Apartment hunter for expatriates looking for a rental investment
Discover a search conducted quickly by Gaëlle Loheac, our hunter specialized in Paris. Expatriated and living in Germany, Agathe and Félix are looking to make a new financial investment. To successfully complete this rental investment project, they rely entirely on the good care of our real estate hunter, who will be able to take up the challenge magnificently in... 12 days! Special apartment hunter
What is Agathe and Félix's real estate project?
Agathe, Félix and their children have been living in Germany for a few years and have no immediate plans to return to France. However, they want to make a financial investment in the capital. Already owners of a studio in the 10th arrondissement, they would like to invest in a new property, in order to then be able to rent it.
Why do they entrust this search to an apartment hunter?
Beyond the fact that they are not on site, Agathe and Félix have absolutely no time to carry out this research. And that, even if Agathe is regularly required to make business trips to Paris.
How did they find out about the HOME SELECT hunter network?
Agathe and Félix naturally chose the HOME SELECT network, because it was recommended to them by friends.
Where did they want to invest?
On the phone, Agathe, Félix and Gaëlle draw up the search criteria together: the couple wants to exclusively buy in the nice corners of the 10th, 11th, 14th, 14th, 15th and 17th districts.
In terms of the property, they were looking for a studio with a minimum surface area of 20 m², located in a small condominium that was both healthy and without major work planned in the short term. They excluded ground floor properties, and service rooms.
After recalling how HOME SELECT works, Agathe and Félix sign the search mandate and send it back to Gaëlle by email, so that she can begin her investigations.
How did Gaëlle find out?
With each interesting announcement, Gaëlle sends the property sheet to Félix and Agathe to get their impression, but she quickly detects an apartment that stands out from the crowd!
With the market for small retailers being extremely tense in Paris, she immediately picked up her phone to block a visit. Only then, she sends the product sheet to her customers to get them to validate their interest in the property and coordinate their agendas for an after-visit debrief. Indeed, if the apartment is good, you will have to position yourself very quickly...
What were the strengths of the studio?
Located in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, the studio - convertible (if desired) into 2 rooms - is on the 4th floor of a well-maintained building overlooking the courtyard, composed of 2 apartments per floor. As it is a main residence, the owner has taken care of the work, offering a first-class property, with a cellar (rare for small areas).
How did Agathe and Félix react?
After the visit, Gaëlle sent her photos and videos to Agathe and Félix. In the evening, they wrote an offer at the price, with a suspensive credit condition. Even if our hunter immediately sent it to the agency responsible for the sale, it was not sure that it was enough, because there were several offers at the price, during the day of visits...
But Gaëlle's tenacity was finally rewarded: on the phone with the agency, she insisted on the motivation of her customers, on the fact that they would obviously quickly come and see the apartment if their offer was accepted. A relentlessness that resulted in a countersigned offer 2 days later...
Agathe therefore came to see him before the signing of the promise of sale, to definitively validate her choice. Note that she also came back later to see it empty and better visualize herself.
Did the couple have to have work done before renting it?
The previous owner was extremely careful, the studio could be rented quickly after a little paint job...
“We are the eyes of expatriates...”
In the context of research, the role of the real estate hunter is to be the eyes of buyers. It is therefore a question of highlighting the advantages of the goods presented, but also, and above all, the small flaws, to avoid unpleasant surprises. For example, for this property, there was a certain opposite highlighted in the video presented to the customer.
“What a follow-up!! ”
Agathe and Félix were amazed by the speed with which Gaëlle found the property they were looking for: 12 days after signing the mandate, they wrote their offer. In addition, they also greatly appreciated his follow-up — especially in terms of reminders from the agency and the notary.
