139 Davis Ave · Sacramento, CA
Flood risk 1/10 · Minimal
- FEMA flood zone
- X
- Chance of flooding over 30 yrs
- 0.0%
- Est. flood insurance / yr
- $507 – $1,088
Fire risk 4/10 · Minor
- Est. fire insurance / yr
- $659 – $1,223
Heat risk 7/10 · Major
- Hot days now (above 102°F)
- 7 days/yr
- Hot days in 30 yrs
- 14 days/yr
Wind risk 1/10 · Minimal
- Chance of severe wind over 30 yrs
- —
Air-quality risk 10/10 · Severe
- Unhealthy air days now
- 25 days/yr
- Unhealthy air days in 30 yrs
- 26 days/yr
Risk factors via First Street. Map © Google.
Why this score? — see what drove the B- grade
The composite is a weighted blend of 9 inputs, each scored 0–100. Each bar is that input's sub-score; the figure is the points it added to the 100-point composite (weight × sub-score).
- Cash flow +30.0/30.0
- DSCR +10.0/10.0
- 1% rule +8.3/10.0
- ARV discount +7.5/15.0
- Livability +3.6/5.0
- Schools +3.5/10.0
- Rent growth +2.5/5.0
- Condition / age +2.5/5.0
- Appreciation +0.0/10.0
$175,000
🖨 Deal sheet 📄 Offer letter ✓ Due diligence
Listing remarks
Welcome to 139 Davis a beautifully updated 3-bedroom, 2.5-bath triple-wide mobile home offering an impressive 2,304 sq ft of living space in a desirable all-ages community. Fresh interior paint, updated baseboards, and LVT flooring throughout the home create a clean, modern, and cohesive feel. The spacious living and dining areas feature beautiful ceiling beams and a stunning built-in hutch that adds warmth and character. The kitchen opens seamlessly to the family room, providing an ideal layout for both everyday living and entertaining. The generously sized primary suite is a true retreat, complete with two walk-in closets and a spacious ensuite bathroom featuring double sinks, a standing
Key facts
- Updated baseboards
- Walk-in closets
- Built-in hutch
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What this means for you Summary
Snapshot
- This is a 2-bed/2.0-bath manufactured listed at $175k.
Deal economics
- At list price, monthly cash flow is $814 ($10k/yr) — positive.
- The deal already cash-flows at list — no discount required.
- Meets the 1% rule at list price ($2k rent vs $175k).
- Recommended offer: $164k (6.0% below list) — sets the bar for market timing.
- Cap rate 11.9% vs local median 3.0% in Sacramento — top-decile yield for the area; either an underpriced asset or a hidden risk that comps aren't pricing in. Stress-test before assuming the spread holds.
Location & tenants
- Location reads 71/100 on livability (#218 in CA) — a middle-class / working-renter tenant base. Strengths: amenities A+, commute A+, housing A; Watch: schools D+, crime F, cost of living F.
- Sacramento City Unified (urban): math 32% / reading 43% proficiency, ranked #804 of 1,400 in CA (top 57%) — families likely to look elsewhere, expect single-tenant / working-renter base with shorter leases; 63% free/reduced lunch — lower-income household profile, screen leases tightly.
- Market conditions: Rents flat; 181 active listings in the ZIP; 10 comparable units currently listed for rent nearby; rentals lingering (median 44d on market — plan ~5-8 weeks vacancy on turnover, expect pricing pressure); 70% of comp listings sitting > 30 days — soft ceiling on asking rent; 6,825 units permitted in Sacramento County in 2024 (1,752 in 5+ unit buildings).
- This rent runs 42% of the median local income ($67k/yr) — at the standard rent-burdened threshold; future hikes will face affordability resistance.
Forward outlook
- Local home prices are declining (-3.0%/yr); year-one equity from $1k of loan paydown is wiped out by about $5k of value loss. Plan a longer hold.
- Sacramento County population projected at +17% by 2050 — long-run rental-demand tailwind backs the buy-and-hold thesis.
- At projected returns (-3.0% appreciation + 0.0% rent growth), your $49k cash investment doubles in ~8 years — after that, you're playing with house money.
Negotiation context
- It's been on market 73 days — a 6% lower offer ($164k) is reasonable based on typical stale-listing flexibility.
Risks & watch-outs
- Climate carrying-cost: extreme-heat days projected 7→14/yr by 2055 (HVAC capex compounding) — expect insurance premiums to compound above CPI over the hold.
Questions for the listing agent
- It's been on market 73 days. Have you received any prior offers? Is the seller open to a 6% concession, seller financing, or rate buy-down credit?
- Built in 1978 — when were the roof, HVAC, electrical panel, plumbing, and water heater last replaced?
- Why hasn't it sold? Are there any deal-killer items the seller is aware of (foundation, flood, title, zoning, code violations)?
- Is there a deadline driving the sale (1031 exchange, divorce, estate, relocation)? That informs how much negotiation room exists.
- Schools are D-rated, which usually means shorter tenancies and higher turnover. Who's the typical renter profile here, and what's been the actual vacancy rate?
- Crime grade is F in this area — have there been break-ins, vandalism, or insurance claims at this property in the last 3 years? What carrier currently insures it and at what premium?
- What's the average days-on-market for RENTAL listings here right now (not sales)? A rising rental-DOM trend means longer vacancies and softer asking-rent achievability than the comps imply.
- What's the recent tenant-quality profile in this submarket — average credit score on applications, eviction rate, late-payment / NSF rate, and stable-employment percentage? A property-management company in the area should have these aggregated.
- How much new for-sale + rental construction is in the pipeline within 1–3 miles? Heavy new supply typically softens prices + rents 12–24 months out; constrained supply supports both.
Investment metrics
- 1% rule
- 1.33% ✓
- Cap rate
- 11.87%
- Cash-on-cash
- 19.93%
- DSCR
- 1.89
- GRM
- 6.3
CMA / ARV
- ARV (median comp)
- $540,000
- List price
- $175,000
- Delta
- -67.59%
- Verdict
- UNDERPRICED
- Comps
- 1 within 2.0 mi
Projected returns pro-forma
-3.0% appreciation · 0.02% rent growth · sell at horizon
- IRR
- 8.9%
- Equity multiple
- 1.34×
- Total profit
- $16,610
- Equity at exit
- $26,093
- IRR
- 15.7%
- Equity multiple
- 2.12×
- Total profit
- $54,661
- Equity at exit
- $15,131
Cash invested: $49,000 (down + closing). Projections, not guarantees.
Landlord ↔ Tenant lean methodology
- Overall (STATE)
- 18 Strongly Tenant-Friendly
- State California
- 18 Strongly Tenant-Friendly · D+13
- County
- — inherits STATE
- City
- — inherits STATE
ZIP-level market 95823
- Rents YoY
- 0.0%
- Active inventory
- 181
- Price-to-rent
- 6.3×
Monthly cashflow live
- Estimated rent
- $2,330 high interval (Pro) →
- Mortgage (P&I)
- −$918
- Tax from tax record
- −$36 /mo · $436/yr
- Insurance
- −$73
- HOA
- −$0
- Vacancy / Maint / Mgmt
- −$489
- Net cashflow
- $814
Break-even live
UW: 25.0% down · 7.5% · 30yr · 1.5% tax · 5.0% vac · 8.0% maint · 8.0% mgmt
Financing live
Cash to close
- Down payment
- $43,750
- Closing costs
- $5,250
- Reserves months
- —
- Total cash needed
- —
Loan-product check · same deal, 3 products live
Conventional
25% down · 7.5% · 30yr
- Down + closing
- —
- Monthly P&I
- —
- Monthly cashflow
- —
- DSCR
- —
- Eligible?
- —
Personal DTI + credit; lowest rate.
DSCR
20% down · 8.5% · 30yr
- Down + closing
- —
- Monthly P&I
- —
- Monthly cashflow
- —
- DSCR
- —
- Eligible?
- —
No personal income docs; deal must DSCR.
Hard money
10% down · 12.0% · 12mo
- Down + closing
- —
- Monthly P&I
- —
- Monthly cashflow
- —
- DSCR
- —
- Eligible?
- —
Short-term bridge; refi at stabilization.
Rent comps 10 comps
| Address | Beds | Baths | Sqft | Rent | $/sqft | DOM | Units | Dist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3249 Torrance Ave Sacramento, CA | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1258 | $2,599 | $2.07 | 23d | 1 | 0.28mi |
| 4417 A Pkwy Sacramento, CA | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1440 | $2,200 | $1.53 | 43d | 1 | 0.51mi |
| 4400 Shining Star Dr Sacramento, CA | 1.0–4.0 | 1.0–2.0 | 1225 | $2,254 | $1.84 | 43d | 1 | 0.56mi |
| 4066 Weymouth Ln Sacramento, CA | 3.0 | 1.5 | 1323 | $1,900 | $1.44 | 43d | 1 | 0.57mi |
| 7570 Wrenwood Dr Sacramento, CA | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1535 | $2,395 | $1.56 | 43d | 1 | 0.58mi |
| 4623 Goya Pkwy Sacramento, CA | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1242 | $2,400 | $1.93 | 43d | 1 | 0.77mi |
| 4812 D Pkwy Sacramento, CA | 3.0 | 1.5 | 1505 | $2,295 | $1.52 | 23d | 1 | 0.95mi |
| 4913 Sky Pkwy Sacramento, CA | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1456 | $2,200 | $1.51 | 43d | 1 | 1.22mi |
| 2360 53rd Ave Sacramento, CA | 3.0 | 1.5 | 1474 | $2,495 | $1.69 | 43d | 1 | 1.33mi |
| 7826 Brizio Walk Sacramento, CA | 3.0 | 2.5 | 1616 | $2,950 | $1.83 | 3d | 1 | 1.42mi |
Listing history 7 events
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2026-06-18days on market $175,000 Active 73 DOM
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2026-06-17statusdays on market $175,000 Active 72 DOM
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2026-06-05status $175,000 Pending 71 DOM
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2026-06-03days on market $175,000 Active 71 DOM
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2026-06-02days on market $175,000 Active 70 DOM
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2026-06-01days on market $175,000 Active 69 DOM
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2026-05-31days on market $175,000 Active 68 DOM
ⓘ Source: listings_history table (triggers on properties + properties_extension) + one-shot
backfill from property_details.listing_events for pre-trigger history.
Tax reassessment forecast CA · Resets to sale price
- Current annual tax
- $436 · $36/mo
- Projected year-2 tax
- $1,330 · $111/mo
- Expected delta
- +$894/yr (+$74/mo · 204.8%)
ⓘ Screening estimate from a state-policy table — verify with the county assessor before closing.
Climate risk First Street
- Flood 1/10 Low FEMA zone X · 0% chance over 30 yrs
- Wildfire 4/10 Moderate
- Heat 7/10 Severe 7 d/yr ≥102°F today · 14 d/yr by 30 yrs out
- Wind 1/10 Low
- Air quality 10/10 Extreme 25 unhealthy d/yr today · 26 by 30 yrs out
Nearby sold comps map
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Walkable amenities ~0.75 mi
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Taxation est. · year 1
- Rental income
- $27,961
- − Mortgage interest
- −$9,803
- − Property taxes
- −$436
- − Insurance
- −$875
- − Repairs & maintenance
- −$2,237
- − Management
- −$2,237
- − Depreciation
- −$5,091
- Taxable income
- $7,282
- Est. tax owed @ 24.0%
- −$1,748
- After-tax cash flow
- $8,017/yr
For passive investors: Depreciation is non-cash, so a rental often shows a tax loss while cash-flowing — sheltering income. Rental losses are passive: they offset passive income freely, and up to $25,000/yr can offset ordinary (W-2) income if you actively participate and your MAGI is under $100k (phasing out to $0 by $150k); unused losses carry forward. On sale, claimed depreciation is recaptured at up to 25%, and gains may owe capital-gains tax (a 1031 exchange can defer both). Figures are a year-1 estimate at your 24.0% rate — not tax advice; consult a CPA.
Schools (NCES district)
- District
- Sacramento City Unified
- NCES district ID
- 0633840
- Math proficiency
- 32% ▬ 0.00%
- Reading proficiency
- 43% ▲ 3.00%
- Median HH income
- $49,280
- Composite
- 34.86/100
- National rank
- #10000
- State rank
- #804 of 1400 in CA
Livability — Sacramento
- Score
- 71/100
- State rank
- #218
- US rank
- #6957
Category grades
Schools grade is shown separately in the Schools card above.
Census & demographics
- Census place
- Sacramento, CA
- County
- Sacramento County · 1,539,646 people
- City population
- 761,410
- Metro
- Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
- Population (ZIP)
- 83,607
- Household income
- $66,895
- Rent vs Own
- Severe rent burden
- 4034.0
Population outlook (Sacramento County) Hauer SSP2
- Today (2025)
- 1,660,763 people
- By 2030
- 1,732,990 · +4.3%
- By 2040
- 1,855,755 · +11.7%
- By 2050
- 1,941,335 · +16.9%
- By 2075
- 2,046,162 · +23.2%
- By 2100
- 1,961,444 · +18.1%
Race, ethnicity, and origin ACS 2023
- Neighborhood character
- Highly diverse neighborhood (Simpson 0.77)
- Race & ethnicity
- Hispanic / Latino 35% Asian 25% Black 17% Two or more races 16% White 11% Pacific Islander 4% Native American 1%
- Hispanic origin (detail)
- Mexican 29% Puerto Rican 1%
- Common ancestry
- Lithuanian 1% Italian 1% Scotch-Irish 1%
- Foreign-born
- 30% · Canada, Vietnam, China
- Languages at home
- 47% English-only · Spanish 25% Other Asian/Pacific 9% Other Indo-European 8%
Political lean MEDSL · Sacramento
- 2024 margin
- D (+19.7) · D 58.1% · R 38.4% · Other 3.5%
- 2008→2024 swing
- +0.7pp no change · 2008: 19.0pp · 2024: 19.7pp
- All cycles
- 2024: D+19.7 2020: D+25.3 2016: D+23.7 2012: D+16.3 2008: D+19.0
Not yet ingested
- Civics
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Market trends
- HPI YoY
- ▼ -331.02%
- Current HPI
- 377.4278
- Rent YoY
- ▬ 0.02%
- Metro
- Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
- State GDP YoY
- ▲ 3.21%
- F500 in state
- 116
Industry mix (Fortune 500 HQ in CA)
| Industry | F500 HQs | Revenue |
|---|---|---|
| Technology | 27 | $1,492B |
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| Financial Services | 3 | $174B |
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| Retail | 3 | $44B |
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| Insurance | 3 | $26B |
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| Media / Entertainment | 2 | $115B |
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| Pharmaceuticals / Biotech | 2 | $62B |
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Property tax history
+1.7%/yrLatest (2025): $436 · -2.3% YoY. Source: county tax records.
Cash-flow waterfall
monthlySold comps — $/sqft
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