Multi-family report

1333 S 9th St

6 bd · 3 ba · 3 stories · 2,711 sqft · RSA5 · built 1915

Absentee individual · assessed $466K · 3 licensed units. On the 1300 block of S 9th St.

Street view of 1333 S 9th St
From the street — imagery © Google
From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar

Property summary

What stands out

From the public record

What to do with this

The record, translated into moves — what a buyer, the owner, and a landlord would each want to check next under Philadelphia's actual rules.

If you’re buying

Built 1915: lead rules apply

Federal law requires a lead-paint disclosure at sale for any pre-1978 home. If it will be rented, Philadelphia also requires a lead-safe or lead-free certificate before a rental license can issue.

3 units in RSA5, a single-family district

The building's use almost certainly predates today's code — a "legal nonconforming" use. That status survives a sale but can lapse if the use is abandoned or the building sits vacant; verify the registered use with L&I before pricing it as 3 rents.

The last transfer was not a sale

The most recent recorded deed moved for nominal consideration. That is where tangled-title problems live — budget a real title search. (Occupants untangling an inherited deed can get help from the city's Tangled Title Fund.)

If you’re the landlord

Lead certificate is not optional

Built 1915: every rental unit needs a lead-safe or lead-free certificate on file with the City. Without one: fines up to $2,000/day per unit, tenants may withhold rent, courts can order rent refunded — and no eviction will stand.

Licensed rental — keep it that way

Renewal requires city tax clearance and zero open L&I violations on the property. A lapsed license suspends the right to collect rent or evict.

Derived from this house's public records and the city's rules as of 2026 (abatement ordinance, Homestead, rental licensing, lead certification, L&I process, excavation protections). Informational only — not legal, tax, or investment advice.

The investment read

How this building has moved and where it's pointed: the city's assessed value (not a listing price) over 12 years, charted against its block; appreciation is that history's pace, and the 5-year figure simply extends it. Yield estimates rent-vs-price from area rents. Ask the record to dig into any number.

Assessed value
$466K
built 1915
Price / sq ft
$172
block $259 · below block
Appreciation
+155%
+9%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$468K
+9%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$7K
1.4% effective
Gross yield
3.7%
≈$1K/mo rent
Times sold
0
licensed rental

Value vs. the block, over time — sales, permits & L&I events marked on the line

$0$500K$1.0MBefore this chart — 2011: Alteration 2014: Plumbing2023: Interior Non-Load-Bearing Wall Demo.2024: Appeal denied2025: Addition and/or Alteration 2025: Appeal withdrawn 2025: Rough-In2026: Addition and/or Alterations 2026: Addition and/or Alterations$466K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeZoningPermit

The paper trail

built new under a 2011 permit.

  1. 2011 AlterationPermit
  2. 2014 PlumbingPermit
  3. 2023 Interior Non-Load-Bearing Wall Demo.Permit
  4. 2024 Appeal deniedZoning
  5. 2025 Addition and/or AlterationPermitAppeal withdrawnZoningRough-InPermit
  6. 2026 Addition and/or AlterationsPermitAddition and/or AlterationsPermit

Flags: active rental license · 2 zoning/board appeals on record. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

The house, on paper

The city assessor's field record — the physical spec sheet behind the assessed number.

Bedrooms
6
Bathrooms
3
Stories
3
Interior
2,711 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,058 sqft
Basement
Full
city code D
Heat
Undetermined
city code H
Central air
No
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
Zoning
RSA5
city zoning code
Zoning appeals
2
withdrawn 2025

OPA field-assessment attributes. Condition and grade are the assessor's codes, not an inspection.

Run the numbers

What owning 1333 S 9th St takes, at your price and your rate. Taxes are this building's actual bill from the city record; rent starts at 3 licensed units × ~85% of the area's median unit rent — the whole building's income, not one unit's. Assessed value is not an asking price — set the price slider to the real one.

$466K
20%
6.875%
$4K/mo
Mortgage
P&I · 30-yr fixed
All-in monthly
+ taxes & insurance
Cash to close
down + ~4% costs
Cash flow
rent − all costs · /mo
Cap rate
NOI ÷ price
Cash-on-cash
year-1 return on cash in

Estimates for orientation, not advice. Assumes a 30-year fixed loan, $2,100/yr insurance, 1% of price/yr maintenance; taxes from this parcel's record.

Block context

1333 S 9th St sits on the 1300 block of S 9th St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

See the whole block →

Next door: 1331 S 9th St  ·  1335 S 9th St

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. Dossiers re-pull automatically — on view once they're a few weeks old, plus a nightly rolling sweep — and citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.

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