Multi-family report

5719 Haverford Ave

1 story · 1,100 sqft · RSA5 · built 1920

Investor / LLC · assessed $124K · sold 1×. On the 5700 block of Haverford Ave.

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Street view of 5719 Haverford Ave
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What stands out

From the public record
Finding

Improved

Why it matters

Bought for $30K in 2020. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020.

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Records to verify together

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Dated record flagAssessment/permit mismatch

The assessment jumped 238% in 2023, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.

Evidence: assessment moved from $49,100 to $165,900 · no permit shown in 2022-2024

Limit: Not proof of unpermitted work; reassessment, corrected data, or a permit under another parcel can also explain it.

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What to do with this

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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.

Multiple 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 multiple rents.

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

Jm Southwest Properties LLC · corporate / LLC owner

• Owns 2 properties across Philadelphia under this name, assessed at $372K combined
• Tax bills mail to 1100 Whitby Ave, Yeadon PA, 19050 — outside Philadelphia
• The last transfer was a nominal/family deed, not an open-market sale

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
$124K
built 1920
Price / sq ft
$113
block $91 · above block
Appreciation
+190%
+10%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$125K
+10%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$2K
1.4% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
Gross yield
7.7%
≈$796/mo rent
Times sold
1
kept in the family

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

$0$100K$200K2020: Sold $30K 2020: Addition and/or Alteration2023: 11 L&I violations 2023: L&I: 5 failed, 1 passed$124K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeSaleL&I violation

The paper trail

Bought for $30K in 2020. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020.

  1. 2020 $30KSoldAddition and/or AlterationPermit
  2. 2023 11 L&I violationsL&IL&I: 5 failed, 1 passedL&I visit

Flags: long-held within one family. 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.

Stories
1
Interior
1,100 sqft
livable area
Lot
993 sqft
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
Zoning
RSA5
city zoning code

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

Run the numbers

What owning 5719 Haverford Ave takes, at your price and your rate. Taxes start with an annual estimate from the City’s taxable assessment, not a current bill or balance; rent starts at the area median. Assessed value is not an asking price — set the price slider to the real one.

$124K
20%
6.875%
$800/mo

When this house last sold (2020) a 30-year mortgage ran about 3.1% — 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

5719 Haverford Ave sits on the 5700 block of Haverford Ave. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 5717 Haverford Ave  ·  5721 Haverford Ave

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com), then reports are cached and refreshed on a rolling schedule. Source dates vary: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. Other dossiers re-pull on view once stale, 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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