House report

1735 Belfield Ave

4 bd · 3 ba · 3 stories · 1,920 sqft · RM1 · built 2012

Investor / LLC · assessed $280K. On the 1700 block of Belfield Ave.

Street view of 1735 Belfield Ave
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

The tax bill is temporary

Today's $0/yr reflects a 10-year abatement. It jumps to about $3,912/yr by 2026 — $3,912/yr more. Price the full bill, not the current one.

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 own it

1 open violation: the clock matters

L&I appeals must be filed within 30 days — just 6 days if a property is designated UNSAFE or IMMINENTLY DANGEROUS. Left unresolved, the city can do the work itself, bill the owner (routinely $50,000+ on a rowhouse), lien the property, and add court fines of $300+/day.

If you’re the landlord

No active rental license on file

If this property is rented, Philadelphia requires a Rental License (via eCLIPSE) — without it a landlord cannot legally collect rent or evict, and tenants can withhold. Licensing needs tax clearance and no open violations.

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.

Who's behind it

Raise Of Hope INC · corporate / LLC owner

• Owns 4 properties across Philadelphia under this name, assessed at $911K combined
• Tax bills mail to 5219 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia PA, 19144

The investment read

How this house 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
$280K
built 2012
Price / sq ft
$146
block $87 · above block
Appreciation
+136%
+8%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$281K
+8%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
Gross yield
-2862254%
≈$-667M/mo rent
Times sold
0

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

$0$250K$500KBefore this chart — 2010: Inspection passed 2011: 2 L&I violations 2011: Zoning/use 2012: New construction 2012: Plumbing 2012: Electrical 2012: New construction 2012: Electrical2023: L&I violation 2023: L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed2026: L&I violation 2026: Inspection failed ×2$280K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeL&I violationPermit

The paper trail

built new under a 2011 permit (tax-abated).

  1. 2010 Inspection passedL&I visit
  2. 2011 2 L&I violationsL&IZoning/usePermit
  3. 2012 New constructionPermitPlumbingPermitElectricalPermitNew constructionPermitElectricalPermit
  4. 2023 L&I violationL&IL&I: 2 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
  5. 2026 L&I violationL&IInspection failed ×2L&I visit

Flags: tax-abated — the bill lags real value · 1 open L&I violation. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

The abatement clock

This house pays about $0/yr under a 10-year tax abatement. By 2026 the bill reaches its full ~$3,912/yr — a step up of $3,912/yr. Drag the slider.

2016: ~$0/yr2017: ~$0/yr2018: ~$0/yr2019: ~$0/yr2020: ~$0/yr2021: ~$0/yr2022: ~$0/yr2023: ~$0/yr2024: ~$0/yr2025: ~$0/yr2026: ~$0/yr2027: ~$0/yr201620262027
2027~$0/yrfrom the record

now: ($279,500 assessed − $279,500 abated) × 1.3998% ≈ $0/yr 2026: $279,500 assessed × 1.3998% ≈ $3,912/yr Flat 100% exemption (pre-2022 program, started 2016), then the cliff — reassessments move both lines. After expiry an owner-occupant can claim the Homestead Exemption (~$1,400/yr off); an abated home can't hold both.

The house, on paper

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

Bedrooms
4
Bathrooms
3
Stories
3
Interior
1,920 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,720 sqft
Heat
Forced hot air
city code A
Central air
Yes
Exterior condition
Above average
city code 3
Interior condition
Above average
city code 3
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
Zoning
RM1
city zoning code

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

Run the numbers

What owning 1735 Belfield Ave takes, at your price and your rate. Taxes are this house's actual bill from the city record; rent starts at the area median. Assessed value is not an asking price — set the price slider to the real one.

$280K
20%
6.875%
$700/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, $1,400/yr insurance, 1% of price/yr maintenance; taxes from this parcel's record (with the abatement toggle above).

Block context

1735 Belfield Ave sits on the 1700 block of Belfield Ave. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 1733 Belfield Ave  ·  1737 Belfield Ave

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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