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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1976
JF1748: Making Healthy Decisions With Your Body...
Jason is a physician that specializes in helping people live a healthier lifestyle. With healthier decisions comes a better overall mood and mindset, leading to making better business and investing decisions. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember...
22 min
1977
JF1747: Air Force Captain Builds His Real Estat...
Typically for a side hustle, people will Uber or work part time somewhere. Payton is taking another route and building his real estate portfolio on the side of his full time job. He’s just getting started with real estate, currently with three...
24 min
1978
JF1746: Three Lessons Joe Learned Last Week Fro...
Joe did another round of interviews for the podcast last week, and again walked away with some valuable lessons to share with us. From finding off market deals to how our emotions affect our emotions, there is something in this episode for everyone....
23 min
1979
JF1745: How To Perform Due Diligence On An Apar...
Time to get into more details about the remaining five documents of the 10 that you will need to be familiar with in your apartment syndication due diligence. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best...
27 min
1980
JF1744: How To Perform Due Diligence On An Apar...
In the first two parts of this series, Theo broke down 10 financial documents you’ll need to be familiar with for you apartment syndication due diligence. Today Theo will be explaining how to analyze the first five of those 10 documents. If you...
26 min
1981
JF1743: Finding Commercial Comps Can Be Tough, ...
Michael was in a position that required him to research comps for the company’s deals. He was having trouble finding relevant comps, so he started working on a solution. Enter his company, CompStak, they provide comps nationwide from brokers,...
21 min
1982
JF1742: New Investors Run Out Of Money, Find Mo...
Grant and his wife set out to be real estate investors, started buying properties but quickly ran out of money. He went to a local meetup where he met a young successful investor (Josh Sterling) who gave him tips on how to move forward. They took his...
23 min
1983
JF1741: Investing In Distressed Debt #SkillSetS...
Joshua is joining Theo on the show today to talk with us about distressed debt. We’ll hear about his overall strategy, including how to find the distressed debt to invest in, how to evaluate them, and ultimately how to invest in the debt. A great...
25 min
1984
JF1740: How To Complete Over 500 Rehabs & Trans...
Jim has done a ton of rehabs, and started getting into rental investing just a few years ago. He already has about 500 units under his belt, with a goal of 5000 in the future. Jim will break down a couple of deals for us, we’ll hear what went right,...
24 min
1985
JF1739: Getting Rewarded For Doing The Wrong Th...
Joe learned a few new things last week from his interviews, two of which he’ll be sharing with us. He also has an observation from life in general that he wants to share with us today. Getting rewarded for doing the wrong thing - what is he talking...
23 min
1986
JF1738: How To Perform Due Diligence On An Apar...
Part two of Theo’s due diligence series will teach you about five more documents you’ll need to be familiar with in your apartment syndication due diligence. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!...
22 min
1987
JF1737: How To Perform Due Diligence On An Apar...
Last week Theo covered financing options for apartment syndication deals. For this week’s series, he’ll be covering the due diligence process as it pertains to large apartment communities. Today we’ll hear details about five documents you’ll...
24 min
1988
JF1736: $10k Per Month Passive Income, Requires...
Wouldn’t $10k per month of passive income be nice? Anton currently has that with his portfolio, and he only has to spend one hour each week to manage. He also has another career, so his real estate investments are not his main focus, which makes the...
21 min
1989
JF1735: Going From Active Investor To A More Pa...
Alan helps his clients own properties and lease them as triple net leases to commercial tenants. His clients are able to purchase properties nationwide through Alan, which his team personally vets before bringing them to his clients. If you enjoyed...
23 min
1990
JF1734: Card Trading Leads To Day Trading Which...
Chad has had a little different path on his way to real estate investing than I’ve ever heard. He started by getting into Magic The Gathering card trading, got into day trading, and then got into real estate investing. How has playing Magic The...
16 min
1991
JF1733: Selling More Than One Home Per Day For ...
“I don’t want to list your home” - that’s the phrase that started everything for Dan years ago. As a new agent, Dan had to find a way to get some business from all of the FSBO’s in his area. Rather than door knocking and asking to list their...
27 min
1992
JF1732: Lessons Learned From Five Best Ever Gue...
Joe does about 9 interviews every week for the podcast, and he takes notes on every single interview. Today, he’ll share the very best lessons that the guests taught or reminded him of last week. The five guests are (interviews yet to be released)...
30 min
1993
JF1731: How to Secure Financing for an Apartmen...
We’ve heard Theo explain in great detail all the different loan options we have as apartment syndicators. How do you decide which is best for you? Luckily, Theo is going to cover that today so get your pen and paper ready to take notes! If you...
25 min
1994
JF1730: How to Secure Financing for an Apartmen...
We’ve covered the two different types of debt (recourse and non-recourse) in part one of this series. Theo talked about the two most popular forms of financing and the most popular agency debt available. Today, we’ll hear about the other loans...
27 min
1995
JF1729: Investor Starts With Only $10k, Now Cas...
DJ and his wife are a real estate investing team, and they’re just getting started. They have purchased and sold a four unit multifamily building, as well as bought a couple of other deals and are currently holding those. Hear how they got started...
18 min
1996
JF1728: Natural Entrepreneur Quits All Business...
Dustin had a few different businesses as he was figuring out his path. Once he came across real estate investing, he found his last business. He stopped all the other businesses, which he says required more work and made less money than real estate...
21 min
1997
JF1727: Swiss Army Knife Real Estate Agent & In...
Ed is a do it all kind of person and investor. He loves helping his clients make great decisions on their investments, as well as doing his own deals. Not to mention he brokers hard money, the “Lending Tree of hard money” as he calls it. Tune in...
23 min
1998
JF1726: Partnering With High Level Investors To...
Alex is an entrepreneur and real estate investor, when he’s not busy with landscaping, he’s working on his own deals. When Alex wanted to start, he didn’t have the cash to get started, his first deal he was able to trade landscaping services for...
21 min
1999
JF1725: Answering Apartment Syndication Questio...
We received a couple of great questions over the last week, and decided to answer them today on Follow Along Friday. Joe will answer a question about getting a potential seller to want to sell, as well as responding to a question about who controls...
21 min
2000
JF1724: How to Secure Financing for an Apartmen...
Time to get back into financing for apartment syndication deals. Today Theo will be discussing the top agency loans available. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “There is a...
23 min