House report

606 S American St

2 bd · 2 ba · 1 story · 1,304 sqft · RM1 · built 1915

Investor / LLC · assessed $441K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $417K. On the 600 block of S American St.

Property summary

Assessment$440,5002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $417,300 Last sale$958KRecorded 2022 Est. tax bill$6,166/year2026 taxable assessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquencyNo 2022 matchNot proof account is current Permits3Every fetched City permit Violations0 open8 historical across 1 case

Report assembled Jul 10, 2026 “Open” reflects records available then historical records keep their source dates estimates are labeled

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Property tax

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Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$6,166/year

2026 taxable assessment $440,500 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $417,300; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.

Official current account balanceCheck live

A Tax Center balance is net of bills, payments, credits, interest, and adjustments. A credit—or an amount due—is not automatically “back taxes.”

OPA 888022250

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Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.

Historical delinquency sources No current conclusion

This parcel did not match the June 2022 delinquency snapshot. That absence does not confirm the account is current today.

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What stands out

From the public record

Finding

Improved

Why it matters

Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2015.

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What to do with this

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If you’re buying

Built 1915: 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

If it is rented, verify the Rental License

The fetched license records do not show an active Rental License. Ownership type or a tax mailing address does not prove that tenants occupy the property; if it is rented, verify the current license and legal occupancy in eCLIPSE.

Derived from the fetched property records and linked City guidance as of 2026. Assessment treatment is not a substitute for an exemption approval, live balance, title report, license, occupancy certificate, or inspection. Informational only — not legal, tax, or investment advice.

Who's behind it

Horizon 9 INC · corporate / LLC owner

• Owns 3 properties across Philadelphia under this name, assessed at $1.0M combined
• Tax bills mail to 637 Willis Ave Ste C, Williston Park NY, 11596 — outside Philadelphia

PA corporate registry ↗OpenCorporates ↗City record ↗

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

$440,500

2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $417,300 · built 1915

Price / sq ft

$320

block $424 · below block

Appreciation

+56%

+5%/yr, city 6.5%

In 5 years (~2031)

~$418K

+5%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast

Est. tax bill / yr

$6,166

1.48% effective

Jun 2022 tax snapshot

No match

not proof the account is current

Gross yield

4.7%

≈$2K/mo rent

Times sold

Assessment vs. the block · every dated City record marked on the line

This propertyBlock median & rangeL&I violationPermitInspectionLicenseCertification

2026-01-08: Fire Alarm Certification

Highlight

Every dated record14 events · scroll to browse

2026-01-08CertificationFire Alarm Certification
2023-07-12LicenseRental
2016-06-20InspectionHCEU INSP
2015-10-23LicenseRental
2015-10-05PermitAlteration
2014-12-22InspectionHCEU INSP
2014-06-10L&I violationELEC-CABLES/WIRES LOOSE-RES
2014-06-10L&I violationELEC-FAC MEET ELEC CODE-RES
2014-06-10L&I violationEXT S-ROOF REPAIR (Repair the exterior roof)
2014-06-10L&I violationSD-REQD EXIST GROUP R (Smoke detectors required in an existing residential occupancy)
2014-06-10L&I violationFIRE EXTING-NEEDS INSP/TAG (Fire extinguisher needs inspection and a current service tag)
2014-06-10L&I violationFIRE EXTING-INSTALL MAX 75FT
2014-06-10L&I violationFA-MAINT NONREQ¿D SYS
2014-06-10L&I violationINT DOOR SELF-CLOSE

The paper trail

Improved

Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2015.

2014 8 L&I violationsL&IInspection failed ×2L&I visit
2015 AlterationPermitAlterationPermitAlterationPermit
2016 Inspection passedL&I visit

Records behind the chart

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Browse 16 dated records deeds, permits, inspections, licenses, violations, certifications & appeals

Jan 8, 2026
CertificationFire Alarm Certification
Certification BC-2026-019039 · Certified
Expires 2027-01-08
Jul 12, 2023
LicenseRental
License 928394 · Inactive
Horizon 9, Inc. · Expires 2024-07-11 · Inactive 2024-09-09
Jun 20, 2016
InvestigationHCEU INSP
Case 436271 · PASSED
Oct 23, 2015
LicenseRental
License 681679 · Closed
MAG APARTMENTS LLC · Expires 2022-10-31 · Inactive 2022-12-30
Oct 5, 2015
PermitAlteration
Permit 642931 · COMPLETED
EZ PERMIT WINDOWS & DOORS PERMIT- FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF EXTERIOR WINDOWS AND DOORS AS PER ATTACHED STANDARD. DEVIATIONS FROM THIS STANDARD WILL RESULT IN PERMIT REVOCATION AND REQUIRE SUBMISSION OF CONSTRUCTION PLANS. BUILDING IS NOT ON THE PHC REGISTRY. **POST THIS PERMIT**
Oct 5, 2015
PermitAlteration
Permit 642930 · COMPLETED
EZ PERMIT WINDOWS & DOORS PERMIT- FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF EXTERIOR WINDOWS AND DOORS AS PER ATTACHED STANDARD. DEVIATIONS FROM THIS STANDARD WILL RESULT IN PERMIT REVOCATION AND REQUIRE SUBMISSION OF CONSTRUCTION PLANS. BUILDING IS NOT ON THE PHC REGISTRY. **POST THIS PERMIT**
Oct 5, 2015
PermitAlteration
Permit 641735 · COMPLETED
EZ PERMIT WINDOWS & DOORS PERMIT- FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF EXTERIOR WINDOWS AND DOORS AS PER ATTACHED STANDARD. DEVIATIONS FROM THIS STANDARD WILL RESULT IN PERMIT REVOCATION AND REQUIRE SUBMISSION OF CONSTRUCTION PLANS. BUILDING IS NOT ON THE PHC REGISTRY. **POST THIS PERMIT**
Dec 22, 2014
InvestigationHCEU INSP
Case 436271 · FAILED
Jun 10, 2014
ViolationELEC-CABLES/WIRES LOOSE-RES
Case 436271 · Violation 3431330 · COMPLIED
City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.
Jun 10, 2014
ViolationELEC-FAC MEET ELEC CODE-RES
Case 436271 · Violation 3431329 · COMPLIED
City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.
Jun 10, 2014
ViolationEXT S-ROOF REPAIR (Repair the exterior roof)
Case 436271 · Violation 3431328 · COMPLIED
City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.
Jun 10, 2014
ViolationSD-REQD EXIST GROUP R (Smoke detectors required in an existing residential occupancy)
Case 436271 · Violation 3431327 · COMPLIED
City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.
Jun 10, 2014
ViolationFIRE EXTING-NEEDS INSP/TAG (Fire extinguisher needs inspection and a current service tag)
Case 436271 · Violation 3431326 · COMPLIED
City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.
Jun 10, 2014
ViolationFIRE EXTING-INSTALL MAX 75FT
Case 436271 · Violation 3431325 · COMPLIED
City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.
Jun 10, 2014
ViolationFA-MAINT NONREQ¿D SYS
Case 436271 · Violation 3431324 · COMPLIED
City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.
Jun 10, 2014
ViolationINT DOOR SELF-CLOSE
Case 436271 · Violation 3431323 · COMPLIED
City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

What this record suggests

The City file documents 3 permits touching windows. 3 carries a completed, issued, or approved status; that documents the filing, not the present quality of the work.

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The property, on paper

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

Bedrooms

Bathrooms

Stories

Interior

1,304 sqft

livable area

Heat

Forced hot air

city code A

Central air

Yes

Exterior condition

Average

city code 4

Above averageBelow average

Interior condition

Average

city code 4

Above averageBelow average

Quality grade

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 606 S American St 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.

Purchase price$958K

Down payment20%

Mortgage rate6.875%

Monthly rent$2K/mo

When this house last sold (2022) a 30-year mortgage ran about 5.34% — 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 use this parcel's taxable assessment, not a live Tax Center balance.

Block context

606 S American St sits on the 600 block of S American St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Where this comes from

Assessment, spec sheet & owner — OPA Property Assessments, Office of Property Assessment
Sales & deed history — Realty Transfer Tax records, Recorder of Deeds
Permits, violations & inspections — L&I Property History · Atlas
Tax delinquency snapshot · June 2022 — Real Estate Tax Delinquencies, Dept. of Revenue
Historical tax ledger & liens · through 2016 — Real Estate Tax Balances, Dept. of Revenue
Current property-tax balance — Verify with Philadelphia Revenue
Zoning appeals — L&I & Zoning Board appeals
Neighborhood income & rents — US Census ACS 5-year estimates
Historical mortgage rates — Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, annual averages

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 8:02 AM ET. Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and the cited City ArcGIS feeds; record queries paginate rather than silently taking a first page. For this property: Permits: queried · Violations: queried · Investigations: queried · Appeals: queried · Licenses: queried · Building certifications: queried. “Unavailable” means the source query failed or was not supplied, not “no record.” Reports re-pull on view after seven days and on an overnight rolling schedule; citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. Source dates still govern: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. The live balance and date-effective payoff must be verified in Tax Center. AI-written passages are grounded in the assembled record and rejected if they state a number the record does not hold.

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About this data & fine print

Answers are generated by an AI agent querying available City of Philadelphia open data at the moment you ask: OPA property assessments, Recorder of Deeds transfer records, L&I permits, violations & licenses, dated Dept. of Revenue tax records, Zoning Board appeals, Police incident reports, Philly311 requests, and School District of Philadelphia catchment and school data.

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Property-level tax data is historical: the delinquency snapshot is dated June 2022 and the separate detailed ledger ends in 2016. Neither shows what is owed today; verify a current balance with Philadelphia Revenue.

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