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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JF2394: On Investor Relations and Strategic Mar...
Charlie is an experienced business founder and passionate leader with a history of working in the marketing, travel, hospitality, and real estate investment industries. He is the founding partner of Akras Capital, a company that provides investment...
21 min
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JF2393: How To Turn 6 Months Of No Business Int...
Anthony got started in real estate straight out of school. His parents were in business for over 40 years, so it was a natural progression. Anthony got his license in June 2007. First several months of his career were great. But once the market...
28 min
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JF2392 : Finding Deals Through Your Website Wit...
Melissa started out by doing flips and creating owner finance notes. After being in the business for over 17 years, she is now transitioning into the coaching space. Melissa teaches other real estate investors her skills and helps them customize and...
24 min
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JF2391: Building a Business to a Greater Purpos...
Ellis Hammond is living proof that a real estate investor doesn’t need to have an impressive portfolio in order to inspire and attract other investors. Having a powerful story and motivation is often enough. As a former missionary and college...
26 min
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JF2390: Using A Creative Approach When Starting...
Lauren Cohen loves real estate and fills many shoes. She’s an international lawyer, real estate investor, and a coach. She also has a non-profit organization that helps single moms invest in real estate. She often works with first-time...
21 min
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JF2389: Is Multifamily in a Bubble? | Actively ...
Today, Theo Hicks and Travis Watts will be answering the question, “Is Multifamily in a Bubble?” and sharing their insights about whether you should be investing right now? Or should we wait for the bubble to pop and take advantage of...
21 min
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JF2388: Why and When to bring apartment propert...
In today's Syndication School episode, Theo Hicks talks about why and when to bring apartment property management in-house. He will be basing this episode on the presentation given by the founder of Ashcroft capital Frank Roessler at the Best Ever...
20 min
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JF2387: Diversifying Your Portfolio By Investin...
Karen spent over 25 years in the traditional investment business. Her specialty was helping clients with fixed income. Since interest rates have plummeted in the past decade, Karen started looking for new investment opportunities for her clients....
32 min
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JF2386: Starting A Remote Syndication Company F...
John’s background is in engineering. In the 1990s, he took his engineering degree to get a job in the finance sector. Later, he joined the New York Stock Exchange. Transitioning into real estate was an easy choice after he flipped his primary...
20 min
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JF2385: Becoming A First-Time Homebuyer With Sc...
Scott is a CEO of BiggerPockets, and Mindy is the Community Manager. Together they wrote a book for first-time homebuyers, helping them avoid rookie mistakes. They focus on primary resident homeowners who have a lifetime worth of earnings and...
25 min
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JF2384: Scaling Through Trial And Error with Ma...
Matthew started his real estate journey at 16 when he purchased a two-family home with his grandmother’s money. Four years later, he bought another property that was a challenge to manage. That experience taught him a lot of lessons that he applied...
19 min
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JF2383: Finding Rapport When Striking A Deal Wi...
Aurelien started his real estate journey in 2013 after getting inspired by David Azrieli, a Canadian real estate mogul. He picked up some books on the topic and started by acquiring a fourplex. A couple of years ago, he got interested in mobile parks...
20 min
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JF2382: Cap Rates, Waterfalls, And Preferred Re...
Today Theo and Travis will be answering the podcast listeners’ questions. They cover the topics of cap rates and return split structure. Even though some deals may look great on the surface and offer you great returns, you still have to do your due...
22 min
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JF2381: Introducing Ash Patel, The New Podcast ...
In today's episode, Theo Hicks introduces a new host of the Best Real Estate Investing Advice Ever podcast show, Ash Patel. His background is in IT, and he stumbled upon the world of real estate because of the tax advantages. In 2011, he purchased his...
24 min
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JF2380: Finding A Unique Approach For Each Mark...
Moneeka was aware of the real estate business opportunities since she was a child. Following the American Dream, her parents saved their hard-earned nickels and dimes to buy properties. She graduated college during the recession and started a real...
21 min
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JF2379: How To Expand Your Market Reach By Goin...
Lauren started working in real estate right out of college. Her journey began in a corporate environment, and she was mostly dealing with commercial properties. Once she had a child, Lauren decided to leave her job and work for herself. At the time,...
36 min
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JF2378: Not Letting your Business Run your Life...
Darrah used to be an entrepreneur who built businesses thinking that bigger was better and more was the way to go. Over time, the four companies she has built took over her life, and Darrah hit the burnout phase. She restructured her businesses and...
23 min
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JF2377: Raising Occupancy and Avoiding Skips du...
Twelve years ago, Ashley and her husband started looking for investment strategies other than the stock market. They started with a few short-term and long-term rentals, eventually expanding to single-family units with historical background and...
27 min
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JF2376: Creating Legacy Ownership With Bruce Wu...
Bruce started his real estate journey by buying and repositioning single-family units and worked his way into the multi-family market. His company, Bakerson, now focuses on legacy ownership, making sure that his clients have a solid investment to pass...
25 min
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JF2375: 3 Immutable Laws Of Real Estate Investm...
Today Theo and Travis are talking about three things that allow people to succeed in the real estate business. While many people focus on the markets, demographics, projections, and other specifics of the business plan, some fundamental things should...
24 min
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JF2374: Four Steps To Build A Lasting Apartment...
In today's Syndication School episode, Theo Hicks talks about building a team that lasts. As we’ve mentioned in the previous episodes, your team is one of the risk points of your deal-making process. Nobody wants the hassle of working with people...
19 min
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JF2373: Maximizing Profits By Optimizing The Tu...
David started his real estate career back when he was working as a hospital administrator in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He was looking for financial freedom and the ability to live and work wherever he wanted. David partnered with his father,...
36 min
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JF2372: Generating Off-Market Deals Through Bro...
Chad quit engineering because it pigeonholed him into a very narrow career path. Real estate, however, offered him plenty of opportunities without limits. His family had a real estate business, and he followed in their footsteps. He started by...
22 min
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JF2371: How to Scale a Business to 7 Figures in...
Ravi’s business started with a Google search “How to make money online.” After investing in a course, he started running ads for other people. That’s how he started an advertising agency and massively scaled it. Ravi believes that the...
24 min
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JF2370: The Challenges Of Starting And Scaling ...
Chris Larsen started investing at 21. He was racing bicycles for 7 years on a professional level at the time, but he knew that he could do more with his life. Investing gave him the feeling of freedom that riding a bicycle once did. He went on to...
23 min