As a Co-Founder of Bernal Capital Group, Albert is responsible for the overall leadership of the firm, strategy, acquisitions and fundraising. Albert has over nineteen years’ experience in real estate investment, development, appraisal, finance and brokerage throughout Southern California. Prior to co-founding BCG, Albert has been a managing partner of several firms focused on acquiring distressed residential real estate throughout the Southwest. Previously he worked in acquisitions and development with Trammel Crow Company, where he performed valuation, due-diligence, pre-development and asset management functions on office, residential, retail and industrial development projects from $25MM to $375MM in size. Prior to Trammel Crow Company, Albert worked as a real estate broker and appraiser for Sunbelt Realty Services and Option One Mortgage where he completed over 1,000 appraisals and reviews including hundreds of value add/flip properties. Albert holds a B.A in Economics from the University of California Irvine and a JD/M.B.A from the University of California Los Angeles.