

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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Jan 14, 2018 • 26min
JF1230: Find An Asset Class With Less Competition And Dominate It #SkillSetSunday with Tyler Sheff
When Tyler is looking for deals, he loves to find 5-50 unit deals. This is an interesting space because it cuts out the smaller investors who are intimidated by multifamily, simultaneously you cut out the bigger investors because the deal is too small for them. The biggest contributor to Tyler’s success he says is not assuming anything anymore, rather always asking questions. We get to hear great tips on how Tyler negotiates hs deals, be ready to take notes. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “I’m getting a better deal than anyone else offered just because of the rapport” - Tyler Sheff Tyler Sheff Real Estate Background: -Founder & CEO of CashFlowGuys.com & CashFlowGuys Podcast -Commercial Real Estate Broker, Investor and Syndicator -Over 16 year’s experience in real estate -Based in Tampa, Florida -Say hi to him at www.cashflowguys.com Made Possible Because of Our Best Ever Sponsors:Are you looking for a way to increase your overall profits by reducing your loan payments to the bank?Patch of Land offers a fix-and-flip loan program that ONLY charges interest on the funds that have been disbursed, which can result in thousands of dollars in savings.Before securing financing for your next fix-and-flip project, Best Ever Listeners you must download your free white paper at patchofland.com/joefairless to find out how Patch of Land’s fix and flip program can positively impact your investment strategy and save you money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 13, 2018 • 29min
JF1229: Hard Money Lending & Business Consulting All-In-One with Doug Fath
Doug and his company Legacy capital lend to investors and they also help them look to the future and grow their businesses. They work with their clients, not only funding deals, but also setting up one and three year plans. Doug says that even successful investors will not have one or three year plans, and are instead being ran by their businesses, rather than the other way around. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “A lot of the time, they’ve lost sight on why it is they’re doing what they’re doing” - Doug Fath Doug Fath Background: - Co-founder of Legacy Capital, a consulting and private funding company to other real estate operators - Serial, award-winning entrepreneur and investor whose accomplishments are recognized by UN and White House - Development projects include low income housing, student housing, mixed use projects and multi-family apartments - Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Say hi to him at: http://www.legacycapitalpa.com/ - Best Ever Book: Rich Dad, Poor Dad Made Possible Because of Our Best Ever Sponsors:Are you looking for a way to increase your overall profits by reducing your loan payments to the bank?Patch of Land offers a fix-and-flip loan program that ONLY charges interest on the funds that have been disbursed, which can result in thousands of dollars in savings.Before securing financing for your next fix-and-flip project, Best Ever Listeners you must download your free white paper at patchofland.com/joefairless to find out how Patch of Land’s fix and flip program can positively impact your investment strategy and save you money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 12, 2018 • 30min
JF1228: Two Unique Ways To Find Your First Off Market Apartment Deal #FollowAlongFriday
Joe and Theo tell us a couple surprising and proven ways to find an off market apartment deal. You might be surprised how easy it is for you to add these techniques to what you are already doing in your real estate business. We’ll get a couple of quick updates on their businesses and how they can apply to us. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Ask a wholesaler to probe their leads for apartment deals” - Theo Hicks Mentioned in this episode: To Source Real Estate Deals And Generate More Wealth, Start A Monthly Meetup http://joefairless.com/source-real-estate-deals-generate-wealth-start-monthly-meetup/ Episode 213: One SURPRISING Way to Find an Off-Market Multifamily Deal http://joefairless.com/podcast/jf213-one-surprising-way-to-find-an-off-market-multifamily-deal/ Best Ever Conference: https://besteverconference.com/summary/ Best Ever Show Community Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/BestEverShow/ Made Possible Because of Our Best Ever Sponsors:Are you looking for a way to increase your overall profits by reducing your loan payments to the bank?Patch of Land offers a fix-and-flip loan program that ONLY charges interest on the funds that have been disbursed, which can result in thousands of dollars in savings.Before securing financing for your next fix-and-flip project, Best Ever Listeners you must download your free white paper at patchofland.com/joefairless to find out how Patch of Land’s fix and flip program can positively impact your investment strategy and save you money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 11, 2018 • 26min
JF1227: 3 Apartment Buildings Closed In Just 12 Months with Mark Yuschak
According to Mark, he was “fortunate enough to get laid off”, which allowed him to focus on real estate full time. Now Mark is a residential real estate broker and investor. He’s done 50+ flips has 20-25 rental SFR and now he owns 3 apartment buildings. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “The biggest mistake that I made was buying properties in a not desirable area” - Mark Yuschak Mark Yuschak Real Estate Background: - Residential Real Estate Broker with American Associates, Inc Realtors - Over 8 years experience in real estate as a broker and an investor - Has completed short sales, owner financed, estate purchases, HUD and REO transactions in portfolio - Have provided transactional funding and hard money loans for other investors - Owner of multiple rental properties and an apartment building, and done several flips and rehabs - Based in Grand Blanc, Michigan - Say hi to him at on Facebook at Apartment Investors of Michigan - Best Ever Book: Art of the Deal by Donald Trump Made Possible Because of Our Best Ever Sponsors:Are you looking for a way to increase your overall profits by reducing your loan payments to the bank?Patch of Land offers a fix-and-flip loan program that ONLY charges interest on the funds that have been disbursed, which can result in thousands of dollars in savings.Before securing financing for your next fix-and-flip project, Best Ever Listeners you must download your free white paper at patchofland.com/joefairless to find out how Patch of Land’s fix and flip program can positively impact your investment strategy and save you money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 10, 2018 • 33min
JF1226: Why Investor Relations Are Paramount & How To Keep Investors Happy with Ryan Gibson
As co-founder and head of investor relations for Spartan Investment Group, Ryan knows the importance of keeping investors updated. He’s raised over $5 million from their current investors, and he’s in charge of developing more relationships to bring in more capital. If you want to hear how to find capital and keep it coming in, be sure to listen to this episode! If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “We’ve created an entire app suite from scratch, built in podio” - Ryan Gibson Ryan Gibson Real Estate Background: - Co-founder of SIG, Spartan Investment Group - Has experience ranging from investing in apartments, to single family homes, managing renovations and development projects - Responsible for SIG’s investor relations, driving the acquisition & financing of projects - Also is a major airline pilot and flies the Boeing 757/767 - Based in Seattle, Washington - Say hi to him at: http://spartan-investors.com/ - Best Ever Book: Tax Free Wealth Made Possible Because of Our Best Ever Sponsors:Are you looking for a way to increase your overall profits by reducing your loan payments to the bank?Patch of Land offers a fix-and-flip loan program that ONLY charges interest on the funds that have been disbursed, which can result in thousands of dollars in savings.Before securing financing for your next fix-and-flip project, Best Ever Listeners you must download your free white paper at patchofland.com/joefairless to find out how Patch of Land’s fix and flip program can positively impact your investment strategy and save you money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 9, 2018 • 21min
JF1225: DealMachine Helps Investors Find Property Owners Faster with David Lecko
David started like a lot of us, read Rich Dad Poor Dad and started taking action with real estate. He started driving for dollars, and looking up the owners at home after driving. Realizing that finding the owners was taking too long, David went to work on a solution. The outcome was the DealMachine app, which can look up a property owners information for you in real time, while you’re still in front of the property. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “They could really start to cut through their competition if they communicate in a more natural way” - David Lecko David Lecko Background: - CEO of DealMachine, a real estate investing app that puts you in touch with any property owner via direct mail, phone, and email - When you see a house, simply take a photo and instantly see who owns it, then choose how you want to get in touch with the owner - DealMachine launched in the summer of 2017, and users report making as much as $25,000 over the last 4 months - App finds houses that are run down, and contact the owner via dealmachine and then sells the properties to an investor - Based in Carmel, Indiana - Say hi to him at: https://dealmachineapp.com/ - Best Ever Book: Top of Mind by John Hall Made Possible Because of Our Best Ever Sponsors:Are you looking for a way to increase your overall profits by reducing your loan payments to the bank?Patch of Land offers a fix-and-flip loan program that ONLY charges interest on the funds that have been disbursed, which can result in thousands of dollars in savings.Before securing financing for your next fix-and-flip project, Best Ever Listeners you must download your free white paper at patchofland.com/joefairless to find out how Patch of Land’s fix and flip program can positively impact your investment strategy and save you money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 8, 2018 • 25min
JF1224: How To Raise Over $1 BILLION For Real Estate Projects with Jared Rogers
Jared has done a little bit of everything in his lengthy real estate career. His forte is raising money for investors and developers, but he also has a ton of experience in construction. Having knowledge in both those area allows Jared to work very efficiently, and take some risks that others may not take. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “I think you can learn a lot from chasing the shiny new object” - Jared Rogers Jared Rogers Real Estate Background: - For the first half of his real estate career, Jared raised over $1 billion for investors and developers - Has leased, managed and sold properties from 700 square foot homes to 900,000 square foot industrial parks. - Over 20 years of commercial and residential real estate investing experience - Based in WInston Salem, North Carolina - Say hi to him at jrogers AT webuyhouses.com - Best Ever Book: Design Your Life Made Possible Because of Our Best Ever Sponsors:Are you looking for a way to increase your overall profits by reducing your loan payments to the bank?Patch of Land offers a fix-and-flip loan program that ONLY charges interest on the funds that have been disbursed, which can result in thousands of dollars in savings.Before securing financing for your next fix-and-flip project, Best Ever Listeners you must download your free white paper at patchofland.com/joefairless to find out how Patch of Land’s fix and flip program can positively impact your investment strategy and save you money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 7, 2018 • 30min
JF1223: How To Professionally Generate & Convert Leads #SkillSetSunday with Scott Corbett
As the owner of a marketing agency that works exclusively with real estate investors, Scott knows a thing or two about getting leads for investors. More importantly his company, Lightmark Media, will also work with investors on optimizing their conversions from those leads. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Learn from experience” - Scott Corbett Scott Corbett Background: - Owner of Lightmark Media, a marketing agency that works exclusively with real estate investors. - His company does motivated seller PPC (pay per click) campaigns in about 50 different markets around the country. - Do website design/dev for REIs that focuses on conversion optimization, getting more leads from the same traffic - Based in Athens, Georgia - Say hi to him at: https://lightmarkmedia.com Made Possible Because of Our Best Ever Sponsors:Are you looking for a way to increase your overall profits by reducing your loan payments to the bank?Patch of Land offers a fix-and-flip loan program that ONLY charges interest on the funds that have been disbursed, which can result in thousands of dollars in savings.Before securing financing for your next fix-and-flip project, Best Ever Listeners you must download your free white paper at patchofland.com/joefairless to find out how Patch of Land’s fix and flip program can positively impact your investment strategy and save you money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 6, 2018 • 29min
JF1222: Pivoting From Development To Private Money Lending with Bobby Montagne
He has over three decades of residential property development, finance, and sales. After 2008 Bobby saw that banks were not able to lend on projects that previously had never been an issue. With capital drying up, he decided to pivot. He created Walnut Street Finance to provide capital to companies doing what he just pivoted from. Now his company is a full fledged private lender that understands the product (construction & development) better than most, which allows them to lend when a lot of others cannot. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “If things go south we have real collateral backing our investment” - Bobby Montagne Bobby Montagne Real Estate Background: - Three decades of experience in commercial and residential property development, finance, and sales - Successfully overseen $15 billion in career transactions - Among an elite class of private real estate lenders and delivered high-quality returns to partners and investors - Between 2010-’15 was principal owner of WSD Capital, a real estate development firm that renovated and resold 185 classic row houses that generated $150M in revenue - Based in Fairfax, Virginia - Say hi to him at: www.walnutstreetfinance.com - Best Ever Book:Think and Grow Rich Made Possible Because of Our Best Ever Sponsors:Are you looking for a way to increase your overall profits by reducing your loan payments to the bank?Patch of Land offers a fix-and-flip loan program that ONLY charges interest on the funds that have been disbursed, which can result in thousands of dollars in savings.Before securing financing for your next fix-and-flip project, Best Ever Listeners you must download your free white paper at patchofland.com/joefairless to find out how Patch of Land’s fix and flip program can positively impact your investment strategy and save you money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 5, 2018 • 37min
JF1221: Your Guide To Evaluating An Apartment Community Before Making An Offer #FollowAlongFriday
Follow Along Friday is back for the New Year! Today Joe and Theo tell us mistakes they have made when evaluating deals and what they do differently now. If you’re in the market for any property, especially apartment buildings or communities, this is definitely an episode you want to listen to. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “We always have a property management partner tour the property with us” Mentioned In This Episode: To learn more about the Best Ever Conference visit besteverconference.com To join our Facebook group of higher level investors visit facebook.com/groups/bestevershow For a copy of the document that covers most of the points Joe covers for evaluating an apartment community, email info@joefairless.com Made Possible Because of Our Best Ever Sponsors:Are you looking for a way to increase your overall profits by reducing your loan payments to the bank?Patch of Land offers a fix-and-flip loan program that ONLY charges interest on the funds that have been disbursed, which can result in thousands of dollars in savings.Before securing financing for your next fix-and-flip project, Best Ever Listeners you must download your free white paper at patchofland.com/joefairless to find out how Patch of Land’s fix and flip program can positively impact your investment strategy and save you money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices


