Neal L. Gussis  Principal

Neal joined Beacon Realty Capital in 2000 as a senior vice president and became a principal in 2003.  He directs Beacon's self-storage origination team, secures debt on all types of commercial property for clients nationwide, and serves as Beacon’s primary contact in our strategic alliance with Storage Investment Advisors. 

Neal delivers 20 years of diversified financing and lending experience to Beacon clients, as well as a background in corporate and asset management, asset valuation, mortgage-backed securities bond distribution and public accounting.  He began his career as a public accountant at Altschuler, Melvoin and Glasser, and then became a founder and principal of First Security Commercial Mortgage, a Chicago-based CMBS lender, before joining Beacon. 

Neal is a frequent speaker at self-storage industry events, participant in national and state self-storage trade associations, active member of the Mortgage Bankers Association, and contributing author on real estate financing topics for regional and national publications.  He was also appointed as a member of the national Self Storage Association Vendor Committee for 2007. A certified public accountant, he received a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Indiana University.