The Group
CRE
Off-Market Multifamily Acquisition Brief
Taylor
taylor@thegroupcre.com
(310) 555-1234
7028 Lennox Ave, Van Nuys
APN:
2305-006-018
San Fernando Valley
8
units
Built
1958
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Headline Metrics
Opportunity Score
65 / 100
Assessed Value
$880K
Last Sale Price
$390K
Last Sale Date
Sep 24, 1997
Hold Years
28.7 yrs
Units
8
RSO Status
pending
ULA Exposure
None / Pending
Soft-Story
pending
Why This Deal
top signals — public record sources
Long hold
28.7 years
Prop 13 locks assessed value near purchase price; longer hold = larger gap to market
📂 LA County Assessor — Deed transfer records (last_sale_date field)
+22
Owner entity: trust
Nguyen Family Trust
Trust ownership signals estate/succession planning; trustee sales common
📂 LA County Assessor — owner-of-record (assessment roll)
+15
Intra-family transfer
Intra-family transfer
Succession or estate event; heirs often prefer cash over landlord operations
📂 LA County Recorder — deed transfer records (rrcc.lacounty.gov)
+15
Prop 13 equity gap
Assessed $0.88M vs ~$2.0M est. market (45% of comp)
At 45% of submarket comp, locked equity creates sell/refi pressure
📂 LA County Assessor 2024 roll — annual assessed value (data.lacounty.gov)
+13
Ownership
LA County Assessor — owner of record
Current Owner
Nguyen Family Trust
trust
Held
28.7 years
(since 1997)
Deed Chain Summary
Date
From
To
Type
Sep 1997
—
—
Intra-Family Transfer
LA Underwriting Pro-Forma
RSO · ULA · Cap rate — every number cited
🔵 RSO Rent Roll Model
RSO status pending LAHD data ingestion.
🟡 ULA Mansion Tax Exposure
Projected sale price
$1.96M
max(AV × 1.5 = $$1.32M, submarket $/unit × units = $$1.96M)
ULA Exposure
None — below $5.15M
Source:
Measure ULA
· Ordinance 187382, Apr 2023. Paid by seller at close.
📊 Implied Cap Rate
Rent basis
submarket median rent
GSI (annual)
$154K
NOI (5.0% vacancy, 35.0% opex)
$95K
At AV
(Prop-13 — understated)
10.8%
$880K AV
At Market
(comp-adjusted)
4.8%
$1.96M est.
AV cap is artificially high — Prop-13 AV locks near purchase price. The gap is the owner's hidden equity.
🔴 Soft-Story Retrofit Capex
Pending LADBS data ingestion.
Comparable Sales
Last 24 months · San Fernando Valley submarket
No comps within San Fernando Valley submarket in last 24 months with recorded sale prices.
LA Regulatory Flags
LAHD · LADBS · Measure ULA
🔵 RSO Status
data pending
Pending LAHD RSO dataset ingestion.
Source:
LAHD RSO dataset
· LAMC §151.02
🟡 ULA Mansion Tax
data pending
Pending la-flags-ingest data.
Source:
Measure ULA
· Ordinance 187382 (Apr 2023)
🔴 Soft-Story Retrofit
data pending
Pending LADBS data ingestion.
Source:
LADBS
· Ordinance #183893