

The Best Ever CRE Show
Joe Fairless
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.
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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Jul 21, 2020 • 25min
JF2149: Mistakenly Making It With Cameron Lam
Cameron is a full-time business analyst for McKesson and a part-time real estate investor. He started investing in 2017 by house hacking his first property and now has 12 properties under his name. He shares how when he first started looking to invest he didn’t have all the knowledge necessary, skipping important steps and taking the wrong advice. His story shows the importance of jumping in and being open to learning as you go. Cameron Lam Real Estate Background: Part-time real estate investor Started house hacking in 2017 Currently owns/co-owns 12 properties Based in Gilbert, AZ Say hi to him at: www.sixfigurepassiveincome.com Click here for more info on groundbreaker.co Best Ever Tweet: “My niche is getting good tenants into a home fairly quickly” - Cameron Lam Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 20, 2020 • 29min
JF2148: Self Storage Classified As A National Park With Scott Krone
Scott is the founder of CODA Management Group with experience in architectural design and development. Scott shares his journey in real estate and the reasons he determined to shift towards self-storage and now he owns a self-storage space that is now a national park location. He shares how he was able to get his building under the national park registrar. Scott Krone Real Estate Background: Founder of CODA Management Has 25 years of development and design building experience Portfolio consists of over 47 syndications, and 400,000 sq. ft with 2,750 storage units under management Based in Wilmette, IL Say hi to him at: https://www.codamg.com/ Best Ever Book: Click here for more info on groundbreaker.co Best Ever Tweet: “Simplicity of product, we took the Henry Ford model, “you can have any color car you want as long as its black” - Scott Krone Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 19, 2020 • 15min
JF2147: Ideas Into Software With Dan Moore #SkillsetSunday
Dan is the Co-Founder of Vaporware, he helps entrepreneurs take their software ideas to market in four main industries; healthcare, human resources, real estate, and tech. Dan will give you some good ideas on how to approach creating new software. Dan Moore Real Estate Background: Co-Founder of Vaporware Helps entrepreneurs take their software ideas to market in 4 main industries: healthcare, HR, real estate, and IT. Has helped 40 clients in the past 6 years Based in Raleigh-Durham, NC Say hi to him at https://www.vaporware.net/
Click here for more info on groundbreaker.co Best Ever Tweet: “One of the biggest mistakes is assuming that people will find new software and will love it.” - Dan Moore Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 18, 2020 • 29min
JF2146: Lessons From A Buyout With Garrett Lynch
Garrett started wholesaling deals in the Chicago area and after realizing it wasn’t a sustainable model that he could grow into a business. He eventually had a business partner and acquired 3,400 units and due to some fallout between the two, he was bought out and took the lessons he learned to go on a break and came back strong with a new partner now owning 500 units. Garrett Lynch Real Estate Background: Full-time real estate syndicator 9 years of real estate experience Sold his portfolio in 2016 consisting of 3,400 units 26 properties Currently owns 500 units Based in Scottsdale, Arizona Say hi to him at https://nighthawkequity.com/
Click here for more info on groundbreaker.co Best Ever Tweet: “Buy-sell insurance in place, I think everyone should probably have” - Garrett Lynch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 17, 2020 • 21min
JF2145: Property Management Focus With Peter Tverdov
Peter is the Founder and CEO of Tverdov Housing, a management company in Central New Jersey. Peter goes into how he got started into real estate management and he gives some tips that may help you manage your own properties. Peter Tverdov ( Tuh-Ver-Dahve) Real Estate Background: Founder and CEO of Tverdov Housing 6 years of real estate investing experience Based in New Brunswick, NJ Say hi to him at: https://tvdhousing.com/
Best Ever Book: How Rich People Think
Click here for more info on groundbreaker.co Best Ever Tweet: “Don’t invest in a market you don’t know. Start in the area you live in.” - Peter Tverdov Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 16, 2020 • 20min
JF2144: Read 52 Books In A Year | Syndication School with Theo Hicks
Does reading 52 books a year sound daunting to you? Yeah I thought so, well today Theo Hicks will be going over a popular blog post that Travis Watts from Ashcroft Capital recently published on the importance and techniques to reading 52 books in a year. Theo will be sharing the techniques he learned from reading this blog post and if you’d like to read it yourself check it out here Click here for more info on groundbreaker.co To listen to other Syndication School series about the “How To’s” of apartment syndications and to download your FREE document, visit SyndicationSchool.com. Thank you for listening and I will talk to you tomorrow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 15, 2020 • 17min
JF2143: COVID-19 June Rent Collections | Syndication School with Theo Hicks
Theo shares the rent collection data for June 2020. During COVID-19 the rent payments were actually the highest it has been since COVID-19 started. He shares some thoughts for you to think about to be better prepared for July rent collections. Click here for more info on groundbreaker.co To listen to other Syndication School series about the “How To’s” of apartment syndications and to download your FREE document, visit SyndicationSchool.com. Thank you for listening and I will talk to you tomorrow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 14, 2020 • 29min
JF2142: Improving Tenant Renewal Ideas With Brian Davis
Brian started investing before the 2008 crash and at the age of 24 had acquired 13 rental properties and ended up losing quite a bit during the real estate crash of 2008. He goes into how he was able to purchase 13 properties at such a young age and how he was able to recover from his loss and move forward. He shares a great idea of what to ask your tenants to help incentivize them to renew their lease. Brian Davis Real Estate Background: Co-Founder of SparkRental.com Has been a landlord for over 15 years Based in Philadelphia, PA Say hi to him at https://sparkrental.com/
Best Ever Book: Click here for more info on groundbreaker.co Best Ever Tweet: “One way to improve and increase tenant renewal is to think what upgrades will add value to your property while also improving the tenant's experience in living there” - Brian Davis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 13, 2020 • 22min
JF2141: Short Term Rental App With Jon Crosby
Jon is the CEO and Founder of Click2Flip, a mobile app to instantly analyze rentals and short term rentals. Jon loves to create streamlined processes that help make his short term rentals pretty much self-automated. He shares all of the automation he has done for friends, clients, and himself to create a smooth process and experience for both him and his guests. Jon Crosby Real Estate Background: Founder and CEO of Click2Flip Started investing in 2015 Owned and managed 4 short term rentals Limited partner in 2 multi-family LLCs and 1 air medical hanger commercial investment Based in Rockland, California Say hi to him at https://clik2flip.com/
Best Ever Book: Click here for more info on groundbreaker.co Best Ever Tweet: “I created the app to quickly instantly give me a high-level return to see if the deal was worth investing in further” - Jon Crosby Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 12, 2020 • 28min
JF2140: Unique Ways to Increase NOI with Shopping Centers With Alan Schnur #SkillsetSunday
Alan went from owning apartment buildings and hundreds of homes to now focusing on shopping centers. He decided to sell his portfolio of apartments and single-family homes because of all the work and challenges to scalability. Now he is able to scale and have a model of “set it and forget it” when it comes to dealing with fortune 500 companies and shopping centers. Alan Schnur previous episode: JF1978 Alan Schnur Real Estate Background: Alan has bought and syndicated more than 2,000 units and managed more than 7,000 units Owns numerous medical, office, warehouse buildings, shopping centers, and custom builds multi million dollar homes Based in Houston, TX Say hi to him at www.gr8partners.com Click here for more info on groundbreaker.co Best Ever Tweet: “For me, shopping centers are more scalable and more of the “set it and forget it” - Alan Schnur Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices


