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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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
1127
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
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JF3076: Off-Market Lead Generation Strategies f...
Edwin Byler is a broker and investor at KW Commercial, where he finds off-market deals and either buys or brokers them. In this episode, Edwin discusses how he is currently generating off-market leads, the number of cold calls it typically takes him...
23 min
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JF3075: Investing in Triple-Net Leased Industri...
Neil Wahlgren is a partner at MAG Capital Partners, which focuses on triple-net leased industrial properties, lease structures, and tenants. In this episode, Neil shares his insights on investing in triple-net leased industrial properties, how a...
30 min
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JF3074: Note Investing for Cash Flow & Stabilit...
Fred Moskowitz is a fund manager and investor who buys and manages residential mortgage notes. In this episode, Fred tells us about how he buys notes on the secondary market and the profitability of this business strategy and investment vehicle. ...
31 min
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JF3073: The Psychology of Money | Passive Inves...
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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JF3072: 3 Tips for Hiring the Right Contractor ...
Jason Lee is the president of and full-time multifamily broker at JLM Real Estate Inc., a commercial real estate team focusing on multifamily sales and 1031 exchanges in San Diego County. In this episode, Jason discusses the three most important...
23 min
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JF3071: The Art of Multifamily Development ft. ...
Dusten Hendrickson is the president of Mailbox Money Real Estate, which finds land and creates a vision for it — usually a multifamily project. In this episode, Dusten shares what drew him to multifamily development, why being a developer requires...
18 min
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JF3070: Structuring and Raising Debt & Equity f...
Rob Beardsley is the founder of Lone Star Capital, which focuses on Texas workforce housing through vertically integrated operations. In this episode, Rob provides observations, insights, and practical examples of debt and equity from his latest book,...
25 min
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JF3069: How to Produce Attractive, Risk-Adjuste...
Mark Khuri is the VP and co-founder of SMK Capital Management, a family-owned private equity firm that raises capital and partners with operators in apartments, mobile homes, self-storage, and ATMs. In this episode, Mark shares how he calculates risk...
26 min
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JF3068: Insights Gained from Launching a Fund f...
Nathan Guinane is the director of investor relations and strategic partnerships at Divergent Capital Partners, a fund for investors to deploy money into apartment complexes. In this episode, Nathan tells us how he and his partners closed out their...
27 min