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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JF1923: From 0 to 82 Units In Just 3 Years with...
Jens is focusing on building his rental portfolio via value add deals. While he’s building his portfolio, he’s also still working full time. There are a lot of people in the same situation - wanting to or currently building a portfolio while...
19 min
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JF1922: Real Estate Agent with 25 Years Of Expe...
Tony has been in the business for a while and is here today to share some of his best ever tips with us. We’ll focus this conversation on how he gets most of his word of mouth referrals, which is very important for real estate investors, and...
27 min
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JF1921: Business Lesson Learned From Playing Ch...
Joe has been practicing chess and taking chess lessons over the past year, and of course he finds the relevant business lessons and wants to share with all of us. After that, Theo will ask his trivia question and share some free resources. If you...
22 min
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JF1920: The 51 Responsibilities Of The General ...
Yesterday Theo began discussing these 51 responsibilities. Today he will finish the rest of the responsibilities that he didn’t get to yesterday. You won’t hear a detailed breakdown of each responsibility, we’ve already done that throughout...
22 min
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JF1919: The 51 Responsibilities Of The General ...
Theo has already covered most, if not all of these responsibilities in detail on previous episodes of Syndication School. The purpose for this and tomorrow’s episode is to explain how to divide these responsibilities among your team members and...
22 min
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JF1918: How Software Can Improve Your Real Esta...
Matt is an investor himself, and was a mortgage broker who closed on about $2 Billion of real estate transactions. Now in a full time sales role with a software company for real estate investors, Matt is here to help us make our businesses more...
19 min
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JF1917: How To Leverage House Hacking To Get Yo...
Josh and his wife used the house hacking method to purchase their first investment property. They were able to leverage that strategy to grow to over 5 units. We’ll hear some challenges they faced along the way, and more importantly, how they...
21 min
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JF1916: How This Investor Grew His Portfolio to...
Jeff is not only an investor, but also a broker who helps others grow their own portfolio. He struggled in the beginning to grow his business, so he focused on that until he was having some success. Now Jeff shares his knowledge with his clients and...
24 min
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JF1915: How A Broker Evaluates Deals For Himsel...
James has seen a lot of transactions and has had a lot of his own real estate investing experience. We’ll hear about some of his own deals, adding bedrooms, and how he looks at deals not only for himself, but also for his clients. If you enjoyed...
25 min
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JF1914: From House Flipping To Mobile Buying To...
Andrew is here to add some value that we don’t get a lot of on this show. We cover a lot of investing areas, but mobile home parks are not a common subject. That changes today and Joe and Andrew dive into his investing story and then get into...
25 min
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JF1913: Everything You Need To Know About Filin...
Whether it’s damages from a tenant, fire, water, winds, etc, if you own enough properties, at some point you will likely have to file an insurance claim at some point. The process can be super meticulous and involved. Theo will explain what to do...
21 min
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JF1912: How to Track Your Exterior Renovations ...
We’ve already covered how to track your interior renovations, today Theo will start talking about how to track your exterior renovations. We also have a free spreadsheet for you to open and follow along with while listening to this episode. If you...
20 min
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JF1911: Gaining A Leg Up In A Changing And Comp...
Gary is returning to the show to bring some more value for us. We’ll be focusing a lot of the conversation on mindset. In today’s market, it’s important to expand your skill sets, knowledge, and mentality, in order to get ahead of any...
31 min
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JF1910: Residential Real Estate Expert’s Take O...
Having become a millionaire in his twenties through residential real estate investing, Brain was on the fast track to being on top of the real estate game. That changed a little when he got into building homes, it didn’t work out as well. Brian got...
21 min
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JF1909: Adding Value & Finding Solutions For Re...
Brett is a real estate tax expert who is coming on the show today to help us with any tax problems we may have. Joe and Brett will get into the details of real estate taxes, and we’ll hear some stories of investors saving money on taxes with Brett's...
22 min
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JF1908: Reinventing Yourself After A Traumatic ...
Logan is coming back on the show to provide us with even more value. Having always been an athlete, that is how Logan identified himself - an athlete. When that life ended and he was released from his team in the NFL, he had to reinvent himself. As...
22 min
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JF1907: Turn Key Deal & A Duplex In Cincinnati,...
Amanda is a successful entrepreneur who is still new-ish to real estate investing. We’ll hear about her turn key deal, where she found it, what company manages it, and how much money it’s making. Then we’ll hear about her recent purchase of a...
27 min
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JF1906: How To Track Your Interior Renovations ...
When you’re doing a value add business plan, you’ll likely be renovating some if not all of your apartment units. If you have a 100+ unit community, that is a lot to keep track of! Lucky for you, we have a free spreadsheet for you to use, and Theo...
17 min
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JF1905: Everything You Need to Know About Prepa...
As if the apartment syndication process wasn’t complicated enough, now you have to worry about prepayment penalties on the financing. Theo will cover how they work, what to look out for, and when it may make sense to bite the bullet and pay the...
21 min
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JF1904: Residential Broker & Multifamily Invest...
Nashville has been and still is a thriving city, especially for real estate investors. Josh has a background in investment banking which serves himself and his clients well when helping them find a property. We’ll hear some Nashville market details...
19 min
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JF1903: How This Investor Scaled To 15 Units In...
For many newer investors, the goal is to create enough real estate income to have the option to leave their job if they choose. Melchor is well on his way as he has grown his portfolio from zero to 15 units in 2.5 years. Great episode for newer...
21 min
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JF1902: House Hack Your Way To Financial Indepe...
Craig is coming back on the show to tell us more about house hacking, which he has done three times now. He’s been able to go from a negative net worth to financial independence through this powerful wealth building strategy. Craig puts things into...
15 min
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JF1901: From 0 to $1.5 Billion In Assets How To...
Peter is an entrepreneur that started a real estate investing company, which now maintains $1.5 Billion in assets. We’ll hear about his story and some tactical tips and strategies he has used throughout his career to scale to the level he’s at...
24 min
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JF1900: Dealing With The Ups & Downs Of Real Es...
For this week’s Follow Along Friday, we have a special guest on, Trevor Mcgregor is Joe’s life and business coach, coach to other high level investors, and a high level investor himself. Trevor’s focus with himself and his clients is on our...
28 min
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JF1899: 3 Secrets To Attract And Keep Your Pass...
Finding investors to invest in your apartment syndication deals can often be easier than keeping those investors for future deals. In our experience, private investors are not most concerned with their ROI, it is a concern obviously, but not as high...
19 min