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The Best Ever CRE Show

Joe Fairlesswww.bestevercre.com
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.
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Episodes

JF2279: Investing Out Of The Country With Evie Brooks

Evie Brooks (Atlanta, GA, and Veracruz, Panama) is an elite Real Estate Investment Educator, Keynote Speaker, Investor, Coach, Mentor, Entrepreneur, and former Advanced Trainer for “Rich Dad Poor Dad”, who now specializes in “All Things Panama”, including real estate and organic, sustainable agriculture investments. Evie Brooks Real Estate Background: Full time investor and former advanced trainer for “Rich Dad Poor Dad” 24 years of experience in domestic and global real estate Currently investi...

Nov 28, 202026 minSeason 1Ep. 2279

JF2278: Increasing NOI With Jamie Wohlschlegel

Jamie is the CEO of ServusConnect, ServusConnect is an exciting, new technology for the multifamily industry that delivers innovation and mobility to medium & large-scale apartment maintenance operations to optimize multifamily NOI. Jamie Wohlschlegel Real Estate Background: CEO of ServusConnect, a multifamily property-tech startup 6 years of helping multi families optimize their maintenance operations Launched ServusConnect at age 40 as a first time entrepreneur Based in Raleigh, NC Say hi ...

Nov 27, 202020 minSeason 1Ep. 2278

JF2277: Are You Speculating or Investing | Actively Passive Investing Show With Theo Hicks & Travis Watts

Today Theo and Travis will be discussing the differences between a speculator and an investor. We also have a Syndication School series about the “How To’s” of apartment syndications and be sure to download your FREE document by visiting SyndicationSchool.com. Thank you for listening and I will talk to you tomorrow. Click here for more info on groundbreaker.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Nov 26, 202022 minSeason 1Ep. 2277

JF2276: Multifamily Lending Part 2| Syndication School with Theo Hicks

In this Syndication School episode, Theo Hicks explains what lenders look at before approving the loan for a multifamily real estate deal. He lists the qualifications that a prospective investor needs to have in order to be considered by various agencies, as well as how to get around them. He also covers the specific metrics of the market and the deal that will be required to get the loan. This guide includes relevant information about the recent changes in response to the pandemic. To listen to...

Nov 25, 202022 minSeason 1Ep. 2276

JF2275: Fast Growth With Dan Perez

Dan is fairly new to real estate investing and yet has already accomplished owning 27 rentals, 5 flips, and also a limited partner in a 32-unit complex. He shares how he initially started from developing proof of concept to building a team and process that have enabled them to scale in a short time period. Dan Perez Real Estate Background: Full-time corporate tax accountant for Qualcomm Started investing in 2018 Portfolio consists of 27 rentals, 5 flips, and a partnership in a 32-unit complex Ba...

Nov 24, 202022 minSeason 1Ep. 2275

JF2274: Real Estate Branding With Jaren Barnes

Jaren is a full-time real estate investor who previously worked with BiggerPockets in 2014 and he helped grow a wholesale company from 8-12 deals per month to 30. He has now grown a small land flipping business over the last 3 years that he runs fully remote. Jaren Barnes Real Estate Background: Full-time real estate investor and is the Senior Creative Director for RETipster.com 6 years of investing experience In the past, he has worked with Biggerpockets.com, & helped grow a wholesale compa...

Nov 23, 202027 minSeason 1Ep. 2274

JF2273: Generating Revenue & Traffic From Online Stores With Joe & Mike Brusca #SkillsetSunday

Joe and Mike Brusca are brothers who got started in online business selling on amazon and slowly started to grow into more online eCommerce stores, blog sites, publishing fiction books online, and recently investing cash flow into buying and selling land too. Joe and Mike Brusca Real Estate Background: Founders of Build Assets Online Experience building 7-figure revenue generating stores online without a location Based in New Jersey Say hi to them on their www.BuildAssetsOnline.com Click here fo...

Nov 22, 202026 minSeason 1Ep. 2273

JF2272: Experience Gives Perspective With Arn Cenedella

Arn Cenedella started his real estate career in the 1980s after graduating from the University of Michigan. During this time he invested locally and remotely in Charlottesville, VA and Austin, TX. After 36 years as a broker, he decided to leave Silicon Valley and head to Greenville, SC with his girlfriend in November of 2014. He now has 8 rental properties, 3 subdivisions, 2 condo conversions, and 3 residential lots permitted for single-family development. Arn Cenedella Real Estate Background: F...

Nov 21, 202023 minSeason 1Ep. 2272

JF2271: Advantage of A Full-time Job With Brian Doyle

Brian Doyle, from Minneapolis, MN and has grown his portfolio to 65 units all while having a full-time job. He will talk about how to choose the right full-time job to grow your portfolio, how he finds deals, and why having a full-time job is an advantage, not a disadvantage. Brian is currently on the board of the 2000 member Minnesota Multi-Housing Association and he is past president of the Minnesota Real Estate Exchangors, he is married with three kids and races sailboats on the weekends. Bri...

Nov 20, 202024 minSeason 1Ep. 2271

JF2270: Top 10 Changes for Real Estate Investors Under the Biden Tax Plan | Actively Passive Investing Show With Theo Hicks & Travis Watts

Today Theo and Travis will share their thoughts on the tax proposal that’s been recently released. And while this tax plan is only at the early stage, it’s important to consider the options early on. Travis mentions ten main points that real estate investors need to examine. Most of them apply exclusively to high-income earners, but some touch on the very popular real estate policies such as 1031 Exchange that are true no matter what income bracket you’re in. We also have a Syndication School se...

Nov 19, 202032 minSeason 1Ep. 2270

JF2269: Multifamily Lending 101 Part 1 | Syndication School with Theo Hicks

In today's Syndication School episode, Theo Hicks shares some knowledge and experience about choosing a lender. Just because agencies tend to have the best terms on their loans, it doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t consider other options. Theo also talked about the most well-known agencies and their process of transforming your loan into MBS (mortgage-based securities), and how it works on the borrower side of dealing with DUS Lenders. To listen to other Syndication School series about the “How To...

Nov 18, 202020 minSeason 1Ep. 2269

JF2268: Nice Guys Buying Houses With Terry Burger

Terry is a full-time real estate investor with 19 years of real estate experience and founder of “Nice guys buying houses”. Terry will be sharing some great information around how to find leads, to strategies in how they separate themselves from other real estate companies such as focusing on the Better Business Bureau and focusing on a specific customer. He also was open to sharing how he comps markets by focusing on micro-markets, schools, and other ways. Terry H Burger Real Estate Background:...

Nov 17, 202023 minSeason 1Ep. 2268

JF2267: Burn The Ships With Adam Balsinger

Started in real estate 6 years ago and while working a sales job with the goal of making money on the side flipping houses until he could go full-time. Real estate slowly took over his focus and eventually his sales numbers started to fall and eventually he was let go. This forced Adam to focus 100% of his efforts on real estate and now the rest is history. Adam Balsinger Real Estate Background: Full-time real estate investor focusing on his wholesale business and partnership in multi-family syn...

Nov 16, 202024 minSeason 1Ep. 2267

JF2266: Hidden Investing Secrets With Holly Williams #Skillset Sunday

Holly is a returning guest from episode JF1600 . She has been investing in real estate for the past two decades with multiple properties in New York, Texas, Mississippi, and the Carolinas. She also started syndications during the same time Joe Fairless did and in fact, was one of Joe's first investors. Today Holly is going to be sharing with all of us some insights on her new book called “Hidden Investing - Secrets that the top 1% know”. Holly Williams Real Estate Background: Spent 25 years in a...

Nov 15, 202026 minSeason 1Ep. 2266

JF2265: Physical Therapist With A Real Estate Passion - Lee Yoder

Lee is a full-time physical therapist and a part-time real estate investor. He had a great full-time therapist job working with corporate clients making great money and eventually decided to give that up to work in home health to have a more flexible schedule so he could help his wife with the kids and after taking this pay cut he started to look for additional ways to increase revenue and so he started by investing into real estate. You will see how even if you are working full-time you can sti...

Nov 14, 202025 minSeason 1Ep. 2265

JF2264: Investor Agent With John Chin

John is the co-founder of Investor Agent where they have done 2,800 rentals and flips. He started at 19 in the military by picking up real estate courses where he could barely understand the terminology but through perseverance and hard work he now manages over 470 cash flow rentals. John Chin Real Estate Background: John is the co-founder of Investor Agent You’ve done 2,800 rentals and flip properties (mostly short sales, foreclosures, and REOs) Closed over $260 Million residential investments ...

Nov 13, 202026 minSeason 1Ep. 2264

JF2263: 11 Questions From Tribe of Mentors | Actively Passive Investing Show With Theo Hicks & Travis Watts

Today Theo and Travis will be discussing the 11 questions from the popular Tim Ferris book “Tribe of Mentors” Click here for more info on groundbreaker.co We also have a Syndication School series about the “How To’s” of apartment syndications and be sure to download your FREE document by visiting SyndicationSchool.com. Thank you for listening and I will talk to you tomorrow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Nov 12, 202036 minSeason 1Ep. 2263

JF2262: How To Be A Best-Selling Author | Syndication School with Theo Hicks

In today's Syndication School episode, Theo Hicks, shares his advice on becoming a Best-Selling Author. He will give you 10 ways to market your next book release. Click here for more info on groundbreaker.co To listen to other Syndication School series about the “How To’s” of apartment syndications and to download your FREE document, visit SyndicationSchool.com. Thank you for listening and I will talk to you tomorrow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Nov 11, 202024 minSeason 1Ep. 2262

JF2261: “Passive” Income With Chris Hsu

Chris Hsu is the co-founder and CEO of Zibo, a venture-backed financial services company for independent landlords. Chris invested in real estate for over 20 years while pursuing a corporate career and learned that investing in real estate is anything but a "passive" income. He founded Zibo to help independent landlords save time and increase cash flow in their rental businesses. Chris Hsu Real Estate Background: Co-founder and CEO of Zibo (zee-bo), a venture-backed financial services company fo...

Nov 10, 202024 minSeason 1Ep. 2261

JF2260: Daytrader to Real Estate Investor With Mitchell Jaworski

Mitchell is a full-time real estate investor and owner of ScaredyCatGuide.com. Mitch has invested in many different types of vehicles from a full-time day trader to now a full-time real estate investor because he has found that it is much easier than dabbling in the markets where we have less control. Mitch Jaworski Real Estate Background: Full-time real estate investor and owner of ScaredyCatGuide.com 6 years of real estate investing experience Portfolio consist of 6 rental units, 2 flips, 2 wh...

Nov 09, 202028 minSeason 1Ep. 2260

JF2259: Translate Classroom Courses to Online With Carla Cross #Skillset Sunday

Carla Cross is a long-time licensed real estate professional. She and her husband started investing in single-family homes in the late '70s. As the author of 7 books for real estate professionals, Carla is a known authority on productivity and profits. She is a recipient of the National Association of Realtors Educator of the Year Award. With her background in sales, management, and training, Carla is helping her audiences 'translate' their classroom courses to effective online formats. Carla Cr...

Nov 08, 202028 minSeason 1Ep. 2259

JF2258: Your First Deal Is The Hardest To Find With Antoine Martel

Antoine is a repeat guest who appeared on episode JF1720 . Previously, he talked about how it took him 9 months to find his first apartment building and today he shares how different it has been in finding new deals because his door has been flooded with multiple deals because people started to see he was serious and would get the job done. Antoine Martel Real Estate Background: 25-year-old real estate investor Does 120 flips per year (turnkey rentals), owns about 100 units Based in LA, CA Say h...

Nov 07, 202022 minSeason 1Ep. 2258

JF2257: Sports Reporter to Sales to Multi-Family Investor With Zach Haptonstall

Zach is the Founder & President of ZH Multifamily and an equity owner of over $48M worth of commercial real estate apartment buildings. Zach climbed up in healthcare sales and at the top of his career after accomplishing many of his monetary goals he found that he wasn’t fulfilled. He eventually discovered real estate and decided to leave his job and live off of 12 months of income while he pursued his new dream and now the rest is history. Zach Haptonstall Real Estate Background: Founder &a...

Nov 06, 202023 minSeason 1Ep. 2257

JF2256: 5 Benefits of Passively Investing in Apartments | Actively Passive Investing Show With Theo Hicks & Travis Watts

Today Theo and Travis will be sharing the 5 benefits of passive investing in apartments starting with how you can save on taxes. We also have a Syndication School series about the “How To’s” of apartment syndications and be sure to download your FREE document by visiting SyndicationSchool.com. Thank you for listening and I will talk to you tomorrow. Click here for more info on groundbreaker.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Nov 05, 202030 minSeason 1Ep. 2256

JF2255: Apartment Make Ready Checklist | Syndication School with Theo Hicks

In today's Syndication School episode, Theo Hicks shares a make ready checklist to help you with your next apartment deal and provides you with the checklist by clicking here . Click here for more info on groundbreaker.co To listen to other Syndication School series about the “How To’s” of apartment syndications and to download your FREE document, visit SyndicationSchool.com. Thank you for listening and I will talk to you tomorrow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Nov 04, 202017 minSeason 1Ep. 2255

JF2254: Serial Entrepreneur Advice From Vahan Yepremyan

Vahan Yepremyan is a business attorney, speaker, author, serial entrepreneur, and children’s rights activist. Vahan has spoken around the world on topics like achieving entrepreneurial success by removing the beliefs that block us, business fundamentals, and other entrepreneur topics. He was the winner of the Business Freedom Speaking Academy Idol held in Calgary, Canada, where he competed with speakers from around the world. Vahan Yepremyan Real Estate Background: Vahan is a serial entrepreneur...

Nov 03, 202026 minSeason 1Ep. 2254

JF2253: When A Lay off Becomes an Opportunity With Mark T Hutton

Mark is a Purdue Mechanical Engineer who lost his corp job after 27 years to pursue full-time real estate. He feels that losing his job was the best thing that has ever happened to him because now he is doing what he enjoys doing, he is now known as the “apartment guy” in his community and his wife also has gone full-time in the business too. Mark T Hutton Real Estate Background: A Purdue Mechanical Engineer who left 27 years in corp to pursue full-time real estate 10+ years of real estate inves...

Nov 02, 202025 minSeason 1Ep. 2253

JF2252: Three Ways That Real Estate Is A Tax Favor Investment With Rebecca Walser #Skillset Sunday

Rebecca Walser is one of the few Top 100 US Advisors who is also a tax attorney, so she has a completely different perspective on personal finance. She is also a best-selling author and wealth management firm founder and is a regular on Fox Business who has also been featured in Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, ABC, NBC, and Yahoo Finance. Rebecca Walser Real Estate Background: Wealth Strategist, CFP, Tax Attorney, 2X Top 100 U.S. Advisor by Investopedia Best selling Author of the book “Wealth Un...

Nov 01, 202027 minSeason 1Ep. 2252

JF2251: Ground Up Syndications With Shannon Robnett #SituationSaturday

Shannon is a full-time real estate investor and developer with over 21 years of investing experience. He has a portfolio that consists of buildings, police departments, fire stations, city halls, residential, and much more. Shannon focuses on developing syndications from the ground up for his investors and today he shares his journey into this niche. Shannon Robnett Real Estate Background: Full-time real estate investor and developer Investing for over 21+ years Portfolio consist of office build...

Oct 31, 202028 minSeason 1Ep. 2251

JF2250: The Power Of Using LinkedIn For Raising Investor Capital With Yakov Smart

Yakov Smart is the President at Linked Lead Enterprises. Yakov has been focusing on helping real estate investors with tools to help them raise capital through Linkedin. In today’s episode, Yakov, shares the mindset you need to have, and some of the steps you need to take. Yakov Smart Real Estate Background: President at Linked Lead Enterprises Internationally recognized LinkedIn Expert and Author of Disrupting Linkedin He specializes in helping real estate organizations raise private capital fr...

Oct 30, 202026 minSeason 1Ep. 2250
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