JF 4200: EV Charging as a Multifamily Amenity, Financing Infrastructure and Future-Proofing Assets ft. Ben Kanner

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Best Ever CRE

Entrepreneurship, Investing, Business

4.7 • 996 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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John Casmon interviews Ben Kanner, founder of Three V Infrastructure, about the growing intersection between EV charging and multifamily real estate. Ben shares his journey from subprime mortgages to Deutsche Bank portfolio management and eventually into renewable infrastructure, where he identified a major financing gap in EV charging for commercial properties. He explains why EV charging should be viewed primarily as an amenity rather than a direct NOI driver and how operators can use it to attract higher-income renters, increase rents, and reduce turnover. Ben breaks down EV adoption trends, noting that while U.S. penetration still trails global markets, adoption continues to rise—especially with more affordable EV models and a wave of used Teslas entering the market. For multifamily owners, the key isn’t just installation, but proper underwriting based on EV registration data, demographic trends, and projected utilization. Three V Infrastructure offers a no-upfront-cost model where they fund, install, own, and manage the chargers, taking utilization risk and only profit-sharing after recouping their capital and a threshold return. Ben KannerCurrent role: Founder, Three V InfrastructureBased in: Bay Area, California Where to find Ben Email: bkanner@3vinfrastructure.com Website: https://www.3vinfrastructure.com Visit ⁠trustetc.com/bestever⁠ for more info. Book your free demo today at bill.com/bestever and get a $100 Amazon gift card. Visit ⁠www.tribevestisc.com⁠ for more info. Try QUO for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months when you go to quo.com/BESTEVER 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

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1:12.5	can't-wait-to-dos. It's a new workday. Hey, what's going on best of our listeners? This is your host
1:18.3	John Kazman here for multifamily mastery. Super excited to be here today, and we've got a great
1:24.2	conversation, so I'm going to be talking to Ben Canter. Hey, Ben, how are you?
1:28.1	Good, John.
1:28.9	Good to be here.
1:30.2	Hey, Ben.
1:30.8	For our listeners who are not familiar with you or your story, why don't you take one
1:33.7	minute and give us a little bit of context on your background?
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