Founder, CEO and Chairman of Fairway America and Verivest. Seasoned real estate executive, Chief Investment Officer, and fund manager who started and managed eleven (11) real estate asset based Reg D pooled investment funds over more than 22 years. Discretionary underwriter/approval authority on thousands of real estate asset based investments with total asset value in the billions, including pooled investment funds, real estate secured loans (newly originated and discounted acquisitions), syndications, participations, GP and LP equity interests, and more.
Real estate asset-based 506 Regulation D pooled investment fund expert. Has played lead role in advising on the architecture and creation of hundreds of discretionary pooled funds for hundreds of sponsors/lenders/managers across multiple real estate strategies and asset types including debt, equity, GP co-invest, multifamily, office, industrial, retail, self-storage, hospitality, residential, construction, value-add, mortgage pools, distressed debt acquisition, tax lien certificates, SFR fix-n-flip, B2R, and more. Author of "Capital Attraction: The Small Balance Real Estate Entrepreneur's Essential Guide to Raising Capital".
Joe Fairless is the Co-founder of Ashcroft Capital which has over $2.7B of assets under management. In addition to his work with Ashcroft Capital, Joe created the podcast, Best Real Estate Investing Advice Ever Show, which is the longest running daily real estate podcast in the world. Joe is also a proud Member of the Texas Tech Alumni Advisor Board for the College of Media and Communication, as well as being recognized as Outstanding Alumni at Texas Tech University, where he is a former Adjunct Professor. Joe is currently a Junior Achievement Board Member and Volunteer for the Cincinnati chapter and has been recognized by the Junior Achievement’s Free Enterprise Society. Joe volunteers at Crossroads Hospice and in 2018 he was recognized as Multifamily Investor of the Year by Think Realty Magazine.
Ash has been a full-time Commercial Real Estate Investor for almost 15 years. This was after a 15-year corporate career. He is a value-add investor and has purchased and/or developed retail, warehouse, flex, office, industrial, land, mixed-use, medical, restaurants, etc. From vacant buildings to fully leased NNN properties, the consistent theme is extraordinary returns. He is a hands-on property manager and also teaches others how to invest in non-residential commercial property through his Mastermind at Invest Beyond Multifamily. Ash is a champion of CRE and helping others. He has spoken on numerous stages and to this day still takes the time to educate others.
Dan Handford is one of the managing partners of PassiveInvesting.com which is a leading private equity real estate firm with $1.4B+ in assets under management. PassiveInvesting.com acquires multifamily, express car washes, self-storage, and hotel assets in high growth markets across the USA to provide solid, consistent returns to passive investors. They also have a real estate debt fund that placed $104mil+ in loans in 2023 to rehabbers/fix-n-flippers. Dan is the founder of the Multifamily Investor Nation and Storage Investor Nation which hosts events throughout the year to over 60,000+ investors globally and a top ranked podcast. You can connect with Dan by going to www.linkwithdan.com and connecting with him on LinkedIn.
Veena Jetti (VEE-nuh JEH-tee) is the founding partner of Vive Funds, a unique commercial real estate firm that specializes in curating conservative opportunities for investors. Veena brings a dynamic perspective to targeting, acquiring, managing, and operating assets using best practices combined with cutting edge technologies. Veena also leads a Facebook Community called Masterning Multifamily with Veena Jetti.
After graduating from the University of Illinois at Chicago with a degree in Finance at 20 years old, she pursued her passion for real estate. Veena has over a decade of real estate experience and over $1B+ in multifamily transactions in her own portfolio.
Veena is also a passionate philanthropist. In 2017, she was one of three women to receive the Politico Woman of the Year award for the significant amount of time and focus she spent on aiding in a grassroots Hurricane Harvey disaster response.
When it comes to building a successful real estate fund, fund managers choose Verivest for its all-in-one platform that seamlessly guides them through the three crucial stages: setting up, launching, and administering their funds.
Learn more
