{"podcast":{"title":"The Best Ever CRE Show","slug":"the-best-ever-cre-show-740347","podcast_index_feed_id":740347,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/BCRRB8131125356","website_url":"https://www.bestevercre.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/8ecb114c-9ad0-11ef-97a4-3b64c6112677/image/aaa91b2628ea36a172306cfe5b8a702b.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Best Ever CRE","episode_count":4271,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-13T16:23:09.117185+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-ever-cre-show-740347"},"episode":{"title":"JF 4233: Affordable Housing, Deal Flow and Mobile Home Park Strategy ft. Leo Young","slug":"jf-4233-affordable-housing-deal-flow-and-mobile-home-park-strategy-ft-leo-young","published_at":"2026-05-06T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-ever-cre-show-740347/jf-4233-affordable-housing-deal-flow-and-mobile-home-park-strategy-ft-leo-young","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-ever-cre-show-740347","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BCRRB4226345712.mp3?updated=1777489612","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BCRRB4226345712.mp3?updated=1777489612","summary":"Amanda Cruise and Ash Patel interview Leo Young, who shares how he scaled to 500+ mobile home park units while navigating increasing competition and regulatory pressure. He explains his strategy of improving communities, raising rents toward market, and shifting from quick exits to longer-term holds through refinancing to maximize investor returns. The conversation highlights how operators are being squeezed by both institutional capital and new investors entering the space, making deal flow harder to find. Leo also breaks down the realities of managing across multiple states, emphasizing geographic diversification to hedge against evolving regulations such as rent control. He discusses expanding into RV parks, the operational differences compared to mobile home parks, and why operator execution matters more than asset class. Throughout, he stresses disciplined underwriting, strong systems, and building the right team as the key to long-term success in a tightening market. Leo Young Current role: Managing Partner at Cornell Communities Based in: New York, New York Where to find them: https://www.youtube.com/c/LeoYoungRealEstate https://www.linkedin.com/in/leo-young/ Visit ⁠trustetc.com/bestever⁠ for more info. Book your free demo today at bill.com/bestever and get a $100 Amazon gift card. Visit https://m1.com/ for more info. Podcast production done by⁠ ⁠Outlier Audio⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Amanda Cruise and Ash Patel interview Leo Young, who shares how he scaled to 500+ mobile home park units while navigating increasing competition and regul…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2961,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-best-ever-cre-show-740347/episodes/jf-4233-affordable-housing-deal-flow-and-mobile-home-park-strategy-ft-leo-young/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-ever-cre-show-740347/jf-4233-affordable-housing-deal-flow-and-mobile-home-park-strategy-ft-leo-young.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}