Multi-family report

770 S 6th St

3 stories · 2,766 sqft · RSA5 · built 1915

Investor / LLC · assessed $1.1M · sold 1×. On the 700 block of S 6th St.

Street view of 770 S 6th St
From the street — imagery © Google
From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar

Property summary

What stands out

From the public record

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 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.

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 own it

1 open violation: the clock matters

L&I appeals must be filed within 30 days — just 6 days if a property is designated UNSAFE or IMMINENTLY DANGEROUS. Left unresolved, the city can do the work itself, bill the owner (routinely $50,000+ on a rowhouse), lien the property, and add court fines of $300+/day.

$96 in back taxes on record

Interest and penalties keep compounding until a Revenue payment agreement is in place, and a lien is already filed — an owner-occupant agreement also stops the sheriff-sale track.

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

Bay Ridge Partners LLC · corporate / LLC owner

• Tax bills mail to 781 S 6th St, Philadelphia PA, 19147

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
$1.1M
built 1915
Price / sq ft
$397
block $363 · above block
Appreciation
+80%
+6%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$1.1M
+6%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$15K
1.4% effective
Gross yield
1.7%
≈$2K/mo rent
Times sold
1

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

$0$1.0M$2.0MBefore this chart — 2010: Sold $318K 2010: Major alteration 2010: Electrical2026: L&I violation 2026: Inspection failed$1.1M201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeL&I violationPermit

The paper trail

Bought for $318K in 2010. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2010.

  1. 2010 $318KSoldMajor alterationPermitElectricalPermit
  2. 2026 L&I violationL&IInspection failedL&I visit

Flags: 1 open L&I violation · $96 back taxes (2014, lien filed). 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
3
Interior
2,766 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,502 sqft
Central air
Yes
Exterior condition
Above average
city code 3
Interior condition
Above average
city code 3
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 770 S 6th St 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.

$1.1M
20%
6.875%
$2K/mo

When this house last sold (2010) a 30-year mortgage ran about 4.69% — 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

770 S 6th St sits on the 700 block of S 6th St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

See the whole block →

Next door: 768 S 6th St  ·  772 S 6th St

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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