

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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Aug 7, 2019 • 31min
JF1800: How to Asset Manage A Newly Acquired Apartment Syndication Deal Part 5 of 8 | Syndication School with Theo Hicks
Today Theo is covering how to manage the property management company. This will be a vital part of how good or bad your deal performs over its lifetime. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “You want to know what the physical occupancy is, and what the economic occupancy is” Free Document: http://bit.ly/weeklyperformancereview Evicting a tenant can be painful, costing as much as $10,000 in court costs and legal fees, and take as long as four weeks to complete. TransUnion SmartMove’s online tenant screening solution can help you quickly understand if you’re getting a reliable tenant, which can help you avoid potential problems such as non-payment and evictions. For a limited time, listeners of this podcast are invited to try SmartMove tenant screening for 25% off. Go to tenantscreening.com and enter code FAIRLESS for 25% off your next screening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 6, 2019 • 22min
JF1799: An Investing Niche You Haven’t Heard Of: Owning & Managing Farm Land with Brian Luftman
Brian and his company own and manage farm land, which they purchase along with investors. He will cover the main benefits of investing in farmland (cash flow and appreciation) as well as the secondary benefits. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Anything that you’re spending money on, if it’s quality, there’s going to be someone who wants to pay more for it down the road than you paid for it” - Brian Luftman Brian Luftman Real Estate Background: Founder and President of American Farm Investors AFI now manages thousands of cropland acres as an investment for accredited investors from 25 different states in the U.S. Based in Lexington, KY Say hi to him at https://americanfarminvestors.com/ Best Ever Book: The Art Of Leadership Evicting a tenant can be painful, costing as much as $10,000 in court costs and legal fees, and take as long as four weeks to complete. TransUnion SmartMove’s online tenant screening solution can help you quickly understand if you’re getting a reliable tenant, which can help you avoid potential problems such as non-payment and evictions. For a limited time, listeners of this podcast are invited to try SmartMove tenant screening for 25% off. Go to tenantscreening.com and enter code FAIRLESS for 25% off your next screening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 5, 2019 • 20min
JF1798: Running A Business & Completing $30 Million In Real Estate Transactions with Larry Abramowitz
Larry has a ton of real estate experience and he’s on the show today to share some of that with us. Theo and Larry will dive into the details on Larry’s first syndication deal, and how he raised so much money on his first deal. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “The more you talk to people and learn what they’re doing, the more it will help your business” - Larry Abromowitz Larry Abramowitz Real Estate Background: Started investing in real estate in 2014 while running his flower importing and distribution company Has done over $30,000,000 in real estate transactions in the USA, Colombia, Costa Rica and Spain Closed first syndication deal in September of 2018 of 108 units in Daytona Beach, FL. Equity raise of $4.5M on first deal Based in Miami, FL Say hi to him at https://www.broadviewcap.com/ Best Ever Book: Traction Evicting a tenant can be painful, costing as much as $10,000 in court costs and legal fees, and take as long as four weeks to complete. TransUnion SmartMove’s online tenant screening solution can help you quickly understand if you’re getting a reliable tenant, which can help you avoid potential problems such as non-payment and evictions. For a limited time, listeners of this podcast are invited to try SmartMove tenant screening for 25% off. Go to tenantscreening.com and enter code FAIRLESS for 25% off your next screening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 4, 2019 • 27min
JF1797: How To Optimize Nutrition & Exercise To Perform At The Highest Level #SkillSetSunday with Nate Palmer
Nate is on the show today as a nutrition and exercise expert. Why is this important for us as real estate investors and entrepreneurs? If you’re ever going through your day and feel like you’re dragging, this is important information for you. Nate will walk us through what and when to eat each day to extract the most energy out of our bodies so we can perform our best all day. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “I like when people aren’t full from lunch, I find it easier to get the rest of the day done when you’re not full” - Nate Palmer Nate Palmer Background: Coaches entrepreneurs to become unstoppable by weaponizing their nutrition and training Host of The Million Dollar Body podcast, Bestselling author of Passport Fitness Passionate about helping humans perform at a higher level Based in Phoenix, Arizona Say hi to him at https://n8trainingsystems.com
Evicting a tenant can be painful, costing as much as $10,000 in court costs and legal fees, and take as long as four weeks to complete. TransUnion SmartMove’s online tenant screening solution can help you quickly understand if you’re getting a reliable tenant, which can help you avoid potential problems such as non-payment and evictions. For a limited time, listeners of this podcast are invited to try SmartMove tenant screening for 25% off. Go to tenantscreening.com and enter code FAIRLESS for 25% off your next screening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 3, 2019 • 23min
JF1796: What Is Residential Assisted Living? How Can You Profit From It? With Emmanuel Guarino
Emmanuel is here to share his story and experience with residential assisted living facilities. We’ll hear the mistakes they made on their first deal, and what they’ve done now to eliminate making those same mistakes again. We also hear what they do to help other entrepreneurs and investors build their own residential assisted living facility. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “When you add up everything they get, it’s actually a really good deal” - Emmanuel Guarino Emmanuel Guarino Real Estate Background: Realtor for residential assisted living in Arizona He trains entrepreneurs and investors at the Residential Assisted Living Academy in Phoenix, AZ Based in Phoenix, AZ Say hi to him at www.ral101.com Best Ever Book: How To Win Friends And Influence People Evicting a tenant can be painful, costing as much as $10,000 in court costs and legal fees, and take as long as four weeks to complete. TransUnion SmartMove’s online tenant screening solution can help you quickly understand if you’re getting a reliable tenant, which can help you avoid potential problems such as non-payment and evictions. For a limited time, listeners of this podcast are invited to try SmartMove tenant screening for 25% off. Go to tenantscreening.com and enter code FAIRLESS for 25% off your next screening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 2, 2019 • 28min
JF1795: Sales Skills, How To Grow A Podcast, & Overcoming An Identity Crisis #FollowAlongFriday with Theo and Joe
Follow Along Friday will feature some of the best things that the guys learned last week. They’ll be covering a lot about sales skills and emotional intelligence. These tips are coming from both the interviews, as well as a lot of personal insights from Joe. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “You’re not going to create a successful podcast in a month” Free Document: http://bit.ly/companypresentationtemplate Evicting a tenant can be painful, costing as much as $10,000 in court costs and legal fees, and take as long as four weeks to complete. TransUnion SmartMove’s online tenant screening solution can help you quickly understand if you’re getting a reliable tenant, which can help you avoid potential problems such as non-payment and evictions. For a limited time, listeners of this podcast are invited to try SmartMove tenant screening for 25% off. Go to tenantscreening.com and enter code FAIRLESS for 25% off your next screening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 1, 2019 • 24min
JF1794: How to Asset Manage A Newly Acquired Apartment Syndication Deal Part 4 of 8 | Syndication School with Theo Hicks
Theo will give a brief review of everything we have covered so far in this series of Syndication School. The new area he will discuss today is maintaining economic opportunity. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Everything that happens at the property good or bad, is your responsibility” Free Document: http://bit.ly/weeklyperformancereview Evicting a tenant can be painful, costing as much as $10,000 in court costs and legal fees, and take as long as four weeks to complete. TransUnion SmartMove’s online tenant screening solution can help you quickly understand if you’re getting a reliable tenant, which can help you avoid potential problems such as non-payment and evictions. For a limited time, listeners of this podcast are invited to try SmartMove tenant screening for 25% off. Go to tenantscreening.com and enter code FAIRLESS for 25% off your next screening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 31, 2019 • 22min
JF1793: How to Asset Manage A Newly Acquired Apartment Syndication Deal Part 3 of 8 | Syndication School with Theo Hicks
Time for more syndication school! We’ve covered a lot of the apartment syndication process so far, if you’ve been following along, you’re no longer a newbie to the strategy. Theo covers more asset management duties today, numbers 7-10. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Tell them you’re coming and maybe they’ll clean up a little bit or do they things they don’t normally do” Evicting a tenant can be painful, costing as much as $10,000 in court costs and legal fees, and take as long as four weeks to complete. TransUnion SmartMove’s online tenant screening solution can help you quickly understand if you’re getting a reliable tenant, which can help you avoid potential problems such as non-payment and evictions. For a limited time, listeners of this podcast are invited to try SmartMove tenant screening for 25% off. Go to tenantscreening.com and enter code FAIRLESS for 25% off your next screening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 30, 2019 • 23min
JF1792: Nationally Recognized Realtor & Passive Multifamily Investor with Sarah Lyons
Sarah joins Theo on the show today to discuss her real estate businesses. Most of the conversation will focus on Sarah’s passive investing with multifamily, how she vets sponsors and deals, as well as other things for all of us to look out for. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “So many people right now are trying to do flips and force the numbers to work” - Sarah Lyons Sarah Lyons Real Estate Background: Nationally Recognized Residential real estate agent Passive investor in a 120 unit deal Based in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Say hi to her at www.sarahlyonsrealestate.com
Evicting a tenant can be painful, costing as much as $10,000 in court costs and legal fees, and take as long as four weeks to complete. TransUnion SmartMove’s online tenant screening solution can help you quickly understand if you’re getting a reliable tenant, which can help you avoid potential problems such as non-payment and evictions. For a limited time, listeners of this podcast are invited to try SmartMove tenant screening for 25% off. Go to tenantscreening.com and enter code FAIRLESS for 25% off your next screening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 29, 2019 • 24min
JF1791: We’re Discussing Insurance For Investors With An Insurance Broker with Jake Stacy
Jake is an insurance broker, as well as an investor himself. He and Joe will discuss insurance for real estate investors and also cover Jake’s best advice from his own real estate investing experience. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “If the crime scores go up, premiums go up” - Jake Stacy Jake Stacy Real Estate Background: Insurance broker specializing in insurance for multifamily and commercial real estate Over the last 3 years, his team has grown the business at 86%, 96%, and 114% to become an 8 figure insurance agency. Also invests in real estate on the side Based in Seattle, WA Say hi to him at https://www.riceinsurance.com/ Evicting a tenant can be painful, costing as much as $10,000 in court costs and legal fees, and take as long as four weeks to complete. TransUnion SmartMove’s online tenant screening solution can help you quickly understand if you’re getting a reliable tenant, which can help you avoid potential problems such as non-payment and evictions. For a limited time, listeners of this podcast are invited to try SmartMove tenant screening for 25% off. Go to tenantscreening.com and enter code FAIRLESS for 25% off your next screening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices


