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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JF1623: From Living In His Car To Building Mill...
This episode takes a little bit of a dive into the mindset and habits that are needed to take one’s self from a place you’re not happy with, to thriving both personally and professionally. We also hear about how to build large businesses and even...
25 min
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JF1622: How To Leave Behind A Legacy & Set Up H...
Aaron has been on before, this time he’s talking about how he is setting up his children to succeed after he is gone. This is important for obvious reasons, and some less obvious reasons. Hear why Aaron is doing this, and how he is able to do it for...
27 min
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JF1621: Why Enjoying Your Real Estate Journey I...
Paul had everything most newer real estate investors want; a large business with a lot of units and employees. He began to want something else however, cashed out and took up modeling in Asia! Now he and his family are back in the States and building...
28 min
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JF1620: How Important Is A Social Media Presenc...
Social media. It consumes a lot of people at all times of the day. Today, Joe and Theo are answering a question sent in from a listener asking about social media and it’s importance for real estate investors, especially just starting out in...
25 min
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JF1619: How To Find Your First Apartment Syndic...
Part 4: 9 More Ways to Find Off-Market Deals Don’t need much description and intro here. We’re continuing last episode’s focus on finding off market deals. Let’s get to it! If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and...
22 min
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JF1618: How To Find Your First Apartment Syndic...
Part 3: The Main Way To Find Off-Market Apartment Deals Last week Theo began discussing how to find properties for you to syndicate. We heard about on market properties, now it’s time to start talking about off market properties. When it comes to...
31 min
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JF1617: Millenial Real Estate Investor Reaches ...
From no job and submitting endless amounts of job applications to entrepreneur and financial independence, all in just 6 years time. Grant got his start by getting certified with Google Ad Words and hit the ground running, getting into real estate...
28 min
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JF1616: Software Developer Gets Into House Hack...
Diego came to the United States as an immigrant with his parent when he was nine years old. He is a DACA recipient and is successfully working full time while building his real estate business. From his first house hack, to strictly investment...
23 min
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JF1615: How To Set Up A Development Business Fo...
Steven is a returning guest who has built an incredible development business. One of his strategies is to build four unit buildings, rather than single family homes or large apartment buildings. He has been doing that for years and has a very large...
25 min
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JF1614: BRRR Method Investing With Delayed Fina...
Alex has a very specific way of investing, and he’s here today to tell us about it. He has seen a lot of success so far, and has also helped others do the same. Hear about his strategy in today’s episode. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember...
21 min
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JF1613: Top Apartment Syndication Questions We ...
Joe received an email with a lot of apartment syndication questions recently. He decided to make an entire episode answering the questions. The questions Joe will be answering are: I was curious about syndication deal structure. I'm curious...
36 min
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JF1612: How To Find Your First Apartment Syndic...
Part 2: How to Find Apartment Deals From Real Estate Brokers A very obvious way to find deals: get a broker to bring you on market deals. That being said, it can be a lot easier said than done to earn a good broker’s trust. Theo has covered that in...
26 min
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JF1611: How To Find Your First Apartment Syndic...
We’ve covered a lot of the apartment syndication process so far. Now it’s time to start talking about actually searching for and finding that elusive first deal. We’ve talked due diligence, financing, raising money, and how to structure the GP...
25 min
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JF1610: From Prison Guard To Successful Apartme...
If you’re in a job that maybe you don’t love, Darrin was there too. Luckily, he came across the book Rich Dad Poor Dad and like so many of us, was turned on to real estate investing. He’ll walk us through his current strategies and how he...
26 min
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JF1609: Successful Entrepreneur Invests In Real...
Many entrepreneurs have the issue of writing big fat checks to Uncle Sam every year for income taxes. Dan was in that situation and knew that investing in real estate could help him keep some of his money, and make it earn more money too. We’ll hear...
28 min
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JF1608: How To Recession Proof Your Real Estate...
You know the name by now, he’s an in demand speaker and a best selling author. J is back to add more value to our lives, as always, this time having a discussion on the state of the market, and how to survive regardless of which part of the market...
26 min
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JF1607: More Creative Ways To Attract Leads #Si...
Even if you currently have more leads than you can handle, at some point they may slow down, or you continue to scale and need more and more leads. Either way, having more ways to bring in leads can only benefit your business. If you enjoyed today’s...
16 min
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JF1606: 5 Biggest Takeaways From 1 Week Of Real...
For today’s Follow Along Friday, Joe is sharing his biggest lessons learned from doing his podcast interviews last week. From shelf corporations to learning about underground storage tanks and the problems they can cause. We’ll also receive the...
25 min
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JF1605: How to Qualify an Apartment Deal Part 2...
Now you’ve found some deals, time to underwrite! This is a very crucial part of the apartment syndication business, as good/bad underwriting can make or break a deal. Listen to Theo and Joe’s best underwriting tips to get you started on the...
30 min
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JF1604: How to Qualify an Apartment Deal Part 1...
When it’s almost time to search for a deal, it’s important to have your criteria set for what kind of property you are searching for. But how exactly do you figure that out? Well tune into this episode where Theo walks us through exactly that! If...
32 min
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JF1603: Handyman Turns To Real Estate Investing...
With over two decades of real estate investing experience, and even more experience in construction and business building, Greg has a lot to share with us. Just the businesses he has built and/or helped other build and the knowledge he has gained from...
30 min
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JF1602: Accidental Landlord Falls In Love With ...
Mike became an accidental landlord around the 2008 crash. He actually enjoyed the business and decided to take it up full time. Now he has multiple strategies in real estate investing, with each separate company having a different leader. Hear how he...
25 min
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JF1601: How To Identify The Next Hot Neighborho...
One way to make money in this business is by identifying an emerging market and get in early before everyone else. But how can we find those emerging markets before everyone else? Well Jerry has some ideas and tips for how anyone can do just that. If...
18 min
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JF1600: Let’s Talk About How To Keep More Of Yo...
Holly and Joe are long time friends, going back to Joe’s advertising days when they were co-workers. She invested in one of his first deals and never looked back. She discovered a tremendous way to invest her money and not only keep more of it, but...
23 min
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JF1599: How To Become A Top Contributor On Bigg...
We know by now how beneficial BiggerPockets can be for our real estate investing business. Theo is often a top contributor in BiggerPockets and is telling us how he does it. We’ll also touch on why it is important to hit the top contributor status....
25 min