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Baptiste Pichon
Rental Property Investor from San Francisco, CA

posted about 1 year ago

Hi everyone!

Super excited to be moving to the USA, in San Francisco, CA with my wife and daughter.

I'm currently living in Dublin, Ireland - been living there for the last 3 years, acquired 1 property. (2bed apartment)

I grew up in France, have 1 property over there as well. (3bed house)

I started my real estate journey 4 years ago when I bought a house in France, I was supposed to live in it but decided to move to Ireland so we ended up renting it out. The ROI on this property isn't great because it wasn't a rental investment in the first place, but ended up renting it as it was more interesting than selling it.

We then bought a property in Dublin, Ireland - 2bed apartment that we will rent out when we'll live to the USA. This time we bought, refurbished, with in mind that we'd be renting it out at some stage, so the ROI is positive!

I like buying, refurbishing and then renting it out, that's what we do best with my wife and we actually like it.

I'd like to continue on this path in the Bay Area and will start looking at investing as soon as I arrive in January, most likely in the East Bay as I'll be working in San Francisco and my wife too!

I'm looking forward to connecting with people on the forum and in the bay area!

Baptiste

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Anthoney Hanks
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replied about 1 year ago

Welcome to BiggerPockets! Truly nice to meet you. Good luck going forward!! 😁 Hope the best for you!! Sounds like you need to be teaching some classes. Hope the best for you in the Bay Area.

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Baptiste Pichon
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Originally posted by @Anthoney Hanks :

Welcome to BiggerPockets! Truly nice to meet you. Good luck going forward!! 😁 Hope the best for you!! Sounds like you need to be teaching some classes. Hope the best for you in the Bay Area.

Thanks a lot Anthoney! What do you mean by " Sounds like you need to be teaching some classes" ?

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Anthoney Hanks
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replied about 1 year ago

@Baptiste Pichon Just saying you have some rental properties. You have been through some of the process. Plus, these properties are in Europe so you can help others with that aspect. Good luck!! Share your knowledge!!

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Baptiste Pichon
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Originally posted by @Anthoney Hanks :

@Baptiste PichonJust saying you have some rental properties. You have been through some of the process. Plus, these properties are in Europe so you can help others with that aspect. Good luck!! Share your knowledge!!

Ah cheers, I will indeed!

 

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Baptiste Pichon
Rental Property Investor from San Francisco, CA

replied about 1 year ago

Just adding here that I'm looking to connect with people in the bay area to share & learn, would also love to get your POV on the bay area market and where it's heading. As i'll arrive in the bay area I'll first be looking at buying my own place then looking directly in rental investments. Also looking for partners to leverage & combine knowledge and skills!

Cheers all

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Brian Garlington
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replied about 1 year ago

Welcome to the Bay Area! We also have a Dublin out here about 30 miles East of San Francisco :-)

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Terry Lao
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Be prepared for price, culture, and traffic shock!

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Sean Pan
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replied about 1 year ago

Hi @Baptiste Pichon , welcome to the US! The East Bay has a lot of potential, I know a lot of people buying properties in Oakland and Hayward as buy and hold rentals. Of course, there are also a score of people who are making 7 figures a year flipping homes in the area. There's a lot of opportunity here! Join a few of the amazing meetup groups in the area and expand your network! 

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Baptiste Pichon
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Originally posted by @Brian Garlington :

Welcome to the Bay Area! We also have a Dublin out here about 30 miles East of San Francisco :-)

 Yeah I know, will prob move from Dublin to Dublin :)

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Baptiste Pichon
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Be prepared for price, culture, and traffic shock!

 Oh yeah I'm aware of this, looking forward though!

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Baptiste Pichon
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Originally posted by @Sean Pan :

Hi @Baptiste Pichon, welcome to the US! The East Bay has a lot of potential, I know a lot of people buying properties in Oakland and Hayward as buy and hold rentals. Of course, there are also a score of people who are making 7 figures a year flipping homes in the area. There's a lot of opportunity here! Join a few of the amazing meetup groups in the area and expand your network! 

 Hey Sean, thanks a lot for your message, will be looking at buy & hold as a more passive and long term strategy. Would you have meetup links to recommend me? Or any specific persons I could meet? Cheers!

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Sean Pan
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replied about 1 year ago

Happy Thanksgiving @Baptiste Pichon ! I think BiggerPockets has a rule against posting links directly in the forums. You can go to "Meetup . com" to look for local real estate groups. My friend @Brenda Chen hosts an amazing group in SF twice a month. You can also go to the "Network" tab at the top of the page and click on "Events" to see any events near you. Let me know if you have any questions!

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Baptiste Pichon
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Originally posted by @Sean Pan :

Happy Thanksgiving @Baptiste Pichon! I think BiggerPockets has a rule against posting links directly in the forums. You can go to "Meetup . com" to look for local real estate groups. My friend @Brenda Chen hosts an amazing group in SF twice a month. You can also go to the "Network" tab at the top of the page and click on "Events" to see any events near you. Let me know if you have any questions!

Cool thanks Sean, I will! 

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James Wise
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replied about 1 year ago
Originally posted by @Baptiste Pichon :

Hi everyone!

Super excited to be moving to the USA, in San Francisco, CA with my wife and daughter.

I'm currently living in Dublin, Ireland - been living there for the last 3 years, acquired 1 property. (2bed apartment)

I grew up in France, have 1 property over there as well. (3bed house)

I started my real estate journey 4 years ago when I bought a house in France, I was supposed to live in it but decided to move to Ireland so we ended up renting it out. The ROI on this property isn't great because it wasn't a rental investment in the first place, but ended up renting it as it was more interesting than selling it.

We then bought a property in Dublin, Ireland - 2bed apartment that we will rent out when we'll live to the USA. This time we bought, refurbished, with in mind that we'd be renting it out at some stage, so the ROI is positive!

I like buying, refurbishing and then renting it out, that's what we do best with my wife and we actually like it.

I'd like to continue on this path in the Bay Area and will start looking at investing as soon as I arrive in January, most likely in the East Bay as I'll be working in San Francisco and my wife too!

I'm looking forward to connecting with people on the forum and in the bay area!

Baptiste

 Welcome to the site Baptiste.

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Baptiste Pichon
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@James Wise

Thanks James!

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Brenda Chen
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replied about 1 year ago

Thanks for the mention, @Sean Pan !!! Hope you can make it to our meetups, @Baptiste Pichon !!

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Chris Gouveia
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Welcome @Baptiste Pichon , from another fellow newb on BP in the Bay Area. 

Challenge of the East/South bay is the price of entry and number of players makes it challenging to spot opportunities. Prices seem to be pretty maxed out in most markets anecdotally at this time. Sounds like you've got plenty of experience, best of luck!

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Baptiste Pichon
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Originally posted by @Brenda Chen :

Thanks for the mention, @Sean Pan !!! Hope you can make it to our meetups, @Baptiste Pichon!!

Sure thing, I'll look them up early next year and will most certainly attend one!

 

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Baptiste Pichon
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Originally posted by @Chris Gouveia :

Welcome @Baptiste Pichon, from another fellow newb on BP in the Bay Area. 

Challenge of the East/South bay is the price of entry and number of players makes it challenging to spot opportunities. Prices seem to be pretty maxed out in most markets anecdotally at this time. Sounds like you've got plenty of experience, best of luck!

Thanks a lot Chris for your message and sharing your point of view. Looking forward to see how the market really is and how it evolves in the next year or so, time for me to start building credit score and analyse properties to invest most likely in 2021. Also considering house hacking at this stage, can't wait! 

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@Baptiste Pichon best of luck!

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