What's a realistic Pacific Heights (San Francisco) cap rate?
B-class SFR: 3.5-4.5%. Small-multifamily: 4.0-5.5%. Anything claiming 7%+ in Pacific Heights (San Francisco) is either C-class neighborhood or pro-forma fiction.
For Pacific Heights (San Francisco) investors
Roger Grubb specializes in Bay Area small-multifamily and SFR-rental underwriting. He has closed Richmond duplexes, Concord triplexes, and Oakland 4-unit properties. He underwrites on actual rents and actual carrying costs — not Zillow estimates. (510) 504-0402.
Pacific Heights (San Francisco) stats: median $3,950,000 · $1519/sqft · 18 DOM.
Why Pacific Heights (San Francisco) for investors
SF's premier residential neighborhood. Hilltop Victorians, Lyon Street steps, Fillmore + Sacramento Street shopping. Quiet, refined, old wealth.
Roger\'s read: Presidio Heights (adjacent) trades at slightly lower premium. Cow Hollow (south slope) is more lifestyle-oriented. The north slope (Broadway, Pacific) has the view homes.
B-class SFR: 3.5-4.5%. Small-multifamily: 4.0-5.5%. Anything claiming 7%+ in Pacific Heights (San Francisco) is either C-class neighborhood or pro-forma fiction.
Year 1 typically no. The math works on 5+ year holds with rent growth + appreciation + principal paydown.
Yes. Roger works with two qualified intermediaries and has hit 45-day identification windows under tight conditions.
Roger's 18-year East Bay + Peninsula network surfaces 1-in-4 deals before they hit MLS. Investors avoid bidding wars there.
Roger answers his own phone. (510) 504-0402.