Will Beaubien

Will Beaubien is a California-based real-estate investor and entrepreneur. He earned a BA in Communications (with a business/marketing communication concentration) from Sonoma State University in the mid-1990s. His entrepreneurial career began in the Napa and Sonoma wine country, where he founded and ran two hospitality businesses — Beau Limousine Service and Beau Wine Tours, a boutique wine-country tour company — before selling both operations in 2003 to move into real estate.

After exiting his hospitality ventures, Beaubien joined the brokerage world, working as an investment broker at Marcus & Millichap (roughly 2003–2005), one of the largest U.S. commercial real-estate investment brokerages. Around 2005 he launched Beaubien Investment Group, which he describes as "a Private Equity Investment and advisory firm of real estate dependent assets nationwide," structured to act on opportunities in any U.S. market.

Today he is based in Truckee, California, near Lake Tahoe, operating under the Basecamp Properties banner as a principal/broker (California DRE license #01437084). His work centers on identifying and developing commercial property — office, industrial, retail, and net-lease assets such as gas stations and convenience stores. An avid outdoorsman (skiing, mountain biking, climbing, and triathlon), he frames his career motivation personally, writing that he does this "so I can ski and bike in the mountains with my little boy."

• Invests directly in real-estate-dependent assets nationwide, not startup equity — office, industrial, retail, gas stations, and convenience stores.
• Targets deals of $1M and up, with no fixed ceiling, focused on value creation through acquisition, development, and management.
• States the firm emphasizes "identification of unique investment opportunities, maximizing long-term value while minimizing downside risk."
• Aligns interests with investors by having principals co-invest capital in each acquisition; represents internationally based high-net-worth individuals.
• Maintains acquisition associates and project managers across multiple markets to move quickly on opportunities.