Multi-family report

6547 Dorel St

3 bd · 3 ba · 2 stories · 1,476 sqft · RM1 · built 1920

Absentee individual · assessed $193K · sold 2×. On the 6500 block of Dorel St.

Property summary

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Street view of 6547 Dorel St
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What stands out

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Finding

Improved

Why it matters

Bought for $140K in 2006. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021.

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Records to verify together

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Dated record flagAssessment/permit mismatch

The assessment jumped 119% in 2023, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.

Evidence: assessment moved from $101,300 to $221,700 · 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.

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
$193K
built 1920
Price / sq ft
$131
block $136 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+125%
+8%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$194K
+8%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$3K
1.4% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
Gross yield
-4142931.1%
≈$-667M/mo rent
Times sold
2

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

$0$125K$250KBefore this chart — 2006: Sold $140K 2011: 4 L&I violations 2011: L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed2019: L&I violation 2019: L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed 2019: Use2020: Sold $133K2021: Addition and/or Alteration$193K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeSaleL&I violationPermit

The paper trail

Bought for $140K in 2006. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021.

  1. 2006 $140KSold
  2. 2011 4 L&I violationsL&IL&I: 2 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
  3. 2019 L&I violationL&IL&I: 1 failed, 1 passedL&I visitUsePermit
  4. 2020 $133KSold
  5. 2021 Addition and/or AlterationPermit

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The house, on paper

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

Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
3
Stories
2
Interior
1,476 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,321 sqft
Basement
Full
city code D
Central air
No
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
C
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 6547 Dorel 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.

$193K
20%
6.875%
$700/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

6547 Dorel St sits on the 6500 block of Dorel St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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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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