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 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.

The Best Ever CRE Show is a business podcast hosted by Joe Fairless, with 1,000 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Joe Fairless hosts The Best Ever CRE Show, a business show with 1,000 episodes published.

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  Episode #4316

  Chicago Beats Tertiary Markets for Small Multifamily Investors ft. Cody Ray, and John Warren

  Oct 2, 202642 min

  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 the back of a napkin, and a platform built to buy, rehab, manage, and stabilize scattered-site buildings across Chicagoland. Cody and John break down how they found each other, why John added a GC license, and how Forte Properties turned recurring contractors into a more controlled, scalable operation. John Warren Operations Manager and Managing Director of Forte Properties Based in: Riverside, Illinois Where to find them: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-warren www.fortepropertieschicago.com For more information, visit https://superhuman.com/. Podcast production done by⁠ ⁠Outlier Audio⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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  Episode #4309

  Hidden Advantage of Buying Land Nobody Wants ft. Seth WIlliams

  Sep 30, 202633 min

  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 Founder of REtipster.com Based in: Grand Rapids, Michigan Where to find them: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seth-williams-2ba52067 https://retipster.com/ For more information, visit https://superhuman.com/. Podcast production done by⁠ ⁠Outlier Audio⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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  Episode #4308

  How a Real Estate Analyst Sold a Music Festival to MTV ft. Chris Tourtellotte

  Sep 28, 202647 min

  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 SnowGlobe Music Festival, raising capital for a passion project that MTV eventually acquired, and then translating that same instinct for scale into apartment development, build-to-rent, self-storage, and institutional acquisitions at LaTerra. Chris Tourtellotte Managing Director of LaTerra Development, LLC. Based in: Los Angeles, California Where to find them: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-tourtellotte-3257224 https://laterradev.com/ For more information, visit https://superhuman.com/. Podcast production done by⁠ ⁠Outlier Audio⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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  Episode #4312

  Retirement Is a Scarcity Mindset, Not a Goal ft. Chris Larsen

  Sep 25, 202639 min

  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 passive income. He shares how that thinking shaped his own path from engineering student to real estate investor, why he launched the show in 2019, and how the podcast evolved from education tool to networking engine during COVID. Chris Larsen Founder of Next-Level Income Based in: Asheville, North Carolina Where to find them: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nextlevelincome https://nextlevelincome.com/ For more information, visit https://superhuman.com/. Podcast production done by⁠ ⁠Outlier Audio⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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  Episode #4306

  Commercial Lease Mistakes That Turn Good Tenants Into Nightmares

  Sep 23, 202628 min

  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 opportunity is hiding in plain sight. Commercial lease mistakes can cost you more than rent. They can trap you in months of legal headaches, bad tenants, and avoidable losses. Ash Patel breaks down the lease clauses, eviction tactics, and investor red flags every real estate operator should know before signing the next deal. For more information, visit https://superhuman.com/. Podcast production done by⁠ ⁠Outlier Audio⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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