Neal Bawa, the founder of Grocapitus, has built an immense empire of 3,000 units with nearly 40,000 students studying his data-driven approach. In today’s episode, Neal dives into the key advantages and disadvantages of investing in Chicago compared to other major metros. He also provides his thoughts on opportunity zones, including the major benefits of OZs and why some are destined to fail. Being centered on data, he gives a deep dive into economic factors influencing Chicago, the individual investor, and the real estate market as a whole. Lastly, Neal explains how “churn” is the hidden expense you need to be accounting for.
Show Notes What Anna does at her company – 1:41 What is Grocapitus? – 2:34 The power of data – 5:20 Empowering advisors with information – 7:06 The value of your home – 10:59 The numbers tell a story – 15:01 Looking at population...
Anna Myers is an absolute rockstar in the multi-family space. Anna Myers serves as Vice President at Grocapitus, a commercial real estate investment company in the San Francisco Bay Area. Anna is a third-generation commercial real estate entrepreneur who applies her...
Neal Bawa, Founder and CEO, Grocapitus My guest today has managed to convert a successful career in tech to one in commercial real estate investing. As Neal says, he ‘doesn’t run a real estate company that uses tech, he runs a tech company that is in the...
As Neal says, he doesn’t run a real estate company that uses tech — he runs a tech company that is in the real estate business, and there is a lot to be learned from this perspective.
Politics aside, the cities that are recovering faster from the economic shock of the COVID-19 pandemic are the ones that were fundamentally sound before the crisis and the ones who have made the difficult decision to essentially trade lives for economic stability.
