LOCATION MAGIC - Best Cities for Real Estate Investing

Hands-On Workshop: The ultimate data-driven system for finding the be finding the best cities for real estate investing

Created byNeal Bawa

Last updated 2/2025

English

What you'll learn

Your guide to confidently picking the best cities for real estate investing.
Learn to analyze key metrics and pick areas with fast growing markets.
Learn how to calculate how much single-family home growth has happened in any city.
Neal shows you where to find the data, and how to figure out if crime has been decreasing in a city, and by how much.

Course content

4 sections • 15 lectures • 56m total length

Hello, Workshop. Tell me about yourself.2:16
Let's learn about Neal Bawa's very bumpy real estate journey2:02
Neal's known for his what-you-see-is-what-you-get reputation, and he shares his bumpy ride.
Before we shift into gear, a quick heads up1:02
Neal's lawyer is just as much of a stickler as yours is, so here's our disclaimer.

Focus 1: How much population growth is enough?7:24
Focus 2: Median household income holds the key to home prices4:08
How much income growth should you expect from a city with strong real estate growth prospects? Neal gives you his proven metrics and shows you exactly where to find free data to calculate the income growth of almost any city in the US.
Focus 3: Median house or condo value growth drives your wealth2:40
Neal talks about a metric he looks at when finding cities that are going to be good at protecting your investment against recession. Learn how to calculate how much single-family home growth has happened in any city. You’ll find out where to find the free data and exactly how to use it to make great investment decisions.
Focus 4: Learn how change in crime rates effects real estate prices5:32
Most people think that crime in the US is increasing, but that’s actually just a story told by the media and not supported by data. Crime levels are actually decreasing. When analyzing a city for real estate investing, you want to find data that shows that crime levels are below a certain level, and that they have been historically decreasing. Neal shows you where to find the data, and how to figure out if crime has been decreasing in a city, and by how much.
Focus 5: Learn how to calculated job growth for any city12:20
Job growth is a strong indicator of real estate growth. This year, the job growth data is unique because of the incredible number of jobs added to the market during the pandemic. Neal you the free data source and the metrics to look for cover the coming months and later once the job market normalizes. Then, Neal warns about some markets that appear to have strong growth, but which investors should be very wary of. Lastly, he tells you about some of his favorite markets to invest in over the coming year.
Resources - Location Magic RealFocus system Spreadsheet and Instructions0:08
Lab Assignment - Compare 3 powerful U.S. cities using the RealFocus System

Incredible Bonus 1: 10x Your Business With My Foolproof Virtual Assistant System1:13
Give yourself the gift of time and effortless scaling. Join me for this life-changing presentation, I guarantee your business will never be the same.
Incredible Bonus 2: The Destructive Impact of Climate Change on Real Estate1:15
This conversation is relevant to everybody. No matter what you personally think about climate change, the information Neal is covering is information that will impact your investments. Don’t skip this no-holds-barred presentation on the issues real estate investors are already dealing with.
Incredible Bonus 3: 10 Massive, Unstoppable Game-Changers Disrupting Real Estate1:27
Just when the market looked like it may be settling into a normalized rhythm, some new players are showing up. Real estate tokenization is poised to change the face of real estate investing forever. Find out how the new shakers and movers will impact the marketplace.
Incredible Bonus 4: Multifamily Fundamentals0:46
Learn more about the realities facing the US housing market now and in the next few decades, and other personal stories and lessons directly from Neal, all of which he’s learned investing in multifamily properties across the United States.

Requirements

Just an Internet browser and some curiosity

Description

But there was a better way. What if you could use simple, free data to analyze real estate? Sounds pretty great, right? Well, believe it or not, you can do all of that and more with the help of Neal Bawa’s Location Magic System.

It’s time to start investing smarter and become confident in your decision-making.

Join the Mad Scientist of Multifamily, Neal Bawa, as performs a series of data-driven web demos to show you how to turn simple data into powerful metrics that will turn you into an expert on ANY CITY in the U.S. in just 60 minutes flat. Neal will take you on a fascinating and eye-opening map-driven journey through the U.S. where you will learn how to use critical metrics like household income, crime rates, and unemployment levels to select the best and worst-performing cities.

Neal breaks down his method in easy to digest, step-by-step format that anyone can follow.

By the end of the workshop, you will be able to pull up any city in the U.S., and confidently analyze key metrics to decipher if it’s a profitable area to invest. Neal is giving you the secret recipe to Grocaptitus’ $660 million portfolio! All demos are performed using free data and tools that you can access without a subscription.

Armed with this powerful knowledge, you will be able to accurately identify hot and emerging real estate markets and avoid wasting your time and money in flat or declining markets! With the country’s market facing a recession, there’s never been a more important time to learn how to select high-performing investments.

Here is what others say about Neal Bawa's training:

Peter B - 5 stars - "Neal's presentations are fantastic, always extremely informative, detailed and well organized. He is always happy to share his knowledge and great tips with group members and this is very helpful."

Carlos Molina - 5 stars - "Neal's presentation was filled with invaluable information that is not readily available to the average investor. Many many hours of research must have gone into this presentation! Thank you guys for sharing it with me!!”

Who This Course is For:

New and experienced real estate investors
Experienced residential and/or commercial real estate investors
People that want to invest in rental properties, apartments, or house flipping
Excellent for private investors and investment teams
Real estate agents who work with investors
Anyone who wants to find hot markets for Airbnb

Who this course is for:

Single family and multifamily real estate investors who are interested in learning a step-by-step approach to discover the best cities in the U.S. for real estate investment.

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Meet your instructor and learn about this workshop3 lectures • 5min

RealFocus System - Which U.S. cities are the best (and the worst)?6 lectures • 32min

Advanced Techniques - Path of Progress & Multifamily (Apartment) Growth Metrics2 lectures • 10min

Bonus Lecture4 lectures • 5min

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