287 S Main St · Pleasantville, PA
Flood risk 1/10 · Minimal
- FEMA flood zone
- X (unshaded)
- Chance of flooding over 30 yrs
- 0.0%
- Est. flood insurance / yr
- $507 – $1,088
Fire risk 3/10 · Minor
- Est. fire insurance / yr
- $511 – $949
Heat risk 1/10 · Minimal
- Hot days now (above 91°F)
- 7 days/yr
- Hot days in 30 yrs
- 17 days/yr
Wind risk 1/10 · Minimal
- Chance of severe wind over 30 yrs
- —
Air-quality risk 2/10 · Minimal
- Unhealthy air days now
- 0 days/yr
- Unhealthy air days in 30 yrs
- 1 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 +15.0/30.0
- Appreciation +9.1/10.0
- ARV discount +7.5/15.0
- 1% rule +5.0/10.0
- DSCR +5.0/10.0
- Schools +3.7/10.0
- Livability +3.4/5.0
- Rent growth +2.5/5.0
- Condition / age +2.5/5.0
$19,900
🖨 Deal sheet (PDF) 📄 Offer letter ✓ Due diligence
Listing remarks MLS
Seller is Selling as LAND ONLY , does not believe home is livable , has public water and a sewage with new electric service.
Key facts
- 0.35 acre lot
- Garage
- Built 1980
Neighborhood map
What this means for you Summary
Snapshot
- This is a 3-bed/2.0-bath manufactured listed at $20k.
Deal economics
- At list price, monthly cash flow is $786 ($9k/yr) — positive.
- The deal already cash-flows at list — no discount required.
- Meets the 1% rule at list price ($1k rent vs $20k).
- Recommended offer: $18k (9.0% below list) — sets the bar for market timing.
Location & tenants
- Location reads 67/100 on livability (#973 in PA) — a middle-class / working-renter tenant base. Strengths: cost of living A+, housing A+; Watch: employment C-, health & safety C-, amenities F.
- Titusville Area SD (town): math 35% / reading 55% proficiency, ranked #287 of 539 in PA (top 53%) — families likely to look elsewhere, expect single-tenant / working-renter base with shorter leases.
- Market conditions: 7 active listings in the ZIP; 42 units permitted in Venango County in 2024 (0 in 5+ unit buildings).
Forward outlook
- In year one you build about $2k of equity ($138 loan paydown + $2k appreciation (8.3% local appreciation)).
- Venango County population projected at -30% by 2050 — secular population decline; favor cash flow + early exit over multi-decade hold.
- At projected returns (8.3% appreciation + 3.0% rent growth), your $6k cash investment doubles in ~1 year — after that, you're playing with house money.
Negotiation context
- It's been on market 107 days — a 9% lower offer ($18k) is reasonable based on typical stale-listing flexibility.
Questions for the listing agent
- It's been on market 107 days. Have you received any prior offers? Is the seller open to a 9% concession, seller financing, or rate buy-down credit?
- 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?
- 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
- 5.88% ✓
- Cap rate
- 53.71%
- Cash-on-cash
- 169.36%
- DSCR
- 8.54
- GRM
- 1.4
CMA / ARV
- ARV (median comp)
- $112,029
- List price
- $19,900
- Delta
- -82.24%
- Verdict
- UNDERPRICED
- Comps
- 17 within 1.0 mi
Show comp detail 3 sales within ~0.75 mi
| Address | Dist | Beds/Ba | Sqft | Sold | Price | $/sf | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 156 Merrick St | 0.73mi | 3/2.0 | 1,404 (-1%) | 7mo | $120,000 | $85 | 58 |
| 368 Dunham Rd | 0.46mi | 3/2.0 | 1,260 (-11%) | 9mo | $113,000 | $90 | 52 |
| 423 Dunham Rd | 0.71mi | 2/1.0 (-1) | 1,600 (+13%) | 6mo | $236,500 | $148 | 31 |
Match score weights: distance 35% · size 25% · config 20% · recency 20%. Top-matched comps best support the ARV.
Projected returns pro-forma
8.3% appreciation · 3.0% rent growth · sell at horizon
- IRR
- —
- Equity multiple
- 11.53×
- Total profit
- $58,682
- Equity at exit
- $15,523
- IRR
- —
- Equity multiple
- 24.89×
- Total profit
- $133,105
- Equity at exit
- $31,205
Cash invested: $5,572 (down + closing). Projections, not guarantees.
Landlord ↔ Tenant lean methodology
- Overall (STATE)
- 62 Landlord-Friendly
- State Pennsylvania
- 62 Landlord-Friendly · EVEN
- County
- — inherits STATE
- City
- — inherits STATE
ZIP-level market 16341
- Home prices YoY
- 3.4%
- Active inventory
- 7
- Price-to-rent
- 1.4×
Monthly cashflow live
- Estimated rent
- $1,170 medium interval (Pro) →
- Mortgage (P&I)
- −$104
- Tax est. 1.5%
- −$25 /mo · $298/yr
- Insurance
- −$8
- HOA
- −$0
- Vacancy / Maint / Mgmt
- −$246
- Net cashflow
- $786
Break-even live
Sensitivity live
| Price | -10% $800 | -5% $793 | +0% $786 | +5% $780 | +10% $773 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rent | -10% $694 | -5% $740 | +0% $786 | +5% $833 | +10% $879 |
| Rate | -1.0pp $796 | -0.5pp $791 | base $786 | +0.5pp $781 | +1.0pp $776 |
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
- $4,975
- Closing costs
- $597
- 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.
Listing history 17 events
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2026-06-21days on market $19,900 Active 107 DOM
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2026-06-18days on market $19,900 Active 105 DOM
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2026-06-17days on market $19,900 Active 104 DOM
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2026-06-16days on market $19,900 Active 103 DOM
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2026-06-15days on market $19,900 Active 102 DOM
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2026-06-13days on market $19,900 Active 100 DOM
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2026-06-12days on market $19,900 Active 99 DOM
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2026-06-09days on market $19,900 Active 96 DOM
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2026-06-08days on market $19,900 Active 95 DOM
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2026-06-08days on market $19,900 Active 94 DOM
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2026-06-07days on market $19,900 Active 93 DOM
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2026-06-04days on market $19,900 Active 90 DOM
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2026-06-02days on market $19,900 Active 89 DOM
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2026-06-01days on market $19,900 Active 88 DOM
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2026-05-31days on market $19,900 Active 87 DOM
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2026-03-05$19,900 Active 126-char remark
Show marketing remark (126 chars)
Seller is Selling as LAND ONLY , does not believe home is livable , has public water and a sewage with new electric service.
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2003-08-19soldstatus $30,900
ⓘ Source: listings_history table (triggers on properties + properties_extension) + one-shot
backfill from property_details.listing_events for pre-trigger history.
Climate risk First Street
- Flood 1/10 Low FEMA zone X (unshaded) · 0% chance over 30 yrs
- Wildfire 3/10 Moderate
- Heat 1/10 Low 7 d/yr ≥91°F today · 17 d/yr by 30 yrs out
- Wind 1/10 Low
- Air quality 2/10 Low 0 unhealthy d/yr today · 1 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
- $14,034
- − Mortgage interest
- −$1,115
- − Property taxes
- −$298
- − Insurance
- −$100
- − Repairs & maintenance
- −$1,123
- − Management
- −$1,123
- − Depreciation
- −$579
- Taxable income
- $9,697
- Est. tax owed @ 24.0%
- −$2,327
- After-tax cash flow
- $7,110/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
- Titusville Area SD
- NCES district ID
- 4223490
- Math proficiency
- 35% ▼ -9.00%
- Reading proficiency
- 55% ▼ -10.00%
- Median HH income
- $38,179
- Composite
- 37.43/100
- National rank
- #4418
- State rank
- #287 of 539 in PA
Livability — Pleasantville
- Score
- 67/100
- State rank
- #973
- US rank
- #10636
Category grades
Schools grade is shown separately in the Schools card above.
Census & demographics
- Census place
- Pleasantville, PA
- Population (ZIP)
- 1,790
Population outlook (Venango County) Hauer SSP2
- Today (2025)
- 48,827 people
- By 2030
- 46,061 · -5.7%
- By 2040
- 39,989 · -18.1%
- By 2050
- 34,094 · -30.2%
- By 2075
- 22,500 · -53.9%
- By 2100
- 13,659 · -72.0%
Race, ethnicity, and origin ACS 2023
- Neighborhood character
- Predominantly White (95%)
- Race & ethnicity
- White 95% Two or more races 3% Hispanic / Latino 2%
- Common ancestry
- Slovak 4% Romanian 2% Iranian 2%
- Foreign-born
- 0%
- Languages at home
- 99% English-only · German/W. Germanic 1%
Political lean MEDSL · Venango
- 2024 margin
- Solid R (+42.1) · D 28.5% · R 70.6%
- 2008→2024 swing
- -22.9pp toward R · 2008: -19.2pp · 2024: -42.1pp
- All cycles
- 2024: R+42.1 2020: R+41.4 2016: R+42.4 2012: R+26.3 2008: R+19.2
Not yet ingested
- Civics
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Market trends
- HPI YoY
- ▲ 8.30%
- Current HPI
- 250.7438
- Rent YoY
- —
- Metro
- —
- State GDP YoY
- ▲ 1.68%
- F500 in state
- 34
Industry mix (Fortune 500 HQ in PA)
| Industry | F500 HQs | Revenue |
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| Healthcare | 2 | $309B |
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| Insurance | 2 | $27B |
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| Telecommunications / Media | 1 | $124B |
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| Industrial Distribution | 1 | $22B |
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| Financial Services | 1 | $20B |
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| Chemicals / Materials | 1 | $18B |
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Price history
-35.6% since first listed2 events — show timeline
- 2026-03-05 Listed $19,900 AVBREALTORS
- 2003-08-19 Sold (Public Records) $30,900 Public Records
Property tax history
-27.9%/yrLatest (2026): $19 · +2.4% YoY. Source: county tax records.
Cash-flow waterfall
monthlySold comps — $/sqft
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