🌊 Lakefront
5 Bayview Ave · New York, NY
Flood risk 10/10 · Severe
- FEMA flood zone
- AE
- Chance of flooding over 30 yrs
- 0.99%
- Est. flood insurance / yr
- $1,737 – $8,500
Fire risk 2/10 · Minimal
- Est. fire insurance / yr
- $691 – $1,283
Heat risk 6/10 · Moderate
- Hot days now (above 98°F)
- 7 days/yr
- Hot days in 30 yrs
- 15 days/yr
Wind risk 6/10 · Moderate
- Chance of severe wind over 30 yrs
- 67.0%
Air-quality risk 4/10 · Minor
- Unhealthy air days now
- 6 days/yr
- Unhealthy air days in 30 yrs
- 6 days/yr
Risk factors via First Street. Map © Google.
Why this score? — see what drove the C 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 +25.0/30.0
- DSCR +8.1/10.0
- ARV discount +7.5/15.0
- 1% rule +5.6/10.0
- Schools +5.0/10.0
- Livability +3.8/5.0
- Rent growth +2.5/5.0
- Condition / age +2.5/5.0
- Appreciation +0.0/10.0
$335,000
🖨 Deal sheet (PDF) 📄 Offer letter ✓ Due diligence
Listing remarks
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Key facts
- Waterfront property
- 1,600 sq ft lot
- 3 parking spots
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Property features AI
Exterior
- Parking: 3 parking spaces; On-street parking
- Utilities: Electricity connected (Con-Edison); Natural gas connected; Public water connected; Public sewer
- Home design: Single family residence
- Construction: Vinyl siding construction
- Exterior features: Waterfront property; Vinyl siding
Interior
- Kitchen: Dishwasher; Gas oven; Gas range; Refrigerator
- Bathrooms: 1 full bathroom
- Heating & cooling: Baseboard heating; No cooling
- Interior features: Eat-in kitchen; Full attic; No basement; 6 total rooms
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What this means for you Summary
Snapshot
- This is a 3-bed/1.0-bath single-family listed at $335k.
Deal economics
- At list price, monthly cash flow is $300 ($4k/yr) — positive.
- The deal already cash-flows at list — no discount required.
- Meets the 1% rule at list price ($4k rent vs $335k).
- Recommended offer: $295k (12.0% below list) — sets the bar for market timing.
- Cap rate 8.9% vs local median 2.6% in New York — 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 75/100 on livability (#268 in NY, #4,188 nationally) — a middle-class / working-renter tenant base. Strengths: amenities A+, commute A+, health & safety A; Watch: crime F, cost of living F.
- Market conditions: 260 active listings in the ZIP; 5 comparable units currently listed for rent nearby; rentals at typical pace (median 26d on market — plan ~3-4 weeks tenant-placement turnaround); solid renter incomes; 5,302 units permitted in Queens County in 2024 (4,918 in 5+ unit buildings).
- This rent runs 45% of the median local income ($95k/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 $2k of loan paydown is wiped out by about $10k of value loss. Plan a longer hold.
- Queens County population projected at +16% by 2050 — long-run rental-demand tailwind backs the buy-and-hold thesis.
Negotiation context
- It's been on market 128 days — a 12% lower offer ($295k) is reasonable based on typical stale-listing flexibility.
- 4 sale attempts since 10y ago; this cycle's ask has dropped $55k (14%) from the opening price — seller is motivated, your offer sets the floor, not the list.
- Current owner paid $112k; list at $335k implies a 200% gain — meaningful room to come down on a strong offer.
Risks & watch-outs
- Watch-outs: flood insurance adds $427/mo; built in 1920 — expect roof / HVAC / electrical / plumbing capex.
- Climate carrying-cost: in FEMA flood zone AE (mandatory federal flood insurance); major wind risk, 67% chance of damaging wind over 30y; extreme-heat days projected 7→15/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 128 days. Have you received any prior offers? Is the seller open to a 12% concession, seller financing, or rate buy-down credit?
- Built in 1920 — when were the roof, HVAC, electrical panel, plumbing, and water heater last replaced?
- What's the actual annual flood-insurance premium (NFIP or private), and is the property in a SFHA with mandatory coverage?
- 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 B-rated — typically a magnet for longer-tenancy family renters. What's the average tenant stay here, and is there a school-zone premium baked into asking?
- 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?
- This sits on a lake — are riparian / water-frontage rights deeded with the parcel? Any dock permits, shoreline easements, or HOA water-use restrictions?
- What's the documented flood / surge / shoreline-erosion history here (FEMA AND non-FEMA — e.g., storm surge, creek backup, septic-field saturation)?
- Any water-quality or seasonal algae-bloom issues that affect tenant satisfaction or short-term-rental demand?
- 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
- 1.06% ✓
- Cap rate
- 8.90%
- Cash-on-cash
- 9.29%
- DSCR
- 1.41
- GRM
- 7.9
CMA / ARV
- ARV (on-the-fly)
- $743,000
- Comps found
- 3
Show comp detail 3 sales within ~0.75 mi
| Address | Dist | Beds/Ba | Sqft | Sold | Price | $/sf | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10218 163rd Dr | 0.29mi | 3/1.0 | 1,101 (+10%) | 12mo | $495,000 | $450 | 60 |
| 158-09 102 St | 0.42mi | 2/2.0 (-1) | 862 (-14%) | 4mo | $729,300 | $846 | 45 |
| 157-42 98th St | 0.47mi | 3/1.5 | 1,144 (+14%) | 13mo | $850,000 | $743 | 41 |
Match score weights: distance 35% · size 25% · config 20% · recency 20%. Top-matched comps best support the ARV.
Projected returns pro-forma
-3.0% appreciation · 3.0% rent growth · sell at horizon
- IRR
- -10.2%
- Equity multiple
- 0.63×
- Total profit
- $-35,018
- Equity at exit
- $49,950
- IRR
- -0.8%
- Equity multiple
- 0.94×
- Total profit
- $-5,221
- Equity at exit
- $28,965
Cash invested: $93,800 (down + closing). Projections, not guarantees.
Landlord ↔ Tenant lean methodology
- Overall (CITY)
- 0 Strongly Tenant-Friendly
- State New York
- 15 Strongly Tenant-Friendly · D+10
- County
- — inherits STATE
- City New York
- 0 Strongly Tenant-Friendly · D+34
ZIP-level market 11414
- Active inventory
- 260
- Price-to-rent
- 7.9×
Monthly cashflow live
- Estimated rent
- $3,544 high interval (Pro) →
- Mortgage (P&I)
- −$1,757
- Tax from tax record
- −$177 /mo · $2,120/yr
- Insurance
- −$140
- Flood insurance flood zone
- −$427 /mo · $5,118/yr
- HOA
- −$0
- Vacancy / Maint / Mgmt
- −$744
- Net cashflow
- $300
Break-even live
Sensitivity live
| Price | -10% $490 | -5% $395 | +0% $300 | +5% $205 | +10% $110 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rent | -10% $20 | -5% $160 | +0% $300 | +5% $440 | +10% $580 |
| Rate | -1.0pp $469 | -0.5pp $385 | base $300 | +0.5pp $213 | +1.0pp $125 |
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
- $83,750
- Closing costs
- $10,050
- Reserves months
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- Total cash needed
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Loan-product check · same deal, 3 products live
Conventional
25% down · 7.5% · 30yr
- Down + closing
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- Monthly P&I
- —
- Monthly cashflow
- —
- DSCR
- —
- Eligible?
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Personal DTI + credit; lowest rate.
DSCR
20% down · 8.5% · 30yr
- Down + closing
- —
- Monthly P&I
- —
- Monthly cashflow
- —
- DSCR
- —
- Eligible?
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No personal income docs; deal must DSCR.
Hard money
10% down · 12.0% · 12mo
- Down + closing
- —
- Monthly P&I
- —
- Monthly cashflow
- —
- DSCR
- —
- Eligible?
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Short-term bridge; refi at stabilization.
Rent comps 5 comps
| Address | Beds | Baths | Sqft | Rent | $/sqft | DOM | Units | Dist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10215 Dunton Ct Howard Beach, NY | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1100 | $3,500 | $3.18 | 25d | 1 | 0.17mi |
| 155-69 99th St Unit 2nd Floor Jamaica, NY | 3.0 | 1.5 | 1500 | $3,200 | $2.13 | 21d | 1 | 0.57mi |
| 156-49 76th St Unit 2 Jamaica, NY | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1250 | $3,300 | $2.64 | 18d | 1 | 1.32mi |
| 149-09 84th St Unit 2 Howard Beach, NY | 3.0 | 1.5 | 750 | $3,200 | $4.27 | 25d | 1 | 1.33mi |
| 14912 83rd St Howard Beach, NY | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1250 | $3,200 | $2.56 | 25d | 1 | 1.38mi |
Listing history 23 events
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2026-06-10status $335,000 Pending 128 DOM
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2026-06-08days on market $335,000 Active 128 DOM
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2026-06-04days on market $335,000 Active 124 DOM
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2026-06-03days on market $335,000 Active 123 DOM
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2026-06-01days on market $335,000 Active 121 DOM
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2026-05-31days on market $335,000 Active 120 DOM
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2026-05-06price $335,000
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2026-03-27price $375,000
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2026-01-25$390,000 Active
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2026-01-15historical
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2025-12-15price $399,000
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2025-10-29price $435,000
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2025-10-03$459,000 Active
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2025-09-18historical
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2025-08-15price $489,900
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2025-05-16price $499,900
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2025-04-25price $525,000
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2025-04-08price $599,900
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2025-04-08$525,000 Active
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2016-02-18historical
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2016-02-18$425,000
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1999-02-03soldstatus $111,500
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1986-05-06soldstatus $20,000
ⓘ Source: listings_history table (triggers on properties + properties_extension) + one-shot
backfill from property_details.listing_events for pre-trigger history.
Tax reassessment forecast NY · Partial reset (capped growth)
- Current annual tax
- $2,120 · $177/mo
- Projected year-2 tax
- $3,891 · $324/mo
- Expected delta
- +$1,771/yr (+$148/mo · 83.5%)
ⓘ Screening estimate from a state-policy table — verify with the county assessor before closing.
Climate risk First Street
- Flood 10/10 Extreme FEMA zone AE · 99% chance over 30 yrs
- Wildfire 2/10 Low
- Heat 6/10 Major 7 d/yr ≥98°F today · 15 d/yr by 30 yrs out
- Wind 6/10 Major 67% chance of damaging wind over 30 yrs
- Air quality 4/10 Moderate 6 unhealthy d/yr today · 6 by 30 yrs out
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Walkable amenities ~0.75 mi
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Taxation est. · year 1
- Rental income
- $42,524
- − Mortgage interest
- −$18,765
- − Property taxes
- −$2,120
- − Insurance
- −$6,794
- − Repairs & maintenance
- −$3,402
- − Management
- −$3,402
- − Depreciation
- −$9,745
- Taxable loss
- −$1,705
- Est. tax savings @ 24.0%
- +$409
- After-tax cash flow
- $4,008/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)
No district data.
Livability — New York
- Score
- 75/100
- State rank
- #268
- US rank
- #4188
Category grades
Schools grade is shown separately in the Schools card above.
Census & demographics
- Census place
- New York, NY
- County
- Queens County · 1,914,869 people
- City population
- 7,731,280
- Metro
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
- Population (ZIP)
- 31,308
- Household income
- $95,051
- Rent vs Own
- Severe rent burden
- 985.0
Population outlook (Queens County) Hauer SSP2
- Today (2025)
- 2,546,320 people
- By 2030
- 2,643,059 · +3.8%
- By 2040
- 2,815,563 · +10.6%
- By 2050
- 2,944,423 · +15.6%
- By 2075
- 3,123,338 · +22.7%
- By 2100
- 3,098,688 · +21.7%
Race, ethnicity, and origin ACS 2023
- Neighborhood character
- Diverse neighborhood (Simpson 0.56)
- Race & ethnicity
- White 61% Hispanic / Latino 25% Two or more races 13% Black 5% Asian 5%
- Hispanic origin (detail)
- Puerto Rican 11% Dominican 6%
- Common ancestry
- Romanian 4% Scotch-Irish 1%
- Foreign-born
- 20% · Canada, Jamaica, China
- Languages at home
- 63% English-only · Spanish 17% Other Indo-European 14% Russian/Polish/Slavic 2%
Political lean MEDSL · Queens
- 2024 margin
- Strong D (+24.6) · D 62.3% · R 37.7%
- 2008→2024 swing
- -26.2pp toward R · 2008: 50.8pp · 2024: 24.6pp
- All cycles
- 2024: D+24.6 2020: D+45.2 2016: D+53.4 2012: D+58.5 2008: D+50.8
Not yet ingested
- Civics
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Market trends
- HPI YoY
- ▼ -227.02%
- Current HPI
- 206.6334
- Rent YoY
- —
- Metro
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
- State GDP YoY
- ▲ 2.60%
- F500 in state
- 92
Industry mix (Fortune 500 HQ in NY)
| Industry | F500 HQs | Revenue |
|---|---|---|
| Financial Services | 10 | $950B |
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| Consumer Goods | 9 | $162B |
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| Insurance | 4 | $225B |
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| Telecommunications | 2 | $144B |
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| Pharmaceuticals | 2 | $112B |
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| Media / Entertainment | 2 | $69B |
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Price history
+1575.0% since first listed17 events — show timeline
- 2026-05-06 Price Changed $335,000 OneKey® MLS as Distributed by MLS Grid
- 2026-03-27 Price Changed $375,000 OneKey® MLS as Distributed by MLS Grid
- 2026-01-25 Listed $390,000 OneKey® MLS as Distributed by MLS Grid
- 2026-01-15 Listing Removed — OneKey® MLS as Distributed by MLS Grid
- 2025-12-15 Price Changed $399,000 OneKey® MLS as Distributed by MLS Grid
- 2025-10-29 Price Changed $435,000 OneKey® MLS as Distributed by MLS Grid
- 2025-10-03 Listed $459,000 OneKey® MLS as Distributed by MLS Grid
- 2025-09-18 Listing Removed — OneKey® MLS as Distributed by MLS Grid
- 2025-08-15 Price Changed $489,900 OneKey® MLS as Distributed by MLS Grid
- 2025-05-16 Price Changed $499,900 OneKey® MLS as Distributed by MLS Grid
- 2025-04-25 Price Changed $525,000 OneKey® MLS as Distributed by MLS Grid
- 2025-04-08 Price Changed $599,900 OneKey® MLS as Distributed by MLS Grid
- 2025-04-08 Listed $525,000 OneKey® MLS as Distributed by MLS Grid
- 2016-02-18 Listed $425,000 OneKey® MLS as Distributed by MLS Grid
- 2016-02-18 Listing Removed — OneKey® MLS as Distributed by MLS Grid
- 1999-02-03 Sold (Public Records) $111,500 Public Records
- 1986-05-06 Sold (Public Records) $20,000 Public Records
Property tax history
+7.2%/yrLatest (2025): $2,120 · +104.6% YoY. Source: county tax records.
Cash-flow waterfall
monthlySold comps — $/sqft
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