The GCA Equity Partners management team includes experienced real estate developers, lenders, and loan and fund servicers. Our team members enable GCA to make investments in premier real estate projects around the country.
Thomas P. Braegelmann, CEO of GCA Equity Partners; is an accomplished entrepreneur, fund manager and private lending mentor offering a wealth of experience and knowledge gained during his 30+ year career in real estate investing, commercial construction, land development and private lending.
As a Certified Fund Manager and founder of GCA, Tom is no stranger to thinking outside the box and has earned a reputation as a thought leader in his industry. Through careful investment analysis and strong focus on safety, as well as the development of the unique National Construction Lending Alliance™ program, Tom and partners have shown a consistent track record of delivering double digit returns to their investors on short-term, passive real estate investments.
With Tom’s leadership, and through the development of the National Construction Lending Alliance™ program, GCA participated in the funding of more than $100 million in real estate transactions nationwide in under 18 months.
As a native of Central Minnesota, Tom previously served as owner and CEO of a private real estate investment company, with a portfolio comprised of several hundred multi-family apartment units, residential and commercial complexes, and single-family homes.
With a passion for facilitating and teaching collaborative real estate investing, Tom donates his time and serves as a well-respected, highly sought after mentor and teacher for a group of more than 400 passive real estate investors around the country. He also founded and hosts a monthly REIA/Private Investment club with over 1600 members in the San Francisco Bay area. Tom is committed to giving back to the community and building sustainable cash flow for passive real estate investors.
Chuck has 23 years of experience as a high-technology executive, having served in a variety of engineering and marketing management roles. Over the last twenty years he has been investing in various real estate projects, including owning investment property directly and through various real investment funds. This approach has allowed him to develop a strong sense of what investors are looking for and how best to deliver it.
He has a passion for helping investors achieve their financial goals through careful selection of the right investments, and in particular for helping people optimize returns for their own retirement accounts.
Chuck holds a degree in electrical engineering from the University of California, Davis. During his high-tech career he served in various technical and management roles at Altera Corporation, Aptix, Inc., QuickLogic Corporation and Xilinx, Inc.