

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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Dec 31, 2018 • 22min
JF1581: Necessary Sacrifices & How To Successfully Operate 4 Strategies At Once with Shane Connor
Shane has multiple successful strategies he uses in his real estate investing career. Hear the sacrifices he made to grow his business to where it is today, and how he is able to divide his focus across multiple strategies and businesses. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “You’re never gonna win on the sidelines, you can analyze all you want, but you eventually have to pull the trigger” - Shane Connor Shane Connor Real Estate Background: Leader of Red Rock Capital, a private investing group providing access to opportunities in MF/Senior Living/ Storage and MHP He’s also a part owner with ACM Senior Living Based in Atlanta, GA Say hi to him at https://www.redrockcapitalgroup.com/
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Dec 30, 2018 • 16min
JF1580: Learning To Diversify Our Investing Portfolios With The Stock Market with Tyrone Jackson
As real estate investors, we love real estate! Tyrone had a different experience with real estate investing, not a good one. He fell in love with the stock market after that and never looked back. Now Tyrone not only helps his own portfolio and wallet, he helps others learn how to invest in the stock market, with a lot of real estate investor clients that just want to diversify. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “You can buy shares in these companies as they’re rising” - Tyrone Jackson Tyrone Jackson Background: Known as The Wealthy Investor, Tyrone is a stock market trader and best selling Amazon.com author, You Should be Rich by Now He has a unique ability to simplify stock trading and investing Has been trading and investing for 20 years and teaching others for 10 years Based in Los Angeles, CA Say hi to him at https://thewealthyinvestor.net/
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Dec 29, 2018 • 28min
JF1579: Scaling To 75 Units Using Creative Financing with Jason & Carrie Harris
Jason and Carrie are partners in life and partners in real estate. Together they have built a big portfolio of real estate, comprised of mostly small multifamily buildings. They have also been able to acquire a lot of them through seller financing. Hear how they are able to find and close on so many seller financed deals. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “We were improving the value of the property and increasing the income, so we could absorb a higher monthly mortgage and still cash flow” - Jason Harris Jason and Carrie Harris Real Estate Backgrounds: They control around $11M in real estate with $1M in gross scheduled income They own 75 units, most bought through creative financing Based in Lindon, Utah Say hi to them at www.creativegainsrealestate.com
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Dec 28, 2018 • 31min
JF1578: Making Life Easier For Landlords & Real Estate Investors with Heath Silverman
You may have heard of Stessa before, they’re only our current show sponsor. You’ve heard what I have to say about them in the intro, today we will dive in deeper and learn more about what Stessa is and how it can help you with your real estate investing business. From seeing investment performance at the press of a button, to tracking income and expenses, Stessa can help us see performance and make informed decisions. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “We have the ability to make the product free” - Heath Silverman Heath Silverman Real Estate Background: Part-time real estate investor and full-time technology entrepreneur Actively maintains a portfolio of 10 multifamily buildings comprised of over 60 units across the US Co-founder and CEO of Stessa, a software platform that lets property owners track, manage and communicate the performance of their investments Based in San Francisco, CA Say hi to him at https://www.stessa.com/
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Dec 27, 2018 • 22min
JF1577: How To Raise Capital From Private Investors Part 6 of 8 | Syndication School with Theo Hicks
Now we have found our investors, had a phone call, and have sent them a deal. Now we’ll have to conquer their objections. Theo will discuss what are common objections and how to handle them. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “You need to have alignment of interests" Free document for this episode: http://bit.ly/2VdxYmn Sponsored by Stessa - The simple way to track rental property performance. Get dashboard reporting, smarter income and expense tracking and tax-ready financials. Get your free account at stessa.com/bestever Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 26, 2018 • 27min
JF1576: How To Raise Capital From Private Investors Part 5 of 8 | Syndication School with Theo Hicks
Ready for some more apartment syndication knowledge? Lucky for you, Theo has plenty more knowledge to drop on us today. We’ll be learning more about raising the money we need to complete these deals. Specifically, we’re discussing how to “court” the passive investors that you have found through the methods discussed in the last two Syndication School episodes. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Raising money is all about building trust with someone and if you actually care about them and remember them, it makes raising money easier” Free document for this episode: http://bit.ly/2VdxYmn Sponsored by Stessa - The simple way to track rental property performance. Get dashboard reporting, smarter income and expense tracking and tax-ready financials. Get your free account at stessa.com/bestever Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 25, 2018 • 26min
JF1575: Buying Seller Financed Debt & Avoiding Prohibited Transactions With Your IRA | Merry Christmas! | with Terry White
Terry has a very extensive background in both real estate and general investments. Along with his own real estate investing, he helps other people invest in real estate and other investments through their Self Directed IRA’s. Hear a different investing strategy and learn what you can and can’t do with your Self Directed IRA. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “The individual hasn’t educated themselves enough to know how to avoid doing prohibited transactions” Terry White Real Estate Background: President and CEO of Sunwest Trust Over 35 years of experience in the real estate and investment world Based in Albuquerque, NM Say hi to him at https://www.sunwesttrust.com/
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Dec 24, 2018 • 28min
JF1574: From Real Estate Being A JOB To Being A Passive Investor with Steeve Breton
Steeve was like a lot of real estate investors, started buying properties to hold and was self managing. He grew tired of all the work he was having to do, a full time job almost. He started passively investing in apartment syndications and never looked back, even performing his own syndication deals now. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “I realized that managing all these units was a full time job” - Steeve Breton Steeve Breton Real Estate Background: Founder of Velocity Capital, focus on large multifamily syndications Partner in over 14 apartment syndications totaling over 1,700 units - 1,100 as LP, 608 as GP Based in Boston, MA Say hi to him at https://velocitycap.com/
Best Ever Book: The One Thing by Gary Keller
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Dec 23, 2018 • 18min
JF1573: Getting Great Online Reviews For Your Real Estate Investing Biz #SkillSetSunday with Brian Greenberg
Brian is a true entrepreneur, has started and ran numerous businesses, all on the backs of good reviews. He’s had over 10,000 great reviews over his career that has helped his businesses grow. Today he’s here to share how we an get a lot of great reviews for our businesses as well. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “I’ve seen businesses have to change everything because of bad reviews” - Brian Greenberg Brian Greenberg Real Estate Background: Has founded businesses in e-commerce, marketing, and financial services. Author of The Salesmen who Doesn’t Sell He has generated over $50 million in revenue from his businesses and collected over 10,000 reviews and testimonials from customers. Based in Scottsdale, AZ Say hi to him at https://www.brianjgreenberg.com/bestever
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Dec 22, 2018 • 29min
JF1572: From Selling Cars To 86 Units Before The Age Of 21 with Tyler Hassman
Tyler always knew he was an entrepreneur, wasn’t interested in college, so he took a car salesman job. As he was doing well there, he still wasn’t doing something to utilize his entrepreneurial skills. Enter real estate. He took a REI course and never looked back, purchasing a $1.5 million multifamily property right off the jump. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “A lot of things from the states don’t work here in Canada” - Tyler Hassman Tyler Hassman Real Estate Background: Co-Founder and President of M & H Real Estate Investments INC Built a $12 Million Dollar Real estate portfolio with over 86 units by the age of 21 Based in Regina, Saskatchewan Say hi to him at https://www.facebook.com/younggunsofrealestate Best Ever Book: The One Thing
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