The Group
CRE
Off-Market Multifamily Acquisition Brief
Taylor
taylor@thegroupcre.com
(310) 555-1234
4426 N Highland Ave
APN:
5545-052-022
Hollywood / Franklin Village
20
units
Built
1979
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Headline Metrics
Opportunity Score
37 / 100
Assessed Value
$3.94M
Last Sale Price
$14.96M
Last Sale Date
Oct 6, 1997
Hold Years
28.6 yrs
Units
20
RSO Status
pending
ULA Exposure
None / Pending
Soft-Story
pending
Why This Deal
top signals — public record sources
Long hold
28.6 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: individual
Ricardo & Jennifer Choi
Individual owner with long hold — estate succession risk elevated
📂 LA County Assessor — owner-of-record (assessment roll)
+10
Prop 13 equity gap
Assessed $3.94M vs ~$5.5M est. market (72% of comp)
At 72% of submarket comp, locked equity creates sell/refi pressure
📂 LA County Assessor 2024 roll — annual assessed value (data.lacounty.gov)
+5
Ownership
LA County Assessor — owner of record
Current Owner
Ricardo & Jennifer Choi
individual
Held
28.6 years
(since 1997)
Most recent transfer:
arms length
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
$5.91M
max(AV × 1.5 = $$5.91M, submarket $/unit × units = $$5.50M)
ULA Tier
Tier 1 — $5.15M+ (4%)
ULA Tax Exposure
$236K
Source:
Measure ULA
· Ordinance 187382, Apr 2023. Paid by seller at close.
📊 Implied Cap Rate
Rent basis
submarket median rent
GSI (annual)
$468K
NOI (5.0% vacancy, 35.0% opex)
$289K
At AV
(Prop-13 — understated)
7.3%
$3.94M AV
At Market
(comp-adjusted)
5.3%
$5.50M 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 · Hollywood / Franklin Village submarket
No comps within Hollywood / Franklin Village 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