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Underwrite the block, not the brochure.

The pro forma says what the seller hopes; the county's roll and the city's records say what has happened. The assessed value across five roll years with the sale that reset it, the code-enforcement load on the building, what is being permitted next door — the facts a thesis is made of, none of them scored for you.

The questions it answers

What is allowed on this parcel?
Which obligations transfer with it?
What will the reassessment be?
Which code-enforcement cases run with the building?
What is approved next door?
Is it in a federal flood zone, and what has shaken nearby?

The sections that earn their keep

The building on the county rollLos Angeles County's assessed value across five roll years, its use, floor area, bedrooms and baths, and the year built. Under Proposition 13 the run is a staircase that breaks on a sale, and the report shows the break.

Code enforcement on this parcelEvery LADBS case the city holds open against the parcel, by type, and how many it has closed and when. No case is reported as no case, never as compliance.

What is coming nearbyEvery permit application on file with LADBS within the radius and not yet issued, largest first, with the units each asks for and the date its status last moved, and the median days from filing to issue on the permits issued nearby.

What this parcel last recordedThe county's recorded transfer date. Under Proposition 13 the assessed value resets to the price that day, so the roll itself dates the sale.

Police reports on the blockLAPD incident reports within the radius by year and category, against what an average Los Angeles area of the same size records — published to the hundredth block, so counted as a box the width of the radius, and said so.

Written for you

What a Los Angeles assessment actually isAnchored to the last sale, capped at about two per cent a year, and reset the day the deed records. Why a seller's bill says nothing about a buyer's.What Los Angeles files every dayFifteen lists from five LADBS feeds, keyed on the day a permit was issued rather than the day it was asked for. What each is, and why the issue date.How to read a Los Angeles reportWhat the city publishes, how the two parcel numbers meet, and what a comparison claims.Who to actually call in Los AngelesTwo governments hold this record — the city and the county — and each department's own page. No number here is one we made up.

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