Mixed-use report

4941 Frankford Ave

2,466 sqft · CMX2 · built 1930

Absentee individual · assessed $155K · sold 1×. On the 4900 block of Frankford Ave.

Street view of 4941 Frankford Ave
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From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar

Property summary

What stands out

From the public record
Finding

History

Why it matters

4 L&I violations (2015); L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed (2015); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2016); 3 L&I violations (2024); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2024); sold $350K (2025); Appeal granted with conditions (2026).

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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 1930: 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

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.

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
$155K
built 1930
Price / sq ft
$63
block $60 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+40%
+3%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$156K
+3%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$2K
1.4% effective
Gross yield
7%
≈$904/mo rent
Times sold
1

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

$0$100K$200KBefore this chart — 2015: 4 L&I violations 2015: L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed2016: L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed2024: 3 L&I violations 2024: L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed2025: Sold $350K2026: Appeal granted with conditions$155K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeSaleL&I violationZoningPermitInspection

The paper trail

4 L&I violations (2015); L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed (2015); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2016); 3 L&I violations (2024); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2024); sold $350K (2025); Appeal granted with conditions (2026).

  1. 2015 4 L&I violationsL&IL&I: 2 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
  2. 2016 L&I: 1 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
  3. 2024 3 L&I violationsL&IL&I: 1 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
  4. 2025 $350KSold
  5. 2026 Appeal granted with conditionsZoning

Flags: 1 zoning/board appeal 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.

Interior
2,466 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,200 sqft
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
Zoning
CMX2
city zoning code
Zoning appeals
1
granted with conditions 2026

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

Run the numbers

What owning 4941 Frankford 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.

$350K
20%
6.875%
$900/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

4941 Frankford Ave sits on the 4900 block of Frankford Ave. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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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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