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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Jul 10, 2026
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Episodes
JF1465: Lost His Job, Was On Food Stamps, Stayed Persistent, Closed Almost 100 Deals with Ryan Nickel 06.09.2018 27:18
Ryan was sleeping in a closet when he made his first deal in 2015. Now, 3.5 years later, he has completed almost 100 deals and is thriving! We’ll hear about the strategy he specializes in, which he calls “skinny deals”. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “If I notice the default is greater than 10% of the ARV, I pass on it” - Ry...
JF1464: Passive Investing, Active Investing, and Raccoon Communities? With Whitney Elkins-Hutten 05.09.2018 23:45
Whitney is an investor with a wealth of knowledge and experience with multiple strategies and asset classes. She invests passively in multifamily syndications and self storage, actively invests in her own multifamily and does BRRRR deals! Joe and Whitney dive into different deals she’s either been a part of or was the lead on. There are a lot of valuable tips to pick up on in this episode. If you...
JF1463: From Boots-On-The-Ground Investor To Private Lending & SDIRA Expert with Chris Tanner 04.09.2018 23:51
Chris was flipping houses and owned some rentals. He realized that he wanted to be more hands off and also loved helping others get involved in real estate. Now, he lends privately as well as helps people with self directed retirement plans. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “It really helps to know exactly what it is you want...
JF1462: From Artificial Intelligence To Real Estate & Smart Homes with Ashutosh Saxena 03.09.2018 30:07
Ashutosh has his background in artificial intelligence, so creating a smart home startup was almost a given when he was looking into real estate. Not only can landlords have more control and know ore about what is going on in their properties, but it can also increase the rent price. Not to mention the tenants will enjoy having those advantages in their homes. If you enjoyed today’s episode rememb...
JF1461: Everything Needed For Agents & Investors To Generate More Business Through Social Media #SkillSetSunday with Justin Nassiri 02.09.2018 24:02
Justin is here to tell us about how top agents use social media to generate their business. We’ll hear a lot of different tips for what to do and what not to do on social media. You might want to have pen and paper ready. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Videos receive twice as much engagement as articles” - Justin Nassiri ...
JF1460: How To Assert Power & Influence For Sales And Negotiations #SituationSaturday with Oren Klaff 01.09.2018 22:53
Oren has been on the show in the past to tell us about how to “Pitch Anything” which is also the title of his first book which Joe highly recommends. He has a new book coming out soon that dives deeper into the same subject. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “How are things changing, who does it benefit, who does it not benefit...
JF1459: Raising Private Money | Best Ever Apartment Syndication Book (Part 2 of 4) #FollowAlongFriday with Joe and Theo 31.08.2018 31:28
Follow Along Friday is back and we’re talkin’ the latest book release again. Joe and Theo are going to tell us about part 2 of the Best Ever Apartment Syndication Book, which is all about raising money. Get an insight to the value this book will bring you by listening in on this episode. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Follo...
JF1458: From One Deal At a Time To A Full Blown Tech-Enabled Property Management Company with Dave Diaz 30.08.2018 30:07
Dave has co-founded a property management company and has managed over 10,000 homes. His company is not a typical property management company, they strive to be better in all areas than other companies. They are even working on the technology side that is severely lacking in the property management space. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best...
JF1457: From Renting Bedrooms To Owning 6 Rentals In 6 Months with Bo Kim 29.08.2018 29:09
Bo got his start in real estate with the famous “house hack” method. He rented the extra bedrooms of his single family home. After that, he started acquiring income properties and now owns 6 rentals, all acquired in the first 6 months of his investing career. To hear how he’s been able to hit the ground running, tune in to this episode! If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTune...
JF1456: How To Interview Big Name Investors & Entrepreneurs with Carole Ellis 28.08.2018 24:51
Carole is editor-in-chief at Think Realty Magazine, and has a ton of interviewing experience. Since she’s interviewed some big investors and entrepreneurs, Joe spent some time asking her about those interviews. He asks Carole what she’s learned from the interviews, how she prepares, questions she asks, and how she was able to get ahold of these people in the beginning. If you enjoyed today’s episo...
JF1455: Helping Real Estate Investors Revitalize Neighborhoods by Lending $150M with Jeff Levin 27.08.2018 30:16
Jeff has overseen over $1.5 Billion in loan originations. Around the time of the great recession, he founded Specialty Lending Group. With this company he has lended over $150 million to real estate investors in the Washington D.C. area. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “I may look at a transaction and consider it very low ris...
JF1454: Brothers Building Blockchain - Real Estate Style with Joe Snyder & Chris Brown 26.08.2018 26:07
Joe and Chris are teaming together to make real estate investing easier for everyone. Using Blockchain technology, they have digitized a lot of the intermediary pieces and even automated a lot of it. You’ll just have to listen in to understand what I mean. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “There’s long traumatic benefits of be...
JF1453: Get Financial Freedom Through Real Estate Investing #SituationSaturday with Michael Blank 25.08.2018 20:11
Michael is another expert syndicator and author of a new book, Financial Freedom with Real Estate Investing. Today he’s here to tell us how people can do exactly what the book title says, be financially free through real estate investing. Great advice in this show, get ready to take notes! If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “If...
JF1452: Best Ever Apartment Syndication Book: Part 1 – The Experience #FollowAlongFriday with Joe and Theo 24.08.2018 38:41
Today’s Follow Along Friday is based on the new book Joe and Theo wrote, Best Ever Apartment Syndication Book. The book is broken down into four parts, today they discuss part one, the experience. Hear what you can do to gain experience or find someone who has the experience to partner with for your first apartment syndication. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and le...
JF1451: Save Money On Your Income Property Utilities with John Tanner 23.08.2018 25:01
If you own income property, especially larger buildings with a lot of units, you likely have some room for improvement with your utilities. John is here today to discuss this with us, as he specializes in helping his clients save the most amount of money possible. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Sub-metering is basically RUB...
JF1450: Why Lease An Office Space When You Can Own The Building? With Shiloh Lundahl 22.08.2018 34:20
Shiloh is a therapist and real estate investor. When he needed a new office space, rather than lease, he found an office building to buy and put tenants in. He also has a lot of lease option properties as an investor. Shiloh breaks down exactly how he structures his lease options and tells us how he’s grown his investing business to where it is today. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to sub...
JF1449: Make $100 More Per Person In Your Senior Living Properties with Doug Fullaway 21.08.2018 29:15
If you’re in the senior living space, you know that not every resident has the same needs. Doug and his company are experts in fine tuning systems and processes of senior living facilities. Doug also raises money and does his own investing, there are a lot of great tips in this episode. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “It’s c...
JF1448: From Single Family Flips To A 40 Unit Syndication with Justin Fraser 20.08.2018 25:47
Justin has been an investor for 4 years, but only recently went away from flipping homes. He decided he wanted to move into large apartment communities, and did it! If you want to do the same thing, hear what he did to complete his first syndication, so that you can do the same! If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Everyday there...
JF1447: What To Look For When Vetting A Potential Partner #SkillSetSunday with Danny Randazzo 19.08.2018 27:28
Today we get to hear personal, real life stories from Danny’s own experiences with finding partners. As everyone knows, real estate success is definitely a team effort, and who you choose to partner with or team with can have a tremendous impact on your investing business. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “As well as you know...
JF1446: Conventional And Unconventional Ways Earn More Passive Income #SituationSaturday with David Moadel 18.08.2018 26:05
David has been a market expert for years, nailing a ton of different key topics including precious metals and cryptocurrency. Today David is telling us about different ways to earn more passive income. We’ll hear some ideas that you’ve heard before, and more ideas that you probably have not. When you have a chance to learn from an expert like David, you listen up! If you enjoyed today’s episode re...
JF1445: Top 10 Tips for Underwriting a Value-Add Apartment Community Part 1 of 2 #FollowAlongFriday with Joe and Theo 17.08.2018 42:49
Joe and Theo are breaking down their best 10 tips for underwriting, starting with 5 in this episode, and followed by the other 5 in a couple weeks. I don’t think I need to explain how important underwriting is to multifamily deals, or any deal for that matter! So listen in as we hear from two of the best on what they do when they approach underwriting. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to su...
JF1444: Bring Your Real Estate Investments Alive! With Joe Fairless 16.08.2018 14:39
Joe has another special segment for us today. He’s talking to us about how he keeps death reminders around to help him focus on what’s really important in life, and how that has helped his real estate investing. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Remembering that you’re going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of t...
JF1443: Keeping Cash In The Business To Scale Faster with Ryan Scialabba 15.08.2018 29:47
Ryan and his business partner have a successful flipping business which will net 1.8 - 1.9 million this year. With the large income, you would think they’re giving themselves large salaries. That couldn’t be further from the truth, Ryan and his partner only pay themselves $60k a year. Hear how they’ve grown to where they are and why they leave so much cash in the business. If you enjoyed today’s e...
JF1442: Student Housing Has More Cash Flow Potential with Joe DiNardi 14.08.2018 18:40
Joe was getting into student housing himself when he realized there was something missing. There was nowhere to shop through student housing listings. He created Dwel to address this problem. Now college kids will be able to easily find and scroll through apartment listings. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “The biggest issue...
JF1441: Getting Started In 2007 Was A Goldmine with Jennifer Beadles 13.08.2018 28:56
Unlike 99.9% of real estate investors, Jennifer saw opportunity in 2007 and 2008. She was able to buy projects that builders were losing for pennies on the dollar, finish them, and sell them for huge profit. Inventory was everywhere, good labor was cheap, all she needed was the capital to get the ball rolling. Find out how she did it in this episode of The Best Real Estate Investing Advice Ever Sh...
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