Multi-family report

3657 Frankford Ave

4 bd · 2 ba · 2 stories · 1,714 sqft · CMX1 · built 1920

Investor / LLC · assessed $157K · 2 licensed units · sold 2×. On the 3600 block of Frankford Ave.

Street view of 3657 Frankford Ave
From the street — imagery © Google
From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar

Property summary

What stands out

From the public record
Finding

Renovated & sold on

Why it matters

Bought for $30K in 2001, plumbing permit in 2012, sold for $145K in 2025 (+383%).

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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 1920: 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.

If you’re the landlord

Lead certificate is not optional

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.

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.

Who's behind it

Sage Peak Properties LLC · corporate / LLC owner

• Tax bills mail to 2155 River Rd, Bensalem PA, 19020 — outside Philadelphia
• Holds an active rental license for this address

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
$157K
built 1920
Price / sq ft
$92
block $97 · below block
Appreciation
+88%
+6%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$158K
+6%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$2K
1.4% effective
Gross yield
11.4%
≈$1K/mo rent
Times sold
2
licensed rental

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

$0$100K$200KBefore this chart — 2001: Sold $30K 2007: L&I violation 2007: L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed 2012: Plumbing2016: Plumbing2025: Change of Use 2025: Sold $145K$157K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeSalePermit

The paper trail

Bought for $30K in 2001, plumbing permit in 2012, sold for $145K in 2025 (+383%).

  1. 2001 $30KSold
  2. 2007 L&I violationL&IL&I: 1 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
  3. 2012 PlumbingPermit
  4. 2016 PlumbingPermit
  5. 2025 Change of UsePermit$145KSold

Flags: active rental license. 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
4
Bathrooms
2
Stories
2
Interior
1,714 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,258 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
CMX1
city zoning code

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

Run the numbers

What owning 3657 Frankford Ave 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.

$145K
20%
6.875%
$3K/mo

When this house last sold (2025) a 30-year mortgage ran about 6.6% — Freddie Mac's average that year.

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.

Block context

3657 Frankford Ave sits on the 3600 block of Frankford Ave. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 3655 Frankford Ave  ·  3659 Frankford 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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