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5438 W Exposition Blvd
APN: 5030-035-066 Mid-City / West Adams 31 units Built 1972 Untouched
16
Signal Score
Score Breakdown — Show Your Work 10 signals · 0–100 scale
Prop 13 equity gap
Assessed $3.58M vs ~$8.2M est. market (44% of comp)
At 44% of submarket comp, locked equity creates sell/refi pressure
📂 LA County Assessor 2024 roll — annual assessed value (data.lacounty.gov)
assessed_total, units
+13
Owner entity: llc
Ridge Partners LLC
LLC ownership — investment entity; dissolution on sale common
📂 LA County Assessor — owner-of-record (assessment roll)
owner_type, owner_name
+8
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)
last_transfer_type
+15
Recent sale penalty
Sold 2.6 yrs ago
Sold within 3 years; unlikely to sell again soon
📂 LA County Assessor — deed transfer records
last_sale_date
-20
Refi recency pending
data pending
Recorder ingestion pending for this parcel; signal excluded from score
📂 LA County Recorder (rrcc.lacounty.gov) — Deed of Trust records
years_since_last_dot
Final Score (0–100 cap) 16
Ownership LA County Assessor — owner of record
Current Owner
Ridge Partners LLC
Held 2.6 years (since 2023)
llc
Full deed chain data pending — Recorder data loads as parcels are processed via jobs/recorder-ingest.js.
Most recent recorded transfer type: intra family
Loan & Deed of Trust History LA County RR/CC — rrcc.lacounty.gov
NOD Filed data pending
Current Lender data pending
Years Since Last Refi data pending
Recorder Data Not yet ingested
Deed of Trust detail loads after jobs/recorder-ingest.js runs for this parcel. LA County RR/CC is intermittently unreachable; data populates when the server responds.
LA Underwriting Flags Pending — run jobs/la-flags-ingest.js
🔵 RSO Status
data pending
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Source: LAHD RSO dataset · LAMC §151.02
🟡 ULA Mansion Tax
data pending
Run la-flags-ingest job to compute ULA exposure.
Source: Measure ULA · LA City Ordinance 187382 (Apr 2023)
🔴 Soft-Story Retrofit
data pending
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Source: LADBS Soft-Story Retrofit Program · Ordinance #183893
Owner Contact Enrichment
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🏢 CA Agent for Service of Process
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LA Underwriting Pro-Forma RSO · ULA · Soft-story · Cap rate — every number cited
🔵 RSO Rent Roll Model ?
RSO status unknown — run jobs/la-flags-ingest.js to populate LAHD data.
🟡 ULA Mansion Tax Exposure ?
Projected sale price $8.21M
Formula: max(AV × 1.5 = $$5.36M, submarket $/unit × units = $$8.21M)
ULA Tier Tier 1 — $5.15M+ (4%)
ULA Tax Exposure $329K
Source: Measure ULA · LA City Ordinance 187382, effective Apr 1, 2023.
Tax is paid by seller at close of escrow. This is the seller's largest hidden transaction cost.
🔴 Soft-Story Retrofit Capex
data pending — run jobs/la-flags-ingest.js to check LADBS soft-story status for this APN.
📊 Implied Cap Rate — AV vs Market
Rent basis submarket median rent
Gross Scheduled Income (GSI) $670K/yr
Effective Gross Income (95.0% occ.) $636K/yr
Net Operating Income (65.0% of EGI) $413K/yr
At Assessed Value
(Prop-13 locked — understated)
11.6%
$3.58M AV
At Market Value
(comp-adjusted)
5.0%
$8.21M market est.
Vacancy: 5.0% assumed (CBRE LA Multifamily 2024 avg).
Opex: 35.0% of EGI (industry standard for LA multifamily — mgmt, taxes, insurance, maintenance).
AV cap is artificially high because Prop-13 AV is locked near purchase price. Gap = owner's hidden equity.
Honesty disclaimer: All figures cite public-record sources or carry a "data pending" label. No fabricated rents, no assumed financing terms, no fake NOI. Rent estimates use LAHD / HUD FMR medians — actual rents may vary. Cap rates use assumed vacancy and opex ratios standard for LA multifamily.
Comparable Sales Last 24 months · Mid-City / West Adams submarket (no lat/lon for radius)
No comps within Mid-City / West Adams submarket in last 24 months with recorded sale prices.
This is real data — no fabrication. LA County Recorder data for recent sales may lag 60–90 days.
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Raw Parcel Data
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