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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JF1523: Protect Yourself And Renters From Renta...
Tammy was an insurance investigator for many years. She took that knowledge into a new industry, investigating rental property scams. She was actually in a situation with a scammer, luckily with her background she knew right away it was a scam. Not...
24 min
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JF1522: What To Look For When Visiting Your Man...
Joe and Theo are back with another week's worth of updates. Theo provides his takeaways from visiting four properties that are managed by his property management company, as well as from touring a 292-unit apartment in Tampa, FL. Joe read two books...
38 min
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JF1521: How To Select An Apartment Syndication ...
Time for part two of selecting target markets for apartment syndication. This time, Theo is teaching how to narrow down your target markets down to seven options. After you’ve done that, you need to know how they rank, ideally you’ll have two top...
35 min
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JF1520: How To Select An Apartment Syndication ...
Welcome back to another episode of Syndication School. This week, Theo is telling us the best ways to select a couple of target markets. For starters, you’ll want to narrow your search to 7 target markets. To hear the next steps, hit play on this...
25 min
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JF1519: How To Find Equity & Debt For Your Synd...
Mark has over $3.5 Billion in transactions under his belt. He specializes in helping investors find equity and/or debt for their deals. He can help you with most aspects of putting together a syndication deal and today he’s giving us free tips to...
24 min
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JF1518: Write Your Real Estate Problems On The ...
Bryan is the author of a popular real estate book, Buy it, Rent it, Profit, and he’s here today to share his best knowledge with us! He used to travel the country and host a seminar where he would have investors write their problem on the board (no...
27 min
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JF1517: Defensive Investing Using 1031 Exchange...
Dave is back to drop some more knowledge on us today. He’s a 1031 exchange expert, probably the most active such expert on BiggerPockets. Today he’s telling us about what he calls, defensive investing. Curious what that is? Tune in now. If you...
28 min
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JF1516: Getting Creative Financing On Large Apa...
Todd has been on before and is back with very valuable information to share with us. Todd has recently closed some large deals (120 unit most recently) using owner financing. Sometimes we may not be able to get traditional financing, in those...
24 min
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JF1515: Lessons Learned From Visiting a 292-Uni...
Joe and Theo are back for another Follow-Along Friday, where they provide updates from their businesses with the purpose of offering real world lessons to aspiring real estate and apartment investors. First, Theo discusses the lessons he learned from...
30 min
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JF1514: Tony Robbins’ Ultimate Syndication Succ...
For part two of this mini series, Theo is telling us about our why, or outcome. It’s important to know what you’re working towards, and also have a plan to get there. It’s very important to create an emotional attachment to your goals. Having...
31 min
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JF1513: Tony Robbins’ Ultimate Syndication Succ...
Joe is a huge fan of Tony Robbins and has used a lot of his teachings in his daily life, which he says have propelled him to where he is today. Theo is breaking down what it takes to have success in the syndication business in the same way Joe still...
33 min
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JF1512: He Quit Teaching To Grow A Real Estate ...
Scott watched his family lose their home, and that pushed him to learn more about real estate. Now as a full time investor and real estate agent, Scott wears a few different hats. He knows how to grow an investing business from scratch, and with a...
21 min
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JF1511: Lose It All But Bounce Back & Scale A R...
What a crazy story! Chad lost all of his money just 9 months ago!! Now he’s here on the show to share his story of going from that to partnering in over 100 units. If you’re feeling discouraged or just want to hear a great story, definitely hit...
26 min
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JF1510: Fastest Way To Scale A Wholesale Or Who...
Michael is a well known name in the real estate world. A huge part of what Michael does, and why it can be so attractive to investors, he never sees any of the houses he buys. Every house he buys is done virtually with help of others, in different...
29 min
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JF1509: How To Raise $1 Million In Just 4 Days ...
Adam is a repeat guest and is here today to share a fascinating story. He was in a situation where he was supposed to close in 4 days, but needed $1 million more to do it. It was time to get grinding and raise that money! Hear how he was able to do it...
25 min
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JF1508: Getting Better Everyday & Tips For Your...
Joe and Theo are back to give another update on their apartment syndication businesses. First, Theo provided three lessons he learned when visiting apartment rental comparables last weekend, and he talks about a report he discovered that offers the...
29 min
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JF1507: How To Break Into The Apartment Syndica...
Here is part two of how to break into the apartment syndication industry. Today Theo is telling you how to do the things he mentioned . If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!   Best Ever Tweet:...
38 min
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JF1506: How To Break Into The Apartment Syndica...
JF1506: How To Break Into The Apartment Syndication Industry Part 1 of 2 | Syndication School with Theo Hicks   Theo is back with another two part episode. Today he’s telling us about how we can break into the apartment syndication business....
33 min
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JF1505: Eliminating The Maintenance Headache Fo...
If you have ever managed a property, you know the huge headache that comes with maintenance. Ray and his company, Property Meld, have a solution. They have created an automated software just for maintenance. So turn on this episode if you manage...
26 min
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JF1504: He Scaled To 121 Units In Just Over 1 Y...
What a treat we have for you today! What investors wouldn’t like to hear the story of someone who went from 0 to 121 units in just over 1 year? Even if you are a high level investor, you can always learn from a story like this. If you’re just...
23 min
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JF1503: Locate Your Major Revenue Stream And Ta...
Evan has a very interesting take on how investors and entrepreneurs can take control of their revenue streams. He is an investor himself and also consults others with their businesses. Hear what he has to say about what he calls a value proposition...
26 min
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JF1502: Avoid Banks And Buy On Terms #Situation...
Chris is back on the show to share a situation with us that helped him grow, and happens to be a situation many real estate investors encounter themselves. Sometimes we just can’t find all the money we need to complete a deal. Wouldn’t it be nice...
19 min
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JF1501: 4 Syndication Lessons Learned From Visi...
Theo recently went to a broker’s recent apartment sales, comparing the actual property to the OM. He found some very surprising and sneaky tactics the broker had done to make the property seem better than it actually was. Hear what lessons there are...
21 min
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JF1500: Are You Ready To Become An Apartment Sy...
For part two of Are You Ready To Become An Apartment Syndicator - Theo will be telling us about the education side of doing your own apartment syndication. You’ll need to know the lingo and be able to talk the talk as well as walk the walk when...
30 min
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JF1499: Are You Ready To Become An Apartment Sy...
Theo is back for his third installment of the new segment, Syndication School. Today he’ll be discussing the experience that you need to have before attempting an apartment syndication. You may be surprised at the level of experience you need when...
26 min