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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2051
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
2052
JF1845: Ex NFL Player Turns To Real Estate Inve...
As the title suggests, Logan was an undrafted NFL player who worked really hard to make it to the league. Once his time in the NFL was over, he had to reinvent himself from an athlete to...what? Real estate investing was the answer for him, as it is...
28 min
2053
JF1844: Negotiating Labor Prices, Getting To Th...
More Best Ever Lessons coming at you today from Joe’s interviews. Today’s lessons are coming from William Robison (), DJ Scruggs (), and Jens Nielsen (). If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best...
20 min
2054
JF1843: How To Effectively Network At Multifami...
Theo will be sharing a few stories with us today. A couple of stories come from Joe, and you may have heard them before, if you’re a loyal Best Ever Listener. The other story is his own. These stories are all focused on networking and how to add...
18 min
2055
JF1842: Where Does The Majority Of Joe’s Invest...
Theo is back with some important syndication information. He will be covering where the majority of Joe’s () investor capital comes from. This information is being shared with you so that you can take the information and use it for your own...
20 min
2056
JF1841: From Trading Commodities To Trading Rea...
With the advancements in technology, Allan’s job as a commodity trader was shifting from the yelling and screaming on the trading floor to behind a computer screen. With many people in his position losing their jobs to technology, Allan decided to...
26 min
2057
JF1840: Buy & Hold, Development, & How Meetups ...
Steve is on a mission to educate and inspire 1,000,000 people with his podcast, meetup, and his own real estate investing. With over 20 units, 4 development projects, 60-70 person real estate meetup, he is on his way to that goal. We’ll hear about...
27 min
2058
JF1839: Emotional Intelligence, Communication S...
Travis was in direct sales and did very well for a few years. Even though the money was nice, he didn’t see himself doing if for the next ten years. We’ll hear what he learned from that sales job and how he uses those skills today as a real estate...
29 min
2059
JF1838: From Financial Ruins To Real Estate Suc...
H.J. has a system, or a blueprint for his real estate investing that he says works in any city. He didn’t just come across this system, it comes from years of hard work and acquiring properties all around the world. When H.J. first started with real...
25 min
2060
JF1837: Investment Spreadsheet Mistakes, Moneti...
Joe has another round of Best Ever Lessons to share with us today from doing the podcast interviews last week. Theo has another trivia question, be the first to answer correctly and receive a free copy of their first book. The lessons this week are...
18 min
2061
JF1836: Syndication Tips #3 Providing Feedback ...
Theo is reviewing an offering that someone sent us, asking for feedback. We’ll hear what he did great, and maybe what could have been better. A recurring theme in Syndication School and on this podcast in general, is learning from others, and...
26 min
2062
JF1835: Syndication Tips #2 Two Lessons Learned...
We’re hearing a couple of lessons from a 250 unit apartment syndication deal that an investor completed. The two lessons are, getting your property management company to put equity in the deal, and priming private money investors prior to finding a...
15 min
2063
JF1834: From The Corporate World To Mobile Home...
Ryan had a job in the banking world, didn’t like it, looked for a way out, found his way out with real estate investing. We’ll hear how he was able to take the leap to being a full time investor, and how he closed his first deal. We’ll also hear...
30 min
2064
JF1833: Cincinnati Meetup Podcast: Predicting T...
Today’s episode is the audio from our July meetup in which we had three experts on a panel to discuss how the market in Cincinnati has been in the first half of 2019. More importantly, we’ll hear what they think the real estate market will do in...
44 min
2065
JF1832: Step-By-Step Guide For Acquiring Proper...
Most of us know that the real estate market in New York City is both expensive and competitive. Elliot has become a specialist in his market, and he can typically find deals for himself and/or his clients. He even wrote a book on the subject that he...
15 min
2066
JF1831: Real Estate Rookie Buys 5 Rentals in 12...
Greg is a long time Best Ever Listener, who took the plunge into real estate in 2018. Now Greg is a guest on the same podcast he listened to to learn the ins and outs of real estate. We’ll hear how he got over the fear of making mistakes, bought...
29 min
2067
JF1830: Getting Money Back From Contractors, Se...
We’re going to hear Joe’s top three favorite lessons learned last week when doing the interviews for this podcast. Lessons learned are coming from Amanda Cassiday (), Peter Conti (), Andrew Keel (). If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to...
22 min
2068
JF1829: Syndication Tips #1 Lessons Learned fro...
Moving further away from the Syndication process, Theo is now diving into different stories from himself, Joe, and different guests on the podcast. Today, we’re hearing about a deal that taught an investor a couple of valuable lessons (creating...
19 min
2069
JF1828: How An Investor Raised Over $1 Million ...
Theo has walked us through the entire apartment syndication process in previous episodes. You can find all of those at . Now we will begin to discuss miscellaneous, tips and lessons that the team has learned over the years. We’ll share stories from...
21 min
2070
JF1827: Is Your Short Term Rental Legal Or Ille...
Erin is here today to help us understand the different laws and restrictions that some areas are placing on STR’s. Along with her team, they help investors find, buy, and run legal short term rental properties. You may be surprised by how many...
25 min
2071
JF1826: Saving Tax Money On Short Term Rentals ...
Taxes are a major expense for real estate investors, and Robert is here to explain some of the taxes that we may not know about, and how to save money on those taxes. In the short term rental area, there are lodging taxes. Much of the conversation...
26 min
2072
JF1825: Building A Short Term Rental Business W...
Michael is here today to tell us more about short term rentals. We’ll hear three different ways to make money from short term rentals. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Here...
22 min
2073
JF1824: Doing 18 Deals In 18 Months with Dave D...
Many new real estate investors, and even seasoned ones, would love to do 18 deals in 18 months. We’ll hear how dave was able to do exactly that in this episode. We’ll also hear how Dave helps other investors raise capital.  If you enjoyed...
26 min
2074
JF1823: Online RE Auctions, Value Tactics, Find...
Joe and Theo are back in the studio today to tell us about the best things they learned last week. Specifically, Joe will share his lessons from three interview guests, and Theo will offer a little bit of follow up to Joe’s thoughts. The lessons...
23 min
2075
JF1822: How To Sell Your Apartment Syndication ...
We’ve looked at all the factors to help us decide if we should sell, and decided that it is time to sell our first apartment community. Now what is the process to sell it? Theo explains our 8 step process for selling your apartment deal. If you...
23 min