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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JF2322: Social Entrepreneur With Matthew Ryan #...
Matthew Ryan is a social entrepreneur, founder of Re-viv, which addresses the market inefficiencies in community revitalization efforts. Matthew was on the show before on episode so be sure to go and check it out to learn more about his background....
26 min
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JF2321: Altus Investment Group With Kevin Dugan
Kevin started his journey down the real estate road by reading “Rich Dad, Poor Dad”. He left his full-time W2 in tech sales in September 2019 and is now a full-time real estate investor with 7 years of investing experience. He now has a portfolio...
27 min
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JF2320: Adapting Your Real Estate Business With...
Bruce is the founder, and owner of Bakerson, a multifamily syndication business. Growing up in the bakery business in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, Bruce wanted to pay homage to his now late father, hence the name “Bakerson”. He has a proven track...
23 min
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JF2319: 10 Time Freedom Questions For 2021 | Ac...
Today Theo and Travis will be answering 10 questions about time freedom. Everyone wants to have more time and freedom to spend it however they like; that’s why most people get into investing, active or passive, to begin with. When asked to list...
29 min
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JF2318: Red Flags to Avoid When Presenting New ...
In today's Syndication School episode, Theo Hicks shares the most common red flags that you should recognize before presenting syndication deals to potential passive investors. Not every red flag is a deal-breaker if presented the right way. In this...
21 min
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JF2317: InvestNext With Kevin Heras
Kevin is the co-founder at InvestNext, a software that modernizes the way real estate syndicators raise and manage capital. Prior to funding InvestNext, he was employee #2 at the college career network startup, Handshake, where he contributed to...
22 min
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JF2316: Rentals & ATMs With Billy Keels
Billy has been working as a sales executive for a market-leading application software company and is a real estate entrepreneur, long-distance investing expert coach, and mentor. He currently has 361 doors as well as ATM machines.  Billy Keels...
23 min
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JF2315: High Density Parking With Matthew Wiat...
Ben is the President & Matthew is the Vice President of Trident Structures, and their focus is high-density parking that helps improve investor's ROI. This is an episode that Joe Fairless really enjoyed because he loves talking about topics he...
26 min
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JF2314: Jump In and Learn With John Evans
John works as a supply chain manager and a part-time investor. He has been investing for a little over a year and already has a portfolio of a duplex, a single-family, one flip, and two commercial properties. He shares today how he has recently...
17 min
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JF2313: Tennis To Investor With Sunitha Rao
Sunitha works in corporate financial planning for a biopharmaceutical firm while investing on the side for the past 2 years and currently has a portfolio consisting of 6 properties with a total of 9 doors. She shares how she dropped out of school to...
28 min
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JF2312: Simple But Not Easy | The Right Investi...
Today Theo and Travis discuss the importance of having the right investing mindset and the danger of paralysis by analysis. Travis and Theo reflect on what they would have done differently at the beginning of their career if they had a chance for a...
25 min
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JF2311: Red Flags to Avoid When Presenting New ...
In today's Syndication School episode, Theo Hicks shares the information about the purchase and sale red flags that can turn potential passive investors away from your syndication deal.   In this series, Theo lists 26 common red flags that stand...
19 min
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JF2310: CrowdStreet With Darren Powderly
Darren has 17 years of commercial real estate experience, he started his career in brokerage, property management, and construction services. He then developed and acquired commercial real estate properties as a sponsor for syndicated investor groups...
26 min
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JF2309: Beginning Their Investing Journey With ...
Ambrose and Chidi Ozieh are both young real estate investors who have been investing for the past 6 years. Ambrose left her education job to focus on real estate investing and being an active agent. During these few years, they have acquired 5 rental...
23 min
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JF2308: Build to Rent With Austin Good & Loe Ho...
Austin and Loe are partners in Good Horn Capital with a focus on “Build to Rent” developments. Loe’s background is in assisted living and memory care while Austin is a full-time real estate developer. Together they have been tackling their new...
23 min
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JF2307: Investing During Covid-19 And Getting A...
Ian is a serial entrepreneur; he has built multiple businesses over the years. In 2013, he exited his latest company and started looking for new ways to invest his money. That’s how he came across the concept of real estate crowdfunding. Many...
27 min
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JF2306: Starting With 130k With Will Clark
Will Clark is a full-time student at Vanderbilt University and has recently started in real estate focusing on wholesale and flipping properties. In the past 12 months he has earned $130,000 from 7 properties and today he will be sharing how he got...
22 min
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JF2305: How To Prepare For Economic Recession |...
Today Theo and Travis will share information about economic recessions and how to avoid the negative impact they often cause. Since the Articles of Confederation signing, there have been 47 recessions in the USA. And while there are ways to lessen the...
28 min
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JF2304: Red Flags to Avoid When Presenting New ...
In today's Syndication School episode, Theo Hicks shares information about the red flags that can cost you the potential passive investors’ interest and turn them away from the deal. In this series, Theo lists 26 common red flags that stand in the...
24 min
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JF2303: Insurance Broker and Investor With Nath...
Nathan is a full-time insurance broker and part-time real estate investor with five years of experience. He went to school to study entrepreneurship and eventually found a calling in insurance which led to insuring houses to now focusing on growing...
22 min
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JF2302: Financial Fears With Belinda Rosenblum
Belinda Rosenblum, CPA and Money Strategist, helps women entrepreneurs ensure their businesses can survive and thrive during these crisis times. So when all of this wraps up back to a new “business as usual”, they can have the freedom and fun back...
23 min
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JF2301: OZ Fund Investments With John Rubino #S...
John is a returning guest from episode , he has extensive knowledge and experience in real estate investment, lending, development, construction, consulting, and marketing. He currently serves as the COO, Founder/Partner at JID investments LLC. He is...
26 min
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JF2300: Flipping To Multifamily With Terrance D...
Terrance is a full-time real estate investor who founded “The Value Add Real Estate Company” called VareCo. He started his real estate journey in 2008 with two teammates from college, and in 2014 he branched off and started his own company VareCo....
28 min
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JF2299: Out-of-State Turnkey Properties With Ax...
Axel is the founder of AMC and Ideal Wealth Grower. He originally came over from Germany through the Air Force and had a successful executive role for a software company and has founded a consulting company as well. As he grew in his career he started...
25 min
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JF2298: How a Passive Investor Vets an Apartmen...
Today Theo and Travis share their expertise on how to vet the real estate deal by reading the investment summary. They discuss the most common red flags and things to look out for before agreeing to a new deal. This episode is part 3 of the series...
42 min