163. Geeking on Market Trends Today and Future Projections with Neal Bawa Passive Income Unlocked

Neal Bawa is a technologist who is universally known in 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 $508 million-dollar portfolio as an ongoing experiment in efficiency and optimization. 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 440+ investors.
Neal serves as CEO / Founder at Grocapitus, an iconic, data-driven commercial real estate investment company. Grocapitus’ 28 person team acquires and builds multifamily & commercial properties across the U.S. With more than 440 active investors and over 2,000 reviewing our projects, the Grocapitus portfolio currently spans across 10 states with 22 projects (1 sold) and 3,300 units/beds. The powerful Grocapitus brand has a cult-like following of data driven investors. The result - Completed equity raises of $146 million* for Multifamily, Mixed-Use and Industrial acquisitions in the last 18 months, over 3,000 units purchased. Grocapitus is on track to close another 1,500 units in the next 12 months.
Let’s dive into his story!



[00:01 - 17:49] Opening Segment
Neal the Tech Geek He shares what he is ‘nerding’ about and why it matters Neal shares about his projections currently What half-a-cap means 2022: Slight Cap compression  Don’t miss: Neal’s exclusive big three projections How about the other asset classes?  
[17:50 - 33:17] The Big Trend this 2022
The top 9 trends are all the same Why this is gigantic thing Cryptocurrency surpassed borders Imagine if you can take Real Estate and combine it with crypto. . . Successfully tokenizing assets Nothing like this ever hit the market before The two big changes coming to the syndication world It is devastating for the syndicator in the long run Neal mentions big companies  
[33:18 - 38:08] Bill to Rent 
The new asset class What’s the buzz? Same same, but different.. (with multifamily) Towards tokenizing Why people choose this instead of buying  
[38:09 - 42:35] The Bad News
Real Estate is a liquid asset class Tokenization: most successful, more audience This time will really come. Enjoy the party!  
[42:36 - 45:45] Closing Segment 
Final Words Connect with my guest, Neal, in the links below  
 
Tweetable Quotes
 
"We follow the data everywhere.” - Neal Bawa
 
"The amount of money that we printed in COVID is such an enormous amount that it is creating an astonishing chase for any kind of yield with multifamily being the preferred asset class, because it performed the best during COVID.” - Neal Bawa
 
"That’s the power of buzz; everything goes up.” - Neal Bawa
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Connect with Neal:
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Shoot him an email: neal@grocapitus.com




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