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Neal Bawa is a technologist who is universally known in the real estate circles as the Mad Scientist of Multifamily. Besides being one of the most in-demand speakers in commercial real estate, Neal is a data guru, a process freak, and an outsourcing expert. Neal treats his $250+ million-dollar multifamily portfolio as an ongoing experiment in efficiency and optimization.

In this episode, we cover: Surprising behaviors that lead to increased consumer saving; trillions of dollars of additional income forced into the economy; the GDP forecast; how multifamily performed as an asset type despite the massive unemployment claims; cap Rate trends and forecast Is now still a good time to buy multifamily assets.

Neal Bawa is a technologist who is universally known in the real estate circles as the Mad Scientist of Multifamily. Besides being one of the most in-demand speakers in commercial real estate, Neal is a data guru, a process freak, and an outsourcing expert. The Mad Scientist lives by two mantras. His first mantra is that We can only manage what we can measure. His second mantra is that Data beats gut feel by a million miles. These mantras and a dozen other disruptive beliefs drive profit for his investors.

On this podcast episode, Neal discusses going into a market, building teams in new markets, how he acquired his first multifamily, starting Grocapitus using syndication for his deals, and the Multifamily University education program.

Join Duc Ong and Vince Gethings, as we chat with Neal Bawa about his experiences and the Grocapitus Investments data analytics system. Neal is known and acknowledged as The Mad Scientist of Multifamily, and you’ll surely know why in the episode! He also shares his data-driven strategies and tips in real estate that has helped many people achieve success in the industry!

We are joined in the lab by Neal Bawa, Data Scientist, Founder and CEO at Grocapitus Investments. Dubbed as the Mad Scientist of Real Estate, Neal’s success is attributed to his diverse portfolio of syndication and his slightly manic attitude when it comes to opportunities in real estate. He eventually found the opportunity to go into real estate full-time when his technology business sold but not before he changed the face of the business by custom-building 6 campuses in 11 years.

The pandemic has shaken economies around the world, flooding sectors with uncertainty as unemployment and trade lulls become commonplace. But if you can look beyond the chaos and madness, and focus on the data, you will see the incredible opportunities that lie ahead. Today’s guest is universally known in real estate circles as the Mad Scientist of Multifamily —Neal Bawa.

Have you ever tried to raise capital by going to an event but got kinda stuck when you were there and didn’t quite know what to say or how to pull people into your deal…? If this sounds like something you’ve experienced then this podcast episode will help you to improve the situation and find some new confidence.

Neal Bawa is CEO / Founder at Grocapitus, a commercial real estate investment company. Neal sources, negotiates and acquires Commercial properties across the U.S., for nearly 500 investors. Current portfolio over 2000 units, projected to be at 3000 units in 12 months.Neal also serves as CEO at MultifamilyU, an apartment investing Education Company. He speaks at events & meet-ups across the country. Nearly 5,000 students attend his multifamily webinar series each year and hundreds attend his Magic of Multifamily boot camps. Neal is the co-founder of the MultifamilyU Investing Meetup network, a group of investors that has over 4000 members.

Unless you have been living under a rock, you already know that COVID has disrupted every sector and every facet of our economy. As real estate investors and entrepreneurs, we have not been exempted from the impacts of COVID by any means and yet, there still remains a high degree of uncertainty as to what will happen as we begin to move into the post-COVID world, presumably.