How a Tech Co-Owner Invested in Real Estate on the Side for 14 Years Then Went Full Time — With Neal Bawa

About this episode

Neal Bawa shares his journey from tech co-owner to full-time real estate investor, leveraging AI and data science to manage a large portfolio.

Neal Bawa was paying nearly 50% of his tech salary in taxes. So he got into real estate to save them. Then he got addicted to it. Today he manages a $600M+ portfolio with 1,300 accredited investors — using data science and AI where most operators rely on gut instinct. Neal Bawa | Multifamily U --- How He Built a Portfolio While Running a Tech Company Neal ran a tech and healthcare company for 14 years while investing on the side. He discovered depreciation in 2003 building a campus for his business, bought a dozen brand new homes for $90,000 each during the 2008 crash, then went full time into multifamily when his company sold in 2013. --- How He Uses AI to Run His Business Every employee spends 30 to 60 minutes daily on AI and presents new tools weekly in a session called Sparkle. Over 400 custom GPT tools built — rent comps, T12 analysis, neighborhood scoring, and more. AI gets you 50 to 70 percent of the way there. --- Where the Market Cycle Stands Right Now Cap rates peaked and fell slowly throughout 2025 — prices are rising. Neal's framework: 2023 to 2025 were the three years of pain. 2026 is the gap year. 2027 is when it gets exciting — supply will be scarce and rents will…

People in this episode

Host: Eric Lindsey

Guest: Neal Bawa

Topics covered

• real estate investment
• AI in real estate
• market cycles
• multifamily investing
• tax strategies
• side hustles

Keywords

• real estate
• investment
• AI
• multifamily
• tax savings
• portfolio management
• market trends

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Organizations: Multifamily U, AI

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