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.
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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
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JF2369: Secret to Success is a Superstar Team W...
In 2010, Sharad started looking for a source of passive income. That’s how he bought his first investment property. A couple of years later, he built a real estate portfolio that allowed him to quit his job as an accountant and become a full-time...
19 min
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JF2368: The Case For Multifamily Real Estate in...
Today Theo and Travis will be making a case for multifamily real estate as an asset class. This episode builds on previous episodes of the Actively Passive podcast that covered various industry reports and showcased in-depth information about the...
31 min
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JF2367: Maximize Profits With These Three Money...
In today's Syndication School episode, Theo Hicks shares three valuable tips that will help you maximize your profits and build trust with potential investors. These tips were originally used specifically for the crowdfunding environment. However,...
15 min
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JF2366: Using Old-Fashioned Tactics to Find Buy...
From the music industry to IT, and then to real estate, Frank has always been fond of receiving education and learning something new. While working in IT, he picked up a few properties on the side. In 2011, he walked away from the corporate world and...
23 min
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JF2365: Embracing Mechanical Repairs with Mike ...
Like many other real estate investors, Mike started his journey at a corporate 9 to 5 job. His buddy suggested branching out and becoming a landlord. Since then, has Mike grown his portfolio and has now become a property manager. Most of his...
27 min
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JF2364: How To Go From A Commission Chaser To A...
John cut his teeth as a traditional real estate broker. He escaped the “hamster wheel” of chasing sales thanks to a mentor who put him on the fast track to investing. That paradigm shift made him see licensed agents as problem-solvers for...
24 min
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JF2363: Losing Credit Last Second With Gary Bea...
Gary Beasley is the Co-Founder and CEO of RoofStock, a real estate investment marketplace. He was a previous guest on episode where he shared more of his journey and start into real estate but today he is going to share a sticky situation where he...
23 min
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JF2362: Cherry-Picking the Deals with Gary Spen...
Gary’s father’s death pushed him into the real estate investment path. In 2007, he emigrated to Canada from the UK, and that’s when he got serious about doing real estate full-time. Utilizing his electrical engineering background, Gary became an...
22 min
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JF2361: The Importance Of Having An Exit Strate...
Today Theo and Travis will discuss the importance of thinking about the exit strategy before entering a deal. In a way, this is not the topic that gets covered often since most investors are not thinking ahead far enough. However, selling the asset is...
25 min
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JF2360: Best Practices For Converting More Pass...
In today's Syndication School episode, Theo Hicks shares some of the best practices used by Ted Greene, the Investor Relations Manager of Spartan Investment Group. Theo shares several techniques that’ll help you build trust and form a relationship...
17 min
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JF2359: Capturing Hot Leads on Facebook with G...
In 2008, Gustavo’s wife got her real estate license. Seeing how well she was doing, Gustavo followed her in 2010. He was doing the real estate hustle part-time as he was still working as a Microsoft Senior Engineer. In 2013, he went full time,...
25 min