The Best Ever CRE Show

Ash Patel talks to Tal Binder, the CEO and Founder of Gelt, a tech-driven tax company serving individuals and businesses across all 50 states. Gelt combines CPAs, tax professionals, and proprietary tax technology to help clients make better decisions year-round, not just in April. Essential listening if you’re a physician, lawyer, entrepreneur, or real estate investor who wants to stop improvising...

Most multifamily pitches lose the room in the first 30 seconds. Richard breaks down exactly why the wrong framing kills trust, why bashing the stock market backfires with LPs, and how to position a deal so sophisticated investors actually lean in. After seeing real operator pitches fall flat at a live GP-LP event, Richard turns the moment into a blunt masterclass on capital raising. He explains wh...

Matt Faircloth talks to Matt Ricciardella of Crystal View Capital, overseeing a portfolio of over $600 million. Known for innovative sourcing and value-add strategies in self-storage and manufactured housing, he champions a culture of meritocracy and operational excellence. This compelling episode hook immediately taps into the listener's desire to unlock hidden value in CRE by showcasing a proven...

Ash Patel and Amanda Cruise talk to M.C. Laubscher about how Whole life insurance gets dragged online for a reason, but most people are criticizing the wrong policy. They break down the real difference between retail life insurance and properly structured infinite banking, and show how wealthy families use the strategy as a savings engine, lending source, and multigenerational wealth system. M.C....

Richard and Adam unpack the counterintuitive reason so many entrepreneurs fail: they’re great at addition and terrible at subtraction. Most founders and fund managers treat a book like a trophy. Adam Witty argues it should work like a weapon. If you’re a GP, coach, consultant, or operator who needs credibility to raise capital, win trust, and open bigger doors, this conversation shows why the righ...

Matt, Cody, and John talk about advice on how to avoid big-city multifamily that is missing the real opportunity. In Chicago, Cody Ray and John Warren have built a model around small apartment buildings, vertical integration, and local control that lets them compete where others see only red tape. What starts as a broker-client relationship turns into a partnership, a business plan scribbled on th...

Amanda Cruise and Ash Patel press Seth on the exact playbook behind his land business, from sending direct mail to apathetic owners to making deep discounted offers on properties most investors overlook. Seth breaks down why land can be easier than houses, how he decides what to buy, and why he prefers paying cash so he has flexibility instead of debt, partners, and deadlines. Seth WIlliams Founde...

Richard McGirr talks to Chris Tourtellotte. From a music festival side hustle to a $455 million Chicago portfolio, Chris shows how going bigger from day one can create opportunities most operators never reach. If you think real estate growth has to happen one small deal at a time, this conversation will change your playbook. Chris breaks down how he went from underwriting at PGM to co-founding Sno...

Matt Faircloth and Chris Larsen break down the mindset and strategy behind Next Level Income and Chris's new free book, How to Be Financially Free by 40, a concise roadmap for turning earned income into lasting financial independence. You'll discover the three-part framework behind Chris's philosophy: make enough money, keep as much of it as possible, then grow it through investments that create p...

Amanda Cruise and Ash Patel  get into the kind of opportunistic investing most people never hear about, including Ash’s off-the-cuff bar acquisition hunt in Pittsburgh, how he used AI to identify the hottest district, and what he learned by bar hopping, talking to locals, and evaluating competition in real time. It is a sharp look at how operators actually source and underwrite deals when the...

Richard MacGirr talks to Anna-Marie Allander Lieb as she shares how Kinect Real Estate Partners is building a retail channel from the ground up for American Capital Group, a 40-year multifamily operator that historically raised from institutions like Blackstone, Canyon Partners, PGIM, and PIMCO. With new products like an Opportunity Zone fund and a robust development pipeline, the team is betting...

Matt Faircloth talks to Carson Jones, a broker, investor, and syndicator at Passive Investments. He also works across business sales, multifamily, industrial, oil and gas, and data center opportunities, bringing a wide-angle view to today’s shifting markets. AI is creating a land rush inside commercial real estate, and most investors are looking in the wrong place. Carson Jones breaks down how ord...

Ash and Amanda talk to Dipesh Sitaram, he went from oral surgery and TMJ practice to becoming the kind of investor most physicians wish they understood sooner: capitalized, disciplined, and hard to fool. After getting burned in passive deals and development projects, he rebuilt around one core idea, control the whole food chain, or get crushed by it. He breaks down the playbook behind his family o...

Richard McGirr is talking to Christopher Hemmert as he shares the wake-up call that pushed him to sell his house, liquidate retirement accounts, and re-architect his portfolio around true liquidity, income, and control. Richard pushes the conversation into the real-world consequences for entrepreneurs, landlords, and high earners who look successful on paper but can't access their money when timin...

Matt Faircloth talks to Cody Bjugan and shares how he transitioned from a local land dealer to running a multi-state, tech-powered empire that operates across the entire U.S. without ever relying on traditional methods. Want to know how he controls deal flow, leverages cutting-edge marketing, and scales up without debt? The strategies Cody reveals could redefine everything you thought you knew abo...

Amanda Cruise and Ash Patel pull back the curtain on what they are actually building right now, including a 16-building office play, three bars, and a creative deal structure that saves nearly $300,000 in interest. If you think you need a perfect market or a clean, conventional loan to make a deal work, this conversation will challenge that fast. They also break down how they are finding opportuni...

Richard McGirr talks to August Biniaz, Chief Investment Officer and co-founder of CPI Capital, who has spent the last six years building a real estate private equity firm while navigating the brutal realities of entrepreneurship, capital preservation, and cycle risk. He breaks down why Canada’s lower yields pushed him toward U.S. multifamily, why the current pricing reset has changed the opportuni...

J Scott invites Andrew Cushman and Brian Burke to a conversation about why the market is currently a “traffic collision” at a four-way intersection, with some assets suffering 50-70% drops while others are barely dented. Andrew shares the importance of operational excellence and how savvy investors are capitalizing on distressed properties, even as the broader market remains uncertain. Brian empha...

Ash and Amanda talk to Chris Duff as he shares the unusual path that took him from medicine, venture, and crypto into land, and why he ultimately shifted from flipping properties to funding other operators’ deals. He breaks down how his team structures transactions, why they prefer taking titles through equity instead of traditional hard money lending, and how that gives them control when a deal g...

Richard McGirr talks with Keith about scaling teams, paying for top-tier talent, and tightening internal controls so the business stays lean but not blind. He explains why self-storage has worked for him, why mobile home parks were attractive but hard to scale, and how his firm approaches 1031 exchange money, tenant-in-common structures, and investor communication in a tougher fundraising environm...

Matt Faircloth interviews Mark D’Alessandro as he shares the inside scoop on his incredible journey from a small turf grass operation to building a multimillion-dollar event company that made the Inc. 5000 list, all before jumping into multifamily real estate with a focused buy box in the Mid-Atlantic. He reveals the key leadership principles that have helped him cultivate high-performing teams, l...

Ash Patel and Amanda Cruise break down three of the most talked-about names in real estate today, from Cardone's class action lawsuit and public deposition circus to Everett's $400 million multifamily fund collapse and Onofrio's jaw-dropping fraud case. Along the way, they unpack why some investors are being sued for perceived returns, why others are losing everything after betting on endless grow...

Richard McGirr talks about how most fund-of-funds hit a ceiling after 99 investors, but what if scaling beyond that could become your greatest advantage? Richard reveals the counterintuitive secrets to explosive growth in real estate and debt funds that most never see coming. If you're tired of hitting strategic walls and want to unlock the true potential of your capital business, this episode is...

Matt Faircloth talks to Justin Goodin about how his background in underwriting for a bank gave him an insider's view of deal flaws and what the banks prioritize, mainly an exit strategy, rather than cash flow or ROI. You'll discover why focusing solely on unit count can distract you from the real value, the equity percentage, and the location. How a misstep in loan assumptions or over-optimistic p...

Amanda Cruise and Ash Patel push Ethan on everything from barriers to entry to third-party management, while Ethan explains why the best operators keep everything in-house, from forklift drivers to core storage revenue. He also lays out how institutional capital, bank debt, and long-term hold strategies are reshaping the marina market as groups like Blackstone-backed Safe Harbor continue buying. I...