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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JF1422: The Overachievers Guide To BLAH Days wi...
In an effort to bring The Best Ever Listeners even MORE value, Joe has started a special segment of the podcast. In these segments, Joe shares something he has either recently learned, or even something he’s known for a while that he thinks can be...
11 min
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JF1421: Using Passive Investing To Catapult Int...
After being a very successful house flipper, Jimmy decided he wanted to pivot into buy and hold. In order to gain experience, knowledge, and credibility, he decided to be a limited partner on some deals first. With everything learned from that...
24 min
2303
JF1420: Affordable Senior Housing Done The Righ...
Darren is an expert in his field and has built a tremendous company and investing strategy. He was doing smaller group homes before he saw the big need for senior housing. Along with senior housing, Darren also has development deals in process....
17 min
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JF1419: How To Allocate Equity In A Syndication...
If you’re a syndicator of any type, one issue that arises is how to allocate the equity based on what everyone is doing for the deal. If you found the deal and someone else did the underwriting, who gets what? That is just one example of a potential...
20 min
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JF1418: Using Digital Marketing to Increase You...
Will became an expert in his field by happenstance. In his words, becoming a digital marketing expert “just kind of happened”. We’ll get tactical advice from Will of what we can do to expand our business and/or brand. If you enjoyed...
14 min
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JF1417: How to Answer the Most Common Questions...
The guys are back for another edition of Follow Along Friday, continuing last week’s talk about common investor questions. A lot of great content in this episode, you’ll want to star, download, bookmark, or whatever else you do to keep track of...
32 min
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JF1416: Real Estate Attorney & Active Investor ...
It doesn’t take much to realize the value that a conversation with a real estate attorney who is also an active investor, can have on your business. Paul and Joe cover real estate contracts extensively in this episode, a lot of great content in this...
20 min
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JF1415: Finding Your Market & Going ALL IN with...
Chris and his team are extremely bullish on the Dallas - Fort Worth market over the next couple of decades. Because of that, they have been expanding rapidly in the area. From multifamily and industrial to office and urban core, they buy and hold it...
26 min
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JF1414: A Vision For The Future Helped Him Buil...
Today’s guest has a phenomenal way of setting goals and doing things everyday to work towards those goals. We’ll hear about that in the beginning of the episode, followed by more details on the actual investing he has done so far. If you enjoyed...
30 min
2310
JF1413: Zombie House Flipper Star Gives Back To...
Best Ever Listeners, today we have the privilege of learning from a celebrity! Justin is the star of Zombie House Flipper on A&E. He worked his way up to flipping over 100 homes and being the star of a TV show. His take on life is refreshing and...
29 min
2311
JF1412: Building A Dream Team When Embarking On...
Mr. Montagne shared great advice with us once before on the show (find link below). Last time, we learned his real estate strategy, today we learn how he has been able to build his “dream team”. As real estate investors, we are entrepreneurs, and...
19 min
2312
JF1411: Make More Money Per Deal By Being Fanat...
Garth is making his second appearance on the show today. This time he is here to update us since his last interview (see below for link), he is closing more deals and making more money by being brutally honest with sellers. If you buy anything that is...
20 min
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JF1410: How to Answer the Most Common Questions...
This is the first edition of the very common questions that Joe gets from potential investors. If you want to know the right questions to ask a sponsor, listen to this episode. If you want to know how to answer these questions from potential...
30 min
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JF1409: He Went From 1 Quadplex To Over 7100 Un...
Keith got his start in the real estate investing business with a 4 unit that he bought with his cousin. They had to borrow money from friends, family, and credit cards to make it work. Once that deal was under his belt, Keith recognized the potential...
27 min
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JF1408: Money IS NOT The Reason You’re Not A Re...
A lot of people say the same thing “I’d love to flip a house (or have a rental) but I just don’t have the money”. Austin noticed that too and wrote a book called Free Houses to explain how we can acquire properties without having money of our...
28 min
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JF1407: How To Market Like A Wholesaler with Je...
Jerry never had any intentions of owning a marketing company. When he was stuck with the task of finding work from home, he worked with a friend answering phones and talking to people because she was great at everything but talking to people. Once he...
24 min
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JF1406: How Can A Brokerage Go From $20M Sales ...
Weston set a goal to specialize and be the number one seller of 2-4 unit properties in Chicago. Goal accomplished! With his brokerage and team around him, together they are the move the highest number on 2-4 unit properties in all of Chicago! Weston...
25 min
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JF1405: Conversation With “The Go Giver” Author...
John and his co author came out with The Go Giver 10 years ago! The book is all about putting other people's’ needs first. They have a cult following around their first book and are coming out with another book very soon. If you enjoyed today’s...
25 min
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JF1404: How To Get The Most Out Of Your CPA Wit...
Brandon has clients in every state, and only works with real estate investors. To say he’s experienced saving his clients money on their taxes, would be an understatement. Today we hear about why tax planning is important, and why your CPA should be...
21 min
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JF1403: Apartment Syndication Exit Strategy: Re...
JF1403: Apartment Syndication Exit Strategy: Refinance or Sell? #FollowAlongFriday with Joe and Theo   We missed a week of Follow Along Friday, but the guys are back! We’re getting to hear how to decide if you should refinance or just sell your...
28 min
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JF1402: From 6 SFR’s To 200+ MF Units In 7 Year...
Today’s guest did not mess around when he got started in real estate. He rolled up into multiple multifamily buildings and communities. Hear how he was able to do it. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a...
26 min
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JF1401: When Denied For Funding, He Can Help Ge...
Sam is here today to explain how he can get people approved when they’re getting denied. Specifically, he tries to get people as many properties financed with residential financing. Since residential financing is the cheapest money around, this is...
26 min
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JF1400: The All-In-One Solution For REO Propert...
Joe was introduced to REO’s after the crash in 2008. He quickly scaled his business to managing over 600 properties. Now his company Tanis, helps investors find deals, do the title work, manage the properties, and anything else you may need. If you...
27 min
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JF1399: From Single Family To 180 Unit Multifam...
Mario just wanted to escape the “rat race” by buying single family homes. When he got to about 10 houses, Mario was really overwhelmed. He started looking into commercial real estate and funding, and worked his way up to buying a 180 unit that has...
28 min
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JF1398: How to Make A Real Estate Meetup Worth ...
Troy is here today to tell us all about meetups. We’ll hear what a good meetup does, vs what a bad meetup does. He ran a REIA for years, now he is able to travel while working and is talking to us today from Thailand. If you enjoyed today’s...
23 min