House report
3 bd · 1 ba · 2 stories · 1,280 sqft · RSA5 · built 1920
Investor / LLC · assessed $106K · 2 licensed units · sold 1×. On the 1900 block of E Elkhart St.
4 L&I violations (2014); sold $10K (2015); Inspection failed ×2 (2015); 8 L&I violations (2023); L&I: 3 failed, 1 passed (2023); Inspection passed (2024); 4 L&I violations (2025); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2025).
View supporting records →The record, translated into moves — what a buyer, the owner, and a landlord would each want to check next under Philadelphia's actual rules.
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.
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 2 rents.
Interest and penalties keep compounding until a Revenue payment agreement is in place, and a lien is already filed — an owner-occupant agreement also stops the sheriff-sale track.
Built 1920: 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.
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.
Emgjpr Holdings LLC · corporate / LLC owner
• Owns 4 properties across Philadelphia under this name, assessed at $403K combined
• Tax bills mail to Po Box 2036, Haddonfield NJ, 08033 — outside Philadelphia
• Holds an active rental license for this address
• The last transfer was a nominal/family deed, not an open-market sale
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.
Value vs. the block, over time — sales, permits & L&I events marked on the line
4 L&I violations (2014); sold $10K (2015); Inspection failed ×2 (2015); 8 L&I violations (2023); L&I: 3 failed, 1 passed (2023); Inspection passed (2024); 4 L&I violations (2025); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2025).
Flags: active rental license · $1K back taxes (2016, $23 of it interest & penalties, lien filed) · long-held within one family. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).
The city assessor's field record — the physical spec sheet behind the assessed number.
OPA field-assessment attributes. Condition and grade are the assessor's codes, not an inspection.
What owning 1938 E Elkhart St takes, at your price and your rate. Taxes are this building's actual bill from the city record; rent starts at 2 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.
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.
1938 E Elkhart St sits on the 1900 block of E Elkhart St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 1936 E Elkhart St · 1940 E Elkhart St
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