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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JF2333: How Much Do You Need To Have Invested I...
Today Travis will be sharing an infographic that will help you understand how much you need to invest in order to achieve your retirement goal. Obviously, everyone has a different number in mind, but this information will help you simplify the...
12 min
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JF2332: Balancing W2 Work and Real Estate Inves...
While working full-time, Kevin Galang and Adam Ulery are active real estate investors. Adam prefers to build his portfolio by being a syndicate partner, while Kevin primarily focuses on notes. Prioritizing and finding a balance is the key when...
24 min
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JF2331: Self Storage During COVID-19 With Kris ...
Kris is the Chief Investment Officer for Reliant Investments a subsidiary of Reliant Real Estate Management. Reliant was one of the top 25 commercial self-storage operators in the U.S. in 2019. Kris shares some insight on how the impact of COVID-19...
26 min
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JF2330: Using Closet Space to Increase Net Oper...
Jim Monk is the founder of Clozzits which he started up after reviewing needs in the multi-family industry for optimized closet space. His goal is to differentiate beyond the normal amenities and tap into a new area of construction development,...
27 min
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JF2329: Money Saving Lessons With Jack Miller #...
Jack is the president and founder of Gelt Financial Corporation and has experience in buying and financing over 10,000 properties and today he wants to share with you all the lessons you must learn to save yourself money in buying or selling...
19 min
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JF2328: HighSchool Vocational Class to Real Est...
Kevin is the CEO of MVP Equities, a multifamily real estate developing company. In high school, he was fortunate enough to have a vocational program where the school would bus the students off-site to build a house from scratch and eventually auction...
23 min
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JF2327: Turnkey Rentals With Eric Martel
Eric purchased his first apartment building at just 18 years of age while still at university. After graduation, in his position as an actuary, he was dismayed to see hundreds of company pension plans being rolled over into 401(k)s shifting the...
21 min
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JF2326: Highlights From 401(k)aos by Andy Tanne...
Today Theo and Travis will be sharing their opinion of the 401(k)aos book written by Andy Tanner, as well as their personal experience with 401k retirement investments. For Travis, this book was one of the defining moments that helped him determine...
27 min
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JF2325: 20 Markets to Buy Multifamily in 2021| ...
In today's Syndication School episode, Theo Hick discusses the best 20 markets to buy multifamily properties. He also shares the 3 rules that will keep your investments safe and sound no matter the current state of the economy. As long as you’re...
19 min
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JF2324: 4,000 Wholesales With Ron Walraven
Ron is a full-time wholesaler with 20 years of experience with a portfolio consisting of 10 rentals and has completed over 4,000 deals since 1999. Prior to finding his calling as a wholesaler he was an auto mechanic and ended up hurting his back....
23 min
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JF2323: A Little Push Into a New Journey With R...
Ragan Mckinney started her own brokerage in 2019 and for the year was named The Southern Ohio Association of Realtors “Top Sales Team”. Along with being recognized for having the most sales as a team, Ragan McKinney Real Estate was also awarded...
25 min
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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