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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2026
JF1870: How Creating A Lemonade Stand Can Help ...
Today’s syndication school is a little bit different than normal. Theo is discussing Joe’s response to a Facebook post about a lemonade stand and how the same advice can benefit apartment syndication investors. If you enjoyed today’s episode...
16 min
2027
JF1869: Apartment Syndication Leads To Quitting...
Pancham was in a similar situation as a lot of real estate investors, or people that want to invest in real estate, working full time and looking for a way out. He started apartment syndications just a couple of years ago and has already been able to...
23 min
2028
JF1868: The Value Of Cashflow with Ryan Smith
Ryan had grown up around the real estate industry with his family being investors. He had a financial analyst role with his dad’s company when he realized the business needed a better way to keep track of everything. He built software to solve the...
22 min
2029
JF1867: Passive Investing & How To Use It To Be...
Today’s guest is an anonymous online blogger and a radiologist. He’s here today to tell us about how he was able to bounce back from a nasty divorce that cost him a lot of money and a lot of mental pain, to being financially stable once again....
30 min
2030
JF1866: From Non-Profit Work To Real Estate Inv...
Ellis has taken a slightly different path to real estate investing than we usually hear of. His background is in the non profit space as a missionary. He started investing in multifamily real estate as a better way to build wealth for his family and...
16 min
2031
JF1865: Getting Rid Of Security Deposits & Over...
Theo is telling us two great lessons he learned last week while doing the interviews for the podcast last week. He is joined by Chris Salerno () today. The lessons they will be discussing are coming from Adam Weiner () and Christopher Stafford (). If...
18 min
2032
JF1864: 3 Reasons Why Joe Invests In Other Peop...
Not only does Joe put together his own deals and help others do the same, he invests in other peoples’ deals as well. He has three main reasons for doing this, which can benefit everyone who wants to be an apartment syndicator. Tune in as Theo...
19 min
2033
JF1863: The Three Main Apartment Syndication Ac...
When you’re putting together large deals with multiple people involved both passively and as general partners, you’ll need to focus a lot of organizing everything. Theo will be covering what kind of accounts you need and how to keep it all...
16 min
2034
JF1862: Deal Specifics On A 172 Unit Multifamil...
Joe and Yusef will dive into a recent 172 unit deal that Yusef closed on and is adding value to. We’ll hear the numbers as well as Yusef’s partnership structure and how he’s scaled from single family homes to buying apartment communities. If you...
21 min
2035
JF1861: How To Raise $1 Million To Fund A Fix A...
Rocco left his sales job that was leaving him unfulfilled and underpaid. Real estate investing was what he wanted to do, and now he is a successful real estate investor, syndicating deals and flipping houses. We’ll hear a lot about how he was able...
25 min
2036
JF1860: New Investor Buys 30 Units With Other P...
Since Colin is still a newer investor who has successfully used OPM to purchase real estate, we’ll hear a lot about how he met investors and convinced them to invest in his real estate deals. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in...
21 min
2037
JF1859: Getting Free, Easy Access To Real Estat...
Ben sold over $2 Billion in real estate in his first year. We’ll hear some of his best ways he generates leads for high end homes, as well as hear about his app Rila and how that is helping people with their properties. If you enjoyed today’s...
23 min
2038
JF1858: When To Downsize, Networking With Broke...
Theo is joined by Aaron Butcher () today as Joe had to be out of town for a property. Theo did the interviews last week and is sharing three lessons he learned from the Best Ever Guests last week. Lessons learned are coming from Mark Owens (), Maurice...
19 min
2039
JF1857: 5 Creative Ways To Raise Money With A 5...
Theo will get into some creative ways that people will raise money with 506c offerings. It’s always a good idea to hear as many different ways to raise money as possible, you never know when you’ll need another way to get capital. If you enjoyed...
18 min
2040
JF1856: 4 Tips To Raise More Money From Passive...
The most frequently asked question that we get is “how can I raise more money?”. Well Theo has put together a list of four ways you may not be currently using. Even if you are utilizing one or two of the ways, you can raise more money by using all...
22 min
2041
JF1855: Marketing Expert Gives Us Strategies Fo...
As most of us know, in this business we need to be great at many different things, or have people on our team that have different skills. Marketing is one necessary aspect of real estate investing. Whether you are buying or selling, you need effective...
24 min
2042
JF1854: Stuck With Bad First Deal, But Scales T...
Jamie bought his first real estate investing deal in 2005. He still has that same property because he was unable to sell it. He didn’t let that ruin his investing career, Jamie now owns more than 20 units with more under contract to close (may have...
26 min
2043
JF1853: How Can Apartment Owners Leverage Smart...
Mike is on the show today to tell us how he’s helping apartment owners save money in the long run by investing in smart technology. He’s also been around real estate for the majority of his career so he understands how owners and managers think...
18 min
2044
JF1852: From No Real Estate Knowledge To Over $...
Michelle immigrated to the states to study business and work a normal job like most people expected. She did that, and she was not happy. Thankfully she came across real estate investing as a way out of that. Now doing syndications and buying and...
29 min
2045
JF1851: Working With Big Investors & Who Are Ac...
A couple of lessons coming at you today from Joe’s interviews for the podcast. We’ll hear his favorite two lessons he learned, which were from Bob Lachance () and Shoshana Winter (). If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes...
22 min
2046
JF1850: Benefits Of Buying The LLC That Owns An...
A strategy for buying apartment communities that we haven’t really covered is to purchase the LLC that owns the community. There are advantages and disadvantages to this of course, and Theo will break those down in detail on today’s episode of...
16 min
2047
JF1849: How To Instantly Gain Credibility With ...
Finding deals is one thing, closing the deal and bringing the required capital to the table is another. One thing we have hammered home with Syndication School is the need to gain credibility with investors. Theo will cover more ways you can...
17 min
2048
JF1848: Don’t Lose 30% Of Your Savings Overnigh...
Brian is a Chiropractor by trade, while also being an active real estate investor who helps other people safely invest in real estate. He had a client come in and tell him he just retired, put his savings in the stock market, and then it crashed. That...
26 min
2049
JF1847: How To Leave Your Job In 2 Years Throug...
Anna and Ken are a husband and wife team, who are both military veterans and now full time real estate investors. When they finished with the military, they held W2 jobs while also getting into real estate investing. After just two years of investing,...
19 min
2050
JF1846: How To Best Serve Your Real Estate Clie...
Michael has many years of experience in the real estate investing world. From working with small family brokerages and offices, commercial real estate, to opening his very own brokerage. These days, Michael is still a broker, focusing on his clients...
26 min