Brian Nelson
President & Founder
In April 2018, Brian Nelson founded NB Private Capital, a student housing investment company that focuses on securing properties that have stable occupancy near the historical dependability of a university. The goal of NB Private Capital is to leverage Brian’s extensive experience in student housing to create a more investor-centric firm that places greater emphasis on property performance, investor communication, and long-term relationships.
In its inaugural year, NB Private Capital acquired greater than $200 million in student housing assets while averaging a 97 percent occupancy on all DST assets. NB Private Capital was one of the first to introduce a 24/7 accessible investment app and monthly reporting. Brian’s extensive experience started in 2007 when he co-founded Nelson Brothers Professional Real
Estate (NBPRE). Brian led the sales and marketing efforts at NBPRE. Despite starting a firm with a minimal track record, minimal investor base, few resources and only four employees at the beginning of a deep recession, Brian helped build NBPRE into one of the 20 largest student housing ownership groups in the country, closing over $1 billion in assets with over 1800 clients, and building the firm to over 200 employees. In 2017, Nelson Brothers was recognized by Inc. 500 as the 129 th fastest growing company in the U.S. and the 4 th fastest growing in the real estate industry.
In 2011, Brian authored “13 Keys” to effective, long-term student housing acquisition. The “keys” serve NB Private Capital as a disciplined buying model targeting low-expense, tax shelter friendly assets believed to be well-positioned within walking distance to growing universities with substantive barriers to entry.
Inspired by Brian’s acquisition model, NB Private Capital and NBPRE have gone full cycle on projects involving nine student housing properties with an average total return exceeding 50 percent. Brian worked as a product marketing manager for VERITAS and Symantec Software (NASDAQ:SYMC) where he specialized in marketing strategy, business development, and product positioning for several software products totaling well over $50 million in annual sales. He has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Utah and a Master of Business Administration from Brigham Young University. He holds Series 7 and 63 registrations.
Phone: 1 (949) 540-9107
Cell Phone: (949) 357-9322
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