Joe Fairless

The Best Ever CRE Show

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...

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Joe Fairless

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Business

Podcast website

www.bestevercre.com

Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

JF1665: Raising Money & Syndicating Farm Land with Chris Rawley 25.03.2019

We’ve have talked, and will continue to talk extensively about the syndication process with real estate. For the most part, everything we talk about pertains specifically to multifamily syndication. We’re talking syndications again today, but this time it’s in reference to farm land. Chris and his company help farmers get farm land by helping them raise money via a syndication structure. Chris tel...

JF1664: How To Get Started In Real Estate Investing #SkillSetSunday with Rock Thomas 24.03.2019

As a previous guest, Rock already shared his Best Real Estate Investing Advice Ever. Today he’s back for a Skill Set Sunday episode because he wants to help more people. We’ll hear Rock discuss how people can get started in real estate investing. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “You could make $1000 passive-ish income” - Rock T...

JF1663: The Easiest Way To Handle Your Real Estate Taxes #SituationSaturday with Devin Redmond & Thomas Castelli 23.03.2019

Today we have two guests with us today to discuss real estate taxes. Stessa is our sponsor and also our guest today, along with Thomas Castelli, an investor, CPA, and tax strategist. So hit play to hear the easiest way to handle your taxes and hear about the new laws. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Since the introduction of the Tax Cuts & Jobs...

JF1662: Restaurant & Nightclub Entrepreneur Switches To Real Estate Investing with Tom Prakas 22.03.2019

Tom and his company specialize in hospitality and restaurant brokerage. That’s where Tom built a career for many years before the long hours and his family made him want to make a change. With 30 years of restaurant and night club experience, Tom is the perfect partner for investors who are looking for restaurant deals. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a...

JF1661: How To Underwrite A Value-add Apartment Deal Part 4 of 8 | Syndication School with Theo Hicks 21.03.2019

Today’s syndication school is continued over from yesterday’s episode. Theo will cover the rest of the assumptions you will be setting. So dive in and hit play to learn more about how to do an apartment syndication deal. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Landscaping is one of the first things that people see when they come to yo...

JF1660: How To Underwrite A Value-add Apartment Deal Part 3 of 8 | Syndication School with Theo Hicks 20.03.2019

Time to start learning about setting assumptions. You’ll be setting a few assumptions when underwriting value add apartment syndication deals. Theo will be discussing those assumptions, and how to accurately set them in today’s Syndication School. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “If you’re doing a deal that’s smaller than 250 o...

JF1659: From House Hacking To 30+ Unit Portfolio with Chad Hudson 19.03.2019

One of the most popular ways to get started in real estate is through house hacking. This is how Chad got his start as well, only he did it a little different. Usually, someone will purchase a multifamily property and live in one of the units while renting out the other unit or units. Chad needed someone to help pay the mortgage so his friend moved in and his rent paid almost the whole mortgage. T...

JF1658: Own 75 Units While Working On 6 Fix & Flips with Daniel Kwak 18.03.2019

Daniel and his parents immigrated to the United States in 1999, they faced tough times growing up as the family struggled financially. Daniel bought his first deal specifically for his parents and their retirement at the age of 22. Now he’s scaled his business to owning 75 units and is also fixing and flipping multiple properties at the same time. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscri...

JF1657: Using Real Estate To Raise Money For Non-Profits #SkillSetSunday with Adam Capes 17.03.2019

Adam is here to talk fundraising with us today. Not necessarily fundraising to purchase real estate, but rather for non profit organizations. Adam and his company use real estate to raise the money for different charities. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “They usually make as much or more than if they rented it out” - Adam Cape...

JF1656: Battle Brewing With The IRS - How To Prepare #SituationSaturday with Shanyn Stewart 16.03.2019

Taxes are an inevitable part of running a business, sometimes things can go wrong. When the IRS comes knocking, it’s better to be prepared. Shanyn has helped her clients and is here to share some tips with us today. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “If you’re handing an IRS agent a copy of your bank statement that has co-mingled...

JF1655: Here Are The Best Things I Learned Last Week #FollowAlongFriday with Joe and Theo 15.03.2019

Joe and Theo are back for another round of Follow Along Friday. Today, Joe is sharing his best lessons learned from last week, when he interviewed nine people for the podcast. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “When you come up with a good life number, you can put together a plan to reach that number” Sponsored by Stessa - Maximi...

JF1654: How To Underwrite A Value-add Apartment Deal Part 2 of 8 | Syndication School with Theo Hicks 14.03.2019

Today’s episode covers part four of seven on our value add apartment underwriting strategy. If you didn’t listen to yesterday’s episode, you should. Theo began covering the underwriting process so you’ll want to hear that first. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “You don’t want to spend too much time investigating one small assum...

JF1653: How To Underwrite A Value-add Apartment Deal Part 1 of 8 | Syndication School with Theo Hicks 13.03.2019

Theo has covered a ton of details so far for apartment syndication deals. Today we’ll start learning about the actual underwriting process. Steps 1, 2, and 3 are covered today, with more to follow! PLUS we’re including a free simplified cash flow calculator for you to practice your underwriting with, can be used along with these episodes to follow along. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to...

JF1652: How To Complete 100 Creative Financing Deals In 3 Years with Zach Beach 12.03.2019

Sometimes getting creative is necessary to make a deal work. Zach and the company he works with, only do creative deals, or as he says they buy on terms. He has three primary creative financing strategies; lease purchase, owner financing, and subject-to. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Ideally on a subject-to deal, it’s going...

JF1651: How To Control $1.5 Million In Real Estate As A Part Time Investor with Ari 11.03.2019

Ari decided to take more control of his financial destiny, so he began investing in real estate. We’ll hear his story of working full time at a job while working on a real estate portfolio part time. For most of us, this is how we get started, and hearing a successful example to follow can help anyone who wants to be in the same situation as Ari. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscrib...

JF1650: Learn More About Another Passive Investment #SkillSetSunday with Ken Lewis 10.03.2019

Precious metal investing, that’s what we’re covering today. Ken is an expert and owns a company that helps people invest in precious metals. He’s sharing the benefits of precious metal investing with us today, even if you never pay him for services or products, he shares great information for you to think about. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!...

JF1649: Scaling A Business With A Successful Exit #SituationSaturday with Terry Lammers 09.03.2019

Growing a business takes a lot of time and effort. Sometimes, your efforts can have a negative impact if you’re not making the right moves. Today, Terry will help us understand how businesses are valued, so that we can focus on the activities that have the highest returns. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “I’m evaluating busines...

JF1648: Top 4 Lessons Learned From A Week’s Worth Of Interviews #FollowAlongFriday with Joe and Theo 08.03.2019

For Follow Along Friday this week, Joe is sharing some favorite lessons he learned while doing his interviews for the podcast last week. You’ll hear tips from multiple investors, all with a different skill set as it relates to real estate investing. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Lessons Learned: Alan Fruitman: Stay in your lane Jake Stacy: Ha...

JF1647: Apartment Financial Statements Part 6 of 6 | Syndication School with Theo Hicks 07.03.2019

Final episode of the financial statements segment of the Syndication School series. Theo will be talking about more, you guessed it, financial documents. He’ll finish breaking down the OM today, and finish the episode with useful underwriting tips as it pertains to the entire financial statement series. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever...

JF1646: Apartment Financial Statements Part 5 of 6 | Syndication School with Theo Hicks 06.03.2019

Part 5 of our 6 part series on apartment financial statements. Theo will be covering a few different documents today, including the OM. So without much more explaining from me, hit play and learn more about the financials from Theo. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “The listing agents MIGHT leave some things off the OM to make m...

JF1645: We Completed A Business Plan & Sold A Deal - Here Are The Details - with Frank and Joe 05.03.2019

Frank Roessler, for Best Ever Listeners that don’t know, is the Founder of Ashcroft Capital, and managing partner along with Joe. Recently, they finished a business plan and sold a deal, now we get to hear their case study discussion. This will be a normal segment on the podcast, whenever Ashcroft sells a property, we’ll hear the details from Frank and Joe! If you enjoyed today’s episode remember...

JF1644: How This 22 Year Old Profited $1.5M Last Year Flipping Houses with Igor Kajpust 04.03.2019

At a very young age Igor has figured out how to build a consistent and profitable house flipping business. Not only has he been exceptional at networking and establishing advantageous business relationships, his business is structured smartly and his team is performing very well. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “At the time I d...

JF1643: Unlocking Dead Money In Single Family Houses #SkillSetSunday with Matthew Sullivan 03.03.2019

The Blockchain. You’ve heard of it, you may know a little about it, now how can it help us as real estate investors? Matthew has built a company that helps people invest in real estate all over the world without a third party. We’ll walk through a case study of what one can expect if using the blockchain to invest in real estate with his company. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscrib...

JF1642: Leveraging Self Directed IRA’s For Real Estate Investments & Paying Minimal Taxes with Edwin Kelly 02.03.2019

Many people would like a way to invest in real estate and pay less taxes. Well what a lot of people may not know, is that they may have the capital available to do this, they just have to move it around, get it into a self directed IRA, and have some professional guidance. Listen in for tips on executing this strategy. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a r...

JF1641: 5 Lessons Learned At The Best Ever Conference #FollowAlongFriday with Joe and Theo 01.03.2019

We’re just getting back from Denver and the Best Ever Conference. Joe is sharing his top lessons learned from the conference. Some surprising lessons learned from a comedian, and other real estate related lessons. We’ll also get updates from the two of them on their businesses, and how their lessons can help us. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!...

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