

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.Join the Best Ever CommunityThe Best Ever Community is live and growing - and we want serious commercial real estate investors like you inside. It’s free to join, but you must apply and meet the criteria.Connect with top operators, LPs, GPs, and more, get real insights, and be part of a curated network built to help you grow.Apply now at www.bestevercommunity.com
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Feb 20, 2020 • 17min
JF1997: Markets With The Most Job Growth in 2019| Syndication School with Theo Hicks
Theo Hicks shares the top states and cities with High Job Growth Markets in 2019. The information in this report is important to you because more jobs equal more demand for rentals. Listen to see if you are in one of the top job growth markets, and if you are, please let us know how this has impacted your business. Best Ever Tweet: “We also like to end our emails with some sort market-related update whether specific to the neighborhood, city, or something that state-specific, so if you're investing in the market that I mentioned today then this is great information you can include in your emails” Theo Hicks The Best Ever Conference is approaching quickly and you could earn your ticket for free. Simply visit https://www.bec20.com/affiliates/ and sign up to be an affiliate to start earning 15% of every ticket you sell. Our fourth annual conference will be taking place February 20-22 in Keystone, CO. We’ll be covering the higher level topics that our audience has requested to hear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 19, 2020 • 17min
JF1996: Communicating With Your Investors When Selling Your Deal | Syndication School with Theo Hicks
In this episode, Theo explains the communication process with your passive investors when you decided to sell your deal. Theo first gives you the outline of the process and then dives into each step into detail with you to make sure you are prepared to communicate with your investors when you are selling your own deal. He also explains the email templates Joe uses when he has sold his own deals and makes them available to you. Best Ever Tweet: “Now it's going to be a little different if you decide to do a 1031 exchange. That means the investor has the option to A. Cashout Profits, or B. Exchange their initial investment plus their profits into a new deal.” Theo Hicks The Best Ever Conference is approaching quickly and you could earn your ticket for free. Simply visit https://www.bec20.com/affiliates/ and sign up to be an affiliate to start earning 15% of every ticket you sell. Our fourth annual conference will be taking place February 20-22 in Keystone, CO. We’ll be covering the higher level topics that our audience has requested to hear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 18, 2020 • 27min
JF1995: Pushing After 150k Loss in One Day with Bob Lachance
Bob Lachance is an Ex Professional hockey player who dived right into real estate investing with no experience. He took a leap of faith, by asking an investor if they needed help and from there his story began. He shares a valuable lesson from a mistake he made along the way that cost him $150,000 in one day. He is a good example of why you keep pushing forward, taking every mistake as a lesson, and staying open minded to discover what you will be good at. Bob Lachance Real Estate Background: An active business owner and real estate investor since 2004 Ex professional hockey player For the last 5 years Bob has run one of the premiere Virtual Assistant Staffing companies in the world. REVA Global LLC. Based in Hartford, CT Say hi to him at https://revaglobal.com
Best Ever book: Traction Best Ever Tweet: "I look at everything as a learning experience, I invested outside my area of expertise I didn’t know anything about knock down rebuilds. Failure is what it is, it's something you have to learn from.”- Bob Lachance The Best Ever Conference is approaching quickly and you could earn your ticket for free. Simply visit https://www.bec20.com/affiliates/ and sign up to be an affiliate to start earning 15% of every ticket you sell. Our fourth annual conference will be taking place February 20-22 in Keystone, CO. We’ll be covering the higher level topics that our audience has requested to hear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 17, 2020 • 25min
JF1994: Wholesaling for Consistent Cash Flow with Dustin Seyersdahl
Dustin Seyersdahl is an active real estate investor in Cincinnati. He started in real estate through contracting and eventually started flipping homes and falling on his face a few times. You will learn the lessons he learned from the early mistakes he has made. He also shares some of the reasons he has been able to rapidly grow his wholesaling business. Dustin Seyersdahl Real Estate Background: Active real estate investor in Ohio specializing in retail flips and runs a rapidly growing wholesale operation Flipped multiple properties in his first year of investing Wholesales over 10 properties per month, with plans to double the volume in 2020 Based in Cincinnati, OH Say hi to him at https://cash4ohiohouses.com/ Best Ever Tweet: "A Couple of days ago somebody had been sold a property and it was on a Demo List, they would have never known unless they would have pulled a title search. I strongly suggest working with title companies and learning that side of the business.” - Dustin Seyersdahl The Best Ever Conference is approaching quickly and you could earn your ticket for free. Simply visit https://www.bec20.com/affiliates/ and sign up to be an affiliate to start earning 15% of every ticket you sell. Our fourth annual conference will be taking place February 20-22 in Keystone, CO. We’ll be covering the higher level topics that our audience has requested to hear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 16, 2020 • 20min
JF1993: The Power of Your Circle with Pat Hiban
Pat Hiban is a returning guest and for those who don’t know Pat he is the owner of Pat Hiban Group with Keller Williams, Host his own podcast called “Real Estate Rockstars” and has a new book called “Tribe of Millionaires”. We discuss the importance of surrounding yourself with wealthy individuals who are not “yes-man”, people who peel back the onion and call you on your nonsense. You will be challenged and put in an uncomfortable situation but follow this advice and you will grow. Pat Hiban Real Estate Background: Owner of Pat Hiban Group with Keller Williams Founder at Rebus University Billionaire Dollar Agent Host of popular podcast “Real Estate Rockstars” New York Times Best-Selling Author of “6 Steps to 7 Figures” Based in Baltimore, Maryland Say hi to him at www.pathiban.com or www.tribeofmillionaires.com Listen to his previous episodes: JF310: Renting to Section 8 and College Students and ALL You Need to Know About It
JF1034: 6 Steps to a 7 Figure Income with Pat Hiban Check out his new book, “Tribe of Millionaires” Best Ever Tweet: "What happens with a successful Mastermind what Napoleon Hill found that couldn’t be explained is the multiplier effect which is the right group of people compounds your efforts. The wrong group of people confounds your efforts”- Pat Hiban The Best Ever Conference is approaching quickly and you could earn your ticket for free. Simply visit https://www.bec20.com/affiliates/ and sign up to be an affiliate to start earning 15% of every ticket you sell. Our fourth annual conference will be taking place February 20-22 in Keystone, CO. We’ll be covering the higher level topics that our audience has requested to hear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 15, 2020 • 40min
JF1992: Software Developer David Lecko Creates an App to Assist in Contacting Distressed Properties
David Lecko is from Indianapolis and the CEO of Deal Machine. Deal Machine is a real estate investing app that puts you in touch with any property owner via direct mail, phone, and email. All you have to do is simply take a photo and you instantly see who owns it, then choose how you want to get in touch with the owner. David also shares how his app can help you hire drivers to help you find more properties. David Lecko Real Estate Background: CEO Of Deal Machine - 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. Last year app been used to capture 4 Million Potential deals Based in Indianapolis Say hi to him at https://dealmachine.com/
Best Ever Tweet: "Obviously you don’t want to Lock up a Property that you know you can’t honor the purchase price, but if after your inspection you realize it's going to cost more than what you thought to fix, then it's perfectly fine to go renegotiate with the seller"- David Lecko The Best Ever Conference is approaching quickly and you could earn your ticket for free. Simply visit https://www.bec20.com/affiliates/ and sign up to be an affiliate to start earning 15% of every ticket you sell. Our fourth annual conference will be taking place February 20-22 in Keystone, CO. We’ll be covering the higher level topics that our audience has requested to hear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 14, 2020 • 22min
JF1991: Calculating Risk Like CPA Joel Jensen
Joel is a business owner, investor and a CPA who has completed 80,000 tax returns for clients in all 50 states. Surprisingly, he has yet to do a deal where he’s lost money. In this episode, he shares how he manages risk and talks about why it is important to be more focused on the margin of a deal rather than the top-line revenue figures. Joel Jensen Real Estate Background: CPA, investor, and business owner Co-Founder of Tax Sentry, specializing in real estate taxation Has completed over 80,000 tax returns for clients in all 50 states Based in Provo, UT Say hi to him at http://taxsentry.com/ Best Ever Tweet: "It just kind of reemphasizes that accounting nature in me, that tracking numbers and how you spend your money is probably one of the most important things you can do when it comes to actually doing your tax return.” - Joel Jensen The Best Ever Conference is approaching quickly and you could earn your ticket for free. Simply visit https://www.bec20.com/affiliates/ and sign up to be an affiliate to start earning 15% of every ticket you sell. Our fourth annual conference will be taking place February 20-22 in Keystone, CO. We’ll be covering the higher level topics that our audience has requested to hear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 13, 2020 • 18min
JF1990: The Cities with the Largest Rent Growth in 2019 | Syndication School with Theo Hicks
Theo dives deep into the top cities with the highest growth in rent. Everything being equal, a higher rent growth should mean higher payouts to your investors over time. Of course there are multiple factors to take into account, as Theo explains by giving an example of how some towns will have high growth rent but the other important factors are missing so it would not be a good fit to invest in. The states with the most cities listed are Texas, Nevada, and Phoenix. Best Ever Tweet: "You always want to be conservative in your annual income growth assumption, if its 5%,10%, 4%, 3%, whatever it is you want to assume it's going to grow less than the previous historical rate" -Theo Hicks The Best Ever Conference is approaching quickly and you could earn your ticket for free. Simply visit https://www.bec20.com/affiliates/ and sign up to be an affiliate to start earning 15% of every ticket you sell. Our fourth annual conference will be taking place February 20-22 in Keystone, CO. We’ll be covering the higher level topics that our audience has requested to hear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 12, 2020 • 22min
JF1989: Learn the Difference between Preferred & Cash On Cash Return | Syndication School with Theo Hicks
Theo explains in detail the difference between Preferred Return and Cash on Cash Return. At the end of this episode you will be able to communicate with your investors in a way that will make them comfortable enough to trust you as an expert GP. You will also walk away with examples on how Joe handles his deals and the creativity he utilizes between Series A and Series B investors. Best Ever Tweet: “Depending on how the math works out the class B investors are definitely not going to receive their entire preferred return for that year, and the class A investors depending on what % of the LP they make up, may also not get their full preferred return.” - Theo Hicks The Best Ever Conference is approaching quickly and you could earn your ticket for free. Simply visit https://www.bec20.com/affiliates/ and sign up to be an affiliate to start earning 15% of every ticket you sell. Our fourth annual conference will be taking place February 20-22 in Keystone, CO. We’ll be covering the higher level topics that our audience has requested to hear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 11, 2020 • 26min
JF1988: Lessons from Losing Everything with Mike Ealy
Mike Ealy graduated from Tuskegee University with Electrical Engineering and started into real estate without understanding over leveraging. Started off great, buying 20+ units and through some unforeseen events lost it all and moved back home at 30 years old. Instead of rolling over and giving up, Mike came back strong and took the lessons he learned from his experience and turned them into profits. Listen to the lessons Mike has learned so you don't have to. Mike Ealy Real Estate Background: Lost everything in the early 2000s but picked himself up and has since acquired over 1,500 apartment units Just this August alone, Mike bought and closed on over $28M worth of real estate transactions. Based in Cincinnati, OH Say hi to him at https://nassauinvests.com/
Best Ever Book: The Hard Thing about Hard Things Best Ever Tweet: “This is kind of like a marriage, you’re able to communicate, you’re able to express your thoughts and move on, but if you’re married to someone and have to constantly argue everyday it's not going to be a great marriage because in these deals you’re locked in for 3-7 years.” - Mike Ealy The Best Ever Conference is approaching quickly and you could earn your ticket for free. Simply visit https://www.bec20.com/affiliates/ and sign up to be an affiliate to start earning 15% of every ticket you sell. Our fourth annual conference will be taking place February 20-22 in Keystone, CO. We’ll be covering the higher level topics that our audience has requested to hear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices


