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The Best Ever CRE Show

Best of 2025 Replay: Authenticity Over Clickbait, Generational Funds Myths and Infinite Banking Exposed with Ash Patel

The Best Ever CRE Show

Best Ever CRE

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.7996 Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

*Previously aired episode* Ash Patel goes full-send on authenticity in real estate and social media, calling out clickbait growth hacks and the hollow vanity metrics behind them. He unpacks why “generational funds” and decade-long holds often mask weak deals, and why infinite banking is just expensive life insurance dressed up with fancy marketing. Ash also takes aim at sloppy capital raising, urges investors to prioritize net worth over door count or passive-income theatrics, and shares how being real on LinkedIn helped him move capital quickly. The throughline is simple and spicy: authenticity wins, and anything less will cost you. Join us at Best Ever Conference 2026! Find more info at: https://www.besteverconference.com/  Join the Best Ever Community  The 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 Podcast production done by⁠ ⁠Outlier Audio⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Best ever listeners, let's go.

0:03.7

This is Ash Patel.

0:05.1

And fair warning, today's episode is not going to be one of those PG episodes.

0:09.5

So if you've got young kids in the car, maybe some elderly parents that you don't want

0:14.5

subjected to my language, hit pause.

0:17.3

Maybe go back and listen to one of Ash and Amanda's Multifamily episodes, but do not subject anybody that doesn't want to hear explicit language to this podcast.

0:28.7

All right.

0:29.4

If you're ready to go, let's get after it.

0:31.4

We're going to talk about raising money, infinite banking.

0:35.2

I'm just calling out a bunch of nonsense I'm seeing on social media lately.

0:39.2

And I got to tell you, authenticity is the new currency. Just be real. There's so much fake shit out there

0:48.0

right now on all social media, even in the news. And people are gravitating towards anything authentic. So share your flaws.

0:58.4

Just be real. Speak your mind. You know, there was a Christmas card that went out a few years ago.

1:04.4

It was some big exec in a Fortune 500 company. And when they were taking the picture for this

1:10.2

Christmas card, he had a child, one of his kids that was pouting. They weren't in line. They were looking sideways. Mean mug on their face, crossed hands. And the guy's just like, you know what? Screw it. We're putting this out there. He sent this out to all his people as a Christmas card, and he went viral for being so real and authentic.

1:31.9

Right now, there's so much clickbait nonsense out there.

1:35.5

Think about these posts that you've seen.

1:37.7

Four things that I learned from.

1:40.3

I had lunch with a billionaire, and this is what I learned.

1:43.4

I can't believe I'm going to share my secrets, but here it is.

1:47.0

I own X millions of dollars in real estate, and this is the five things that I learned.

1:52.6

Or here are my top five rules for money.

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