The Group
CRE
Off-Market Multifamily Acquisition Brief
Taylor
taylor@thegroupcre.com
(310) 555-1234
3272 Whitley Ave
APN:
5548-070-081
Hollywood / Franklin Village
14
units
Built
1971
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Headline Metrics
Opportunity Score
15 / 100
Assessed Value
$2.63M
Last Sale Price
$9.91M
Last Sale Date
Jun 7, 2021
Hold Years
5.0 yrs
Units
14
RSO Status
pending
ULA Exposure
None / Pending
Soft-Story
pending
Why This Deal
top signals — public record sources
Long hold
5 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)
+5
Prop 13 equity gap
Assessed $2.63M vs ~$3.9M est. market (68% of comp)
At 68% of submarket comp, locked equity creates sell/refi pressure
📂 LA County Assessor 2024 roll — annual assessed value (data.lacounty.gov)
+5
Owner entity: individual
Thomas O. Ruiz
Individual owner; lower succession signal without long hold
📂 LA County Assessor — owner-of-record (assessment roll)
+5
Ownership
LA County Assessor — owner of record
Current Owner
Thomas O. Ruiz
individual
Held
5.0 years
(since 2021)
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
$3.94M
max(AV × 1.5 = $$3.94M, submarket $/unit × units = $$3.85M)
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)
$328K
NOI (5.0% vacancy, 35.0% opex)
$202K
At AV
(Prop-13 — understated)
7.7%
$2.63M AV
At Market
(comp-adjusted)
5.3%
$3.85M 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