min
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JF2907: The Rule of 72 — How to Double Your Mon...
In this episode, Travis explains the rule of 72, which helps investors to predict approximately how long it will take them to double their money in an investment. He provides the formula and shares why the rule of 72 is important for both active and...
8 min
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JF2906: JV vs. Syndication — Why Not Both? ft. ...
Vessi Kapoulian grew up in Bulgaria behind the Iron Curtain, where the only concept of investing she knew involved hard assets like silver and gold. When she arrived in the U.S., she earned her graduate degree and began her corporate career. Then in...
26 min
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JF2905: 70 Syndications & 15K Units in Just 4 Y...
Ryan McKenna grew up with an entrepreneurial mindset, but his dream wasn’t initially to get into real estate — it was to become a professional baseball player. He attended Arizona State University on a baseball scholarship but was forced to walk...
31 min
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JF2904: Convince Me: Syndications vs. Joint Ven...
The Best Ever Show hosts share the second episode in the mini-series, “Convince Me,” where they debate various aspects of commercial real estate strategy from different perspectives. In this episode, they discuss the advantages and disadvantages...
21 min
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JF2903: From Marketing Consultants to GPs ft. C...
Christine Bellish is the co-founder of the Bellish Team, a real estate investment firm that focuses on large commercial and multifamily property acquisitions. Together, she and her husband Danny are currently GPs of 588 units and have been involved in...
37 min
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JF2902: 4 Value-Add Business Tips | Bonus Opera...
In this episode, Slocomb shares his top four tips for launching your value-add business plan. Bonus Operations is a weekly series hosted by apartment owner/operator and Best Ever Show host, Slocomb Reed. In each five- to ten-minute episode, Slocomb...
13 min
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JF2901: 45 Years without Losing a Dollar ft. Ad...
Adam Rosenkranz is the chief investment officer for Christina, a Malibu-based real estate developer, manager, and sponsor founded in 1977. He got his start managing real estate assets for high-net-worth individuals at Wells Fargo in San Francisco....
25 min
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JF2900: The Velocity of Capital — How to Compou...
In this episode, Travis explains how to compound your returns, drawing on his own personal experiences to illustrate this fundamental and impactful passive investing concept. Passive Investor Tips is a weekly series hosted by full-time passive...
14 min
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JF2899: Revitalizing Undervalued Mobile Home Pa...
Airline pilot Chad Freeman got his start in real estate by purchasing a “pilot crash pad” in New York in 2005. Although he describes it as a “terrible” property, it launched him into the real estate business. In 2015, he decided to take a boot...
28 min
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JF2898: Why Teaming Up Is the Key to Scaling ft...
Ismael “Rey” Reyes began investing in single-family homes during his 28-year career in the U.S. Army. Just before retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel, he learned about syndications and how they could allow him to continue to scale his real estate...
31 min