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ALLEGHENY AVE,307 E. ALLEGHENY AVE, 309 E. ALLEGHENY AVE, 311 E. ALLEGHENY AVE, 313 E. ALLEGHENY AVE WITH OPA ACCOUNT NUMBER AS FOLLOW 07-3-2093-00, 07-3-2094-00,07-3-2095-00, 07-3-2096-00, 07-3-2097-01."},{"number":"ZP-2023-009091","date":"2023-09-01","work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Retail Sales - Consumer Goods"}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":0.08,"timeline":[{"y":2007,"k":"sale","p":175000},{"y":2007,"k":"sale","p":23541.76},{"y":2016,"k":"sale","p":10000},{"y":2021,"k":"sale","p":189000},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Lot Line Relocation"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"0988007","type":"Tire Dealer","status":"Active","businessName":"DIAZ GENERAL AUTO REPAIR INC","legalName":"DIAZ GENERAL AUTO REPAIR INC","address":"305 E ALLEGHENY AVE","revenueCode":"3315","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2025-09-04","latestIssueDate":"2025-09-04","expirationDate":"2026-09-03","inactiveDate":null}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"0988007","type":"Tire Dealer","businessName":"DIAZ GENERAL AUTO REPAIR INC","legalName":"DIAZ GENERAL AUTO REPAIR INC","issuedDate":"2025-09-04","latestIssueDate":"2025-09-04","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":"2026-09-03","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Active","statusLabel":"Active","active":true}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-25","signals":[{"kind":"post-purchase-work","level":"watch","title":"Post-purchase work pattern","summary":"A recorded purchase followed by 2 permit events matches the early part of a renovate-and-resell sequence.","evidence":["purchase recorded in 2021","permit activity in 2023"],"caveat":"This does not show that the property is listed or that a sale is planned."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"deed-chain","level":"verify","title":"The latest nominal transfer is not a market sale—or a title opinion","finding":"The latest deed in the assembled record moved for nominal consideration.","why":"A $1 or nominal deed can be a valid family, estate, or entity transfer. It does not establish a sale price, clear title, or by itself prove a tangled title.","action":"Read the recorded deed and have the title search confirm every grantor, grantee, estate/probate step, lien, and authority to sell.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/property-lots-housing/get-a-copy-of-a-deed-or-other-recorded-document/"},{"id":"commercial-trash","level":"verify","title":"A separate Commercial Trash account may apply","finding":"OPA classifies the parcel as commercial. BlockReport does not receive a current Commercial Trash account balance.","why":"Philadelphia charges qualifying small commercial, mixed-use, and multi-unit properties that use City collection; exemptions and private collection can change applicability. A use category alone does not prove a fee is due.","action":"Check the Commercial Trash account inside the date-effective Property Payoff.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/2026-06-09-pay-your-trash-fee-bill-by-june-30/"}],"closingChecks":[{"title":"Property Sales Certification","body":"The seller must obtain Philadelphia’s certificate showing the base zoning, last use in the zoning record, and open violations. The City warns that it does not prove Building Code occupancy or show zoning overlays.","action":"Obtain the fresh certificate and compare it with the CO, permits, and Atlas overlays.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/get-a-certificate/get-a-property-sales-certification/"},{"title":"Date-effective City Property Payoff","body":"The Tax Center Property Payoff covers Real Estate Tax, Commercial Trash, and L&I abatement-work invoices. Philadelphia says it does not include business-tax debts or liens, water and sewer charges, or fines for code violations.","action":"Request the City statement effective through settlement; read every period and invoice.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/guides/philadelphia-tax-center/what-to-do/"},{"title":"Professional title and water-lien searches","body":"OPA ownership, deed summaries, and a zero tax balance are not clear title. Mortgages, judgments, municipal claims, water liens, easements, heirs, and other encumbrances require separate searches.","action":"Use a Pennsylvania lawyer/title company and obtain owner’s title insurance; order the separate water search/payoff.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/2026-04-07-why-title-insurance-is-your-best-friend-when-buying-a-home-in-philadelphia/","secondaryUrl":"https://www.phila.gov/services/water-gas-utilities/pay-or-dispute-a-water-bill/resolve-water-liens-judgments/"}]}