"We put together this…tailored experience for our tenants that you can’t get in other places." - Nate Helbach
Takeaways
- Nate emphasizes the importance of alternative investments for diversification.
- Neutral focuses on building purpose-built, differentiated housing that prioritizes sustainability, health, and wellness.
- The current macroeconomic landscape is complex, with tariffs impacting material costs and inflation concerns.
- Nate predicts a significant undersupply of real estate in the coming years due to paused developments.
- Nate highlights the importance of understanding both macro and microeconomic factors in real estate investing.
Nate Helbach is the founder and chief executive officer of Neutral. While studying finance and sustainability at Harvard Extension School, Nate developed the framework of what is now Neutral, which redefines conventional development strategies and mitigates the harmful effects of the built environment on our ecosystem. Nate founded Neutral based on this thesis in 2020 and continuously seeks to evolve and innovate new sustainable and regenerative development methods to rejuvenate our built environment. He leads financing, capital markets, accounting, investments, product development, and construction oversight of the company's low-, mid-, and high-rise developments.
