Booth St market study · private draft2600-2604 N Booth St, Milwaukee 53212
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Market study for the owner · Riverwest, Milwaukee 53212

2600-2604 N Booth St

6 units, 7,868 SF, bought Jan 26, 2026 at $850,000 (County deed #11572508). Where it stands in the 2026 market, by the numbers, every figure sourced.

Where you stand (short version)

The price is supported at market rents

You paid $850,000 on Jan 26, 2026 (County deed #11572508). Measured against rent, that is The price divided by one full year of rent.It answers: what are buyers paying per dollar of rent for buildings like this? 9.37 on today's rent and GRM 7.25 on market rent (the rent roll and the county deed record). Priced piece by piece at market rents, the building works out to $877,213 to $1,079,615, and your $850,000 sits just under the low end of that range (the component calculation). The units are in great shape and fully leased; the rents are simply below market, so the work that pays is the rent roll. The full picture is below.

Value, piece by piece

$877,213-$1,079,615

Apartments at 7.74 to 9.72 times rent plus shops at a 7.2% to 8.5% return (the component calculation).

Middle of that range

$973,622

Against the $850,000 you paid on Jan 26, 2026 (County deed #11572508).

Rent gap per year

$26,496

Worth about $223,531 of value at the same rates ($209,304 on the apartments, $14,227 on the shops) (the rent roll and the Pro Forma calculation).

The rent roll

Six units, all let, as of Aug 31, 2026

Every What a tenant is actually paying today on a signed lease.Bankable: rent a buyer can count on. on this site starts here: the property manager's rent roll as of Aug 31, 2026 (the Aug 2026 rent roll). The Jan 2026 appraisal rent roll is history now, and the appraisal's own Pro Forma market rent schedule is no longer shown anywhere on this site.

UnitTenantSFMonthly rentRent $/SF/yrLease fromLease to
Apt 1Susan Bietila1,440$1,400/mo$11.67Jul 16, 2017Jul 31, 2027
Apt 2Patrick C. Tate1,050$1,495/mo$17.09Jun 17, 2026May 31, 2027
Apt 3Cansu Girgin1,421$1,350/mo$11.40Aug 3, 2020Jul 31, 2027
610 E Clarke St (salon)London's Healthy Hair500$765/mo$18.36Oct 1, 2024Sep 30, 2027
2600 N Booth St (acupuncture)Being TCM, LLC (MKE Acupuncture)1,050$1,350/mo$15.43Aug 1, 2024Aug 31, 2028
2604 N Booth St (bakery)The Baker's Connection LLC1,000$1,200/mo$14.40Dec 1, 2024Nov 30, 2026
Totals6 units, 100% occupied6,461$7,560/mo$14.04

Rent $/SF/yr is monthly rent times twelve divided by that unit's square footage, the figure the rent roll prints. Totals: 6 units, 100% occupied, 6,461 SF let, $7,560 a month ($90,720 a year), averaging $14.04 per SF a year. Every figure on this table is printed on the manager's own roll the Aug 2026 rent roll.

The property in pictures

29 photos from the sale listing

Click any photo to open it full size; the arrow keys and the on-screen buttons step through the set. All 29 come from the 2025 sale listing (LoopNet listing 35897675).

The subject

Property
2600-2604 N Booth St (also fronting 808/810 E Clarke St) (the property record)
Units and mix
6 units: 3 apartments (2BR) plus 3 street-level shops (bakery, acupuncture clinic, salon) (the rent roll)
Building
7,868 SF gross (7,011 SF rentable), built 1880 (Appraisal (Lingeman, Jan 12, 2026), p. 35)
Price
$850,000 on Jan 26, 2026 (County deed #11572508)
Per unit, per SF, assessment
$108.03 per SF · $141,667 per unit · assessed $838,300 (2025) (the deed and the property record)

7,868 SF is gross building area; the The space that actually earns rent.Rents and values are figured on this, not on the whole building. is 7,011 SF (Appraisal (Lingeman, Jan 12, 2026), p. 35).

Market evidence · rents

Residential rent comparables

Seven two-bedroom comps in Riverwest and just around it, sized against each of your three apartments. Your building appears twice: at today's rents and at market (the at-market-rents row). Sort any column; each listing's story and source open in its Details.

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subject photo2600-2604 N Booth St Subject
3 apartments at today's rents
3x 2BR, 1.5-2.5 BAavg 1,304 SFavg $1,415/mo ($4,245 total)$1.09/SF/mo
subject photo2600-2604 N Booth St - at market rents (Pro Forma) Subject
the same 3 apartments at market rents
3x 2BR, 1.5-2.5 BAavg 1,304 SFavg $2,099/mo ($6,297 total)$1.61/SF/mo
comp listing photo2105 N Booth St Unit 1, Milwaukee, WI 53212
1000 SF · 0.5 mi S, Riverwest
2BR / 1BA1,000 SF$1,799/mo$1.80/SF/mo
comp listing photo2204 N Booth St Lower, Milwaukee, WI 53212
1300 SF · 0.5 mi S, Riverwest
2BR / 1.5BA1,300 SF$1,950/mo$1.50/SF/mo
comp listing photo2822 N Fratney St #A, Milwaukee, WI 53212
905 SF · 0.3 mi NE, Riverwest
2BR / 1BA905 SF$1,545/mo$1.71/SF/mo
comp listing photo914 E Townsend St Upper, Milwaukee, WI 53212
1150 SF · 1.0 mi N, Riverwest
2BR / 1BA1,150 SF$1,400/mo$1.22/SF/mo
comp listing photoRow House 31, 2650 N Humboldt Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53212
1550 SF · 0.4 mi E, Riverwest
2BR / 2.5BA1,550 SF$2,345/mo$1.51/SF/mo
comp listing photo2138 N Buffum St Lower, Milwaukee, WI 53212 (Brewer's Hill)
1200 SF · 0.5 mi S, Beerline B
2BR / 1BA1,200 SF$1,625/mo$1.35/SF/mo
comp listing photo2332 N Holton St #2332, Milwaukee, WI 53212
1105 SF · 1.1 mi N, Harambee
2BR / 1BA1,105 SF$1,590/mo$1.44/SF/mo
Comps only: mean / median$1,751/$1,625$1.50/$1.50

The tagged match names the subject unit each comp is sized against; the 1-bath comps sit below your units' 1.5+ bath cluster and never anchor the top of the range. Rents are What a landlord advertises.A wish, not a fact, and always labeled on this site. unless the row says otherwise. Beds and baths are quoted from each listing's own page. The footer carries the mean and the median of the seven comps; your two rows are not counted in it. The at-market row takes the 75th percentile of those seven $/SF rates and applies it to each of your units.

Subject (yellow) Residential rent comps (ink) Click any pin for its figures, a photo, and its sources.

Market evidence · rents

Retail rent comparables

What can you actually get for a 1,000 SF bakery bay, a 1,050 SF acupuncture bay, and a salon bay of about 500 SF?

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subject photo2600-2604 N Booth St Subject
your three bays: bakery, acupuncture clinic, salon · at today's rents
your own three bays (bakery, acupuncture clinic, salon)2,550 SF (500 / 1,000 / 1,050)$3,315/mo in place$15.60/SF/yr7,000 AADT (2023)0.00 mirent roll, Aug 2026 (signed leases)No
subject photo2600-2604 N Booth St Subject
your three bays: bakery, acupuncture clinic, salon · at market rents
your own three bays (bakery, acupuncture clinic, salon)2,550 SF (500 / 1,000 / 1,050)$3,471/mo at market$16.33/SF/yr7,000 AADT (2023)0.00 miour benchmark (median of the retail survey)No
subject photo2604 N Booth St Subject's own bay
Riverwest proper (Booth St corridor)
small inline shop / studio-clinic flex storefront1,000 SF$1,200/mo$14.40/SF/yr7,000 AADT (2023)0.00 mirent roll 2024+No
3901-3925 N Richards St
Williamsburg Heights / Riverworks BID (Riverwest NE edge)
small inline shop (former GameStop in-line unit; anchored center)1,447 SF$1,688/mo$14.00/SF/yr6,000 AADT (2023)1.55 miactive listingNo
comp listing photo3575 N Oakland Ave
Shorewood (N Oakland Ave retail corridor)
small inline shop (first-floor retail; health/personal-care co-tenants)1,346 SF$2,916/mo$26.00/SF/yr14,500 AADT (2023)1.47 miactive listingYes
2514-2516 E Capitol Dr
Shorewood ('Wisconsin's most walkable community' per listing)
small inline shop (street retail storefront; boutiques/retail pitched)1,475 SF$2,397/mo$19.50/SF/yr820 AADT (2019)2.08 miactive listingYes
1725A S 12th St
Lincoln Village / south side (S 12th & W Lincoln Ave corridor)
salon / personal care / small inline shop (boutique, yoga, med-spa pitched)1,000 SF$975/mo$11.70/SF/yr4,000 AADT (2021)3.92 miactive listingYes
2197 S Kinnickinnic Ave
south side, Bay View
small inline shop (storefront retail; last use dog-training facility)1,600 SF$2,400/mo$18.00/SF/yr4,200 AADT (2022)4.23 miactive listingYes
7911 W Becher St
south side, Honey Creek Settlement (West Allis border)
small inline shop (neighborhood storefront; retail/service uses, zoned C-2)900 SF$1,100/mo$14.67/SF/yr4,600 AADT (2024)6.84 miactive listingYes
Comps only: mean / median$1,913/$2,043$17.31/$16.34

Every row here cleared the eligibility rule before it earned a place: a listing that was live when checked, or a rent roll dated 2024 or later. The Eligibility column names which one - 6 rows rest on listings that were live when checked and 0 on a published rent roll. An MLS sold or leased line is never counted as a signing: rows whose only evidence was that line are out of the table and listed in the appendix with their reasons. Rent basis under each row says whether the figure is an asking rate or a published rent roll. Your own bakery bay is in the table as a reality check and is not counted in the footer. The smallest bay in the pool is 900 SF, so no true 500 SF bay exists as a comp: the salon read rests on the 1725A S 12th St (1,000 SF, $11.70), the closest real evidence. Rent per month is the quoted monthly rent; $/SF/yr is the yearly rate per square foot, comparable across Who pays the building's operating costs.The same rent can mean very different income to the owner.. Traffic is the WisDOT annual average traffic count at the nearest station. This comp sits outside Riverwest.Context, not home-turf evidence. flags a row that sits outside Riverwest. These are small-bay retail leases: An honest label: this comp is not true mixed-use.Useful, but not the same. - not a true mixed-use comp. The footer carries the mean and the median of the comp rows; your own rows are not counted in it. The at-market row takes the median of those comp rates and applies it bay by bay.

Bakery bay, about 1,000 SF: 1725A S 12th St (1,000 SF, $11.70), 7911 W Becher St (900 SF, $14.67). Acupuncture bay, 1,050 SF, the next size up: 3901-3925 N Richards St (1,447 SF, $14.00), 3575 N Oakland Ave (1,346 SF, $26.00), 2514-2516 E Capitol Dr (1,475 SF, $19.50), 2197 S Kinnickinnic Ave (1,600 SF, $18.00). Salon bay, about 500 SF: 1725A S 12th St (1,000 SF, $11.70).

Subject (yellow) Retail rent comps (ink) Click any pin for its figures, a photo, and its sources.

Market evidence · sales (1 of 3)

Price per unit and per square foot

What do buyers pay A yardstick that puts different-sized buildings on the same scale.It is how your building is measured against bigger and smaller ones. for true retail-over-residential mixed-use near the subject?

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subject photo2600-2604 N Booth St Subject
actual trade, bought Jan 26, 2026
3x2BR apartments + 3x commercial (incl. turnkey bakery) = 6 units (3 commercial + 3 residential)67,868Jan 26, 2026$850,000$141,667/unit$108.03/SF
subject photo2600-2604 N Booth St Subject
value at our Pro Forma rents
3x2BR apartments + 3x commercial (incl. turnkey bakery) = 6 units (3 commercial + 3 residential)67,868value indicated$973,622$162,270/unit$123.74/SF
comp listing photo800 E Chambers St
unit config closest (6u; 1C+5R vs subject 3C+3R) | SF -41% | 0.5 mi | built 1905 vs 1880
1 storefront + 5 apts64,626Jul 2, 2025$540,000$90,000/unit$116.73/SF
3272-3274 N Holton St
use config closest (retail storefront over 2 apts) | SF -29% | 0.6 mi | PRIORITY dossier
1 storefront + 2x1BR35,611Aug 28, 2026$150,000$50,000/unit$26.73/SF
1333-35 N Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Dr
2 commercial + 1 residential (commercial-rich) | SF -34% | 0.8 mi
2 commercial + 1x1BR35,178May 27, 2025$675,000$225,000/unit$130.36/SF
3439-55 N Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Dr
5 units (1C+4R) | SF +31% (largest in set) | 1.2 mi
1 commercial + 4 apts510,304Jun 26, 2026$400,000$80,000/unit$38.82/SF
707 E Brady St
Brady St retail corridor (1C+2R) | SF -37% | 1.0 mi
1 commercial + 2 apts34,952Jul 30, 2025$750,000$250,000/unit$151.45/SF
3201 N Holton St (3201-3205)
same Holton St corridor (2R+1C, commercial 1,000 SF = 31%) | SF -58%
2 residential + 1 commercial33,266Oct 7, 2024$250,000$83,333/unit$76.55/SF
comp listing photo2674 N Holton St (2674-2678)
closest use config in the set (2 storefronts + 3 apartments vs 3 + 3) | SF -28% | same Holton St corridor | PRIORITY dossier
2 storefronts + 3 apts55,652Feb 17, 2026$210,000$42,000/unit$37.15/SF
Comps only: mean / median$117,190/$83,333$82.54/$76.55

Every row is a county-deed trade of 2024 or later with the price, the date, the unit count and the building size all published. The subject's rate per square foot is on 7,868 SF of gross building area (7,011 SF rentable: $121.24 per SF). Fit to the subject sits under each address. Gates every row clears: 2024+ COE, TRUE mixed-use (retail over residential), surrounding area (Riverwest/Brewer's Hill/Harambee/East Side, at most 1.2 mi), complete price-date-units-SF, deed-backed.

Median $$83,333 per unit (range $$42,000 to $$250,000) and $76.55 per SF (range $26.73 to $151.45). subject $141,667/unit vs median $83,333/unit; $108.03/SF vs median $76.55/SF.

Subject (yellow) Sales comps (ink) Click any pin for its figures, a photo, and its source note.

Market evidence · sales (2 of 3)

Gross rent multiple

What The price divided by one full year of rent.It answers: what are buyers paying per dollar of rent for buildings like this? do investors pay for income buildings like this?

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subject photo2600-2604 N Booth St Subject
actual trade, bought Jan 26, 2026
mixed-use (3C+3R)67,868Jan 26, 2026$850,000$7,560/mo9.37in place on Aug 31, 2026
subject photo2600-2604 N Booth St Subject
value at our Pro Forma rents, $973,622
mixed-use (3C+3R)67,868value indicated$973,622$9,768/mo7.25our Pro Forma method
comp listing photo2800 W Lincoln Ave (2800-2802)
turnkey bakery (~2,800 SF) + 3BR residence (building 4,586 SF)
mixed-use (retail over residential)24,586Feb 27, 2026$375,000$4,035/mo7.74closed, documented
comp listing photo800 E Chambers St
1 storefront commercial + 5 apartments (3BR, 2BR, 1BR, 1BR+den, studio); 4,626 SF, built 1905
mixed-use (retail over residential)64,626Jul 2, 2025$540,000$5,700/mo7.89closed, documented
3272-3274 N Holton St
1 ground-floor commercial storefront + 2x 1BR apartments upstairs (each with private outdoor space) = 3 UNITS (1 commercial + 2 residential). Shorewest print page: 'Total Number of Units: 3'. 1-car attached garage + 1 ou
mixed-use (retail over residential)35,611Aug 28, 2026$150,000$2,750/mo4.55closed, estimate
2859-2861 N Booth St
2x2BR + 1x?BR (duplex + house; RETR 3 units)
different asset type - not a true mixed-use comp
small multifamily33,529Jun 10, 2025$430,000$2,648/mo13.53closed, partial+impute
3045-3047 N Booth St
2x?BR (duplex + house; assessor 4 bedrooms total)
different asset type - not a true mixed-use comp
small multifamily22,849Apr 11, 2025$399,900$2,812/mo11.85closed, partial+impute
2330-2332 N Holton St
2x2BR (duplex)
different asset type - not a true mixed-use comp
small multifamily22,190Aug 22, 2025$241,000$3,180/mo6.32closed, estimate
comp listing photo2674 N Holton St (2674-2678)
2 storefront commercial bays (vacant at sale) + 3 apartments (1BR vacant, 1BR $850, 2BR $950)
mixed-use (retail over residential)55,652Feb 17, 2026$210,000$1,800/mo9.72closed, documented
Comps only: mean / median8.80/7.89

GRM (annual) = sale price / gross annual scheduled rent (12 x monthly). Monthly GRM = price / monthly gross rent. Both labeled on every row. Basis under every row says whether the rent is documented, partly imputed, or an estimate. Small multifamily rows carry the asset-type label instead of any averaging rule: Jay and Mark decide how much each row counts, the site does not.

The three mixed-use trades with documented rents print 7.74 to 9.72 times annual rent. Your building bought at 9.37 on today's below-market rents and 7.25 at market rents. The small multifamily rows print 6.32 to 13.53 - a different asset type, not a true mixed-use comp, and never a blind comparable.

Subject (yellow) Sales comps (ink) Click any pin for its figures, a photo, and its source note.

Market evidence · sales (3 of 3)

Going-in cap rate

What going-in The yearly return on the price after operating costs.It answers: what yield do investors demand here? do investors pay for small income buildings like this?

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3477-3479 N 2nd St, Milwaukee, WI 53212
Harambee (53212)
17.15%listing-published$249,000 askOct 1, 20262,838 SF1.20 mi
4842 W. Lisbon Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53208
West Lisbon / Uptown (53208)
10.25%listing-published$345,000 askFeb 2, 20263,284 SF3.17 mi
4630 W North Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53208
West North Ave / Burnham Park (53208)
7.88%listing-published$545,000 askJan 24, 20265,712 SF3.47 mi
1800 N Farwell Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53202
East Side / Lower East Side (53202)
6.50%broker-published$2,700,000 ask--1.22 mi
1947-49 N Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Milwaukee, WI 53205
Harambee (53205)
13.78%appraisal-published$180,000Apr 16, 20251,848 SF0.84 mi
2034-36 N Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Milwaukee, WI 53205
Harambee (53205)
7.15%appraisal-published$329,000Dec 1, 20253,030 SF0.77 mi
2670 N Holton St (2670-2672), Milwaukee, WI 53212
Harambee / Riverwest border (53212)
8.73%appraisal-published$195,000Nov 25, 20253,114 SF0.12 mi
3201 N Holton St (3201-3205), Milwaukee, WI 53212
Harambee (53212)
10.21%appraisal-published$250,000Oct 7, 20243,266 SF0.76 mi
comp listing photo800 E Chambers St, Milwaukee, WI 53212
Riverwest (53212)
7.18%appraisal-published$540,000Jul 2, 20254,626 SF0.52 mi
1326-1337 W Oklahoma Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53215
South Side / W Oklahoma Ave (53215)
different asset type - not a true mixed-use comp
6.55%broker-published$425,000 askApr 30, 20261,250 SF5.50 mi
3332A N Third St, Milwaukee, WI 53212
Riverwest / N 3rd St (53212)
different asset type - not a true mixed-use comp
9.54%listing-published$260,000 askAug 17, 20264,155 SF1.07 mi
117 E Chambers St, Milwaukee, WI 53212
Riverwest / E Chambers St (53212)
different asset type - not a true mixed-use comp
8.11%listing-published$185,000 askJul 10, 20261,960 SF0.58 mi
Comps only: mean / median9.42%/8.42%

Every cap rate in this table is published by somebody else: a listing, a broker, or an appraisal, named in each row's Where a cap rate came from: printed by a broker, listing or appraiser, or figured by us from documented income and expenses.Whose number it is changes how much it can carry. column. Nothing on this page is calculated from rent. Rows that are a small multifamily or small-bay retail property carry "different asset type - not a true mixed-use comp". the subject's own two cap rates are appraisal-published: 5.85% on the 2025 net income of $49,725 in the owner's operating statement (Appraisal, pp. 126+) and 7.20%, the concluded overall rate published in the appraisal (Appraisal for 2600-2604 N Booth St (Steven Lingeman, MAI), effective Jan 12, 2026, pp. 95, 98).

Published caps run 6.50% to 17.15% across these 12 properties. The 5 closed mixed-use trades within 0.84 mi of your building print 7.15%, 7.18%, 8.73%, 10.21%, 13.78%, median 8.73% - that is the market's own pricing for this asset class.

Subject (yellow) Published cap evidence (ink) Click any pin for its figures, a photo, and its source note.

Valuation

What the building is worth, piece by piece

2600-2604 N Booth St is really two businesses under one roof: three apartments and three shops. Apartments and shops sell at different rates, so the fair way to price the building is to price each half with its own kind of trade, then add the two answers together.

What each half earns at market

Apartments: $75,564 a year (the Pro Forma rent calculation). Shops: $41,652 a year (the Pro Forma rent calculation). Together: $117,216 a year.

  1. The apartments: buyers pay 7.74 to 9.72 times rent for this kind of building.

    The four Milwaukee trades with documented rent rolls set the band at 7.74 to 9.72 times rent. Three of them sit in the gross rent multiple table above, and each of the four carries its own source note.

    Applying that band to the apartments' $75,564 of market rent: low $584,865 at 7.74 times, middle $642,294 at 8.5 times, high $734,482 at 9.72 times (the component calculation). The upper two include those mixed buildings' storefront income inside the multiplier, so they lean generous for a pure apartment half. That is why the middle of the band is used.

  2. The shops: priced by return, not by a rent multiple.

    Small Milwaukee mixed-use and retail trades of 2025 and 2026 change hands at 6.6% to 8.5% returns on the income their listings state (the county deed records behind the four trades). After market operating costs for this kind of building (37.2% of rent, Appraisal (Lingeman, Jan 12, 2026), p. 95) and a 5% vacancy allowance, the shops' $41,652 of rent supports $24,850 of net income: at an 8.5% return $292,348, at 7.5% $331,328, and at the 7.2% return the appraisal concluded (Appraisal (Lingeman, Jan 12, 2026), pp. 84-87) that is $345,133.

  3. The answer, piece by piece.
    Apartments
    Low
    $584,865
    Middle
    $642,294
    High
    $734,482
    Shops
    Low
    $292,348
    Middle
    $331,328
    High
    $345,133
    Whole building
    Low
    $877,213
    Middle
    $973,622
    High
    $1,079,615

    The purchase was $850,000 (County deed #11572508), which sits just under the low end of that range (the component calculation).

Two other ways to check the same answer

Whole-building multiples. Mixed buildings with a similar shop-to-apartment split changed hands at 7.74 to 9.72 times rent. On the building's $117,216 of market rent that is $907,252 to $1,139,340, middle $996,336 (the county deed records behind the four trades).

Straight return. Net income of $69,931, market rent after the market operating costs of 37.2% of rent and a 5% vacancy allowance, at the 7.2% to 8.5% return band is $822,718 to $971,265 (the component calculation).

All three routes land in the same neighborhood, roughly $822,718 to $1,139,340. Nothing in the range depends on a trade older than 2024.

Where you stand

Where you stand at these numbers

You paid $850,000 on Jan 26, 2026 ($141,667 per unit, $108.03 per SF) (County deed #11572508). On today's rent that is GRM 9.37; on market rent, GRM 7.25 (the rent roll and the county deed record). Priced piece by piece at market rents, the building works out to $877,213 to $1,079,615 with a middle of $973,622, and the cross-checks bracket that ($822,718 to $1,139,340) (the component calculation). Recent mixed-use trades ran 7.74 to 9.72 times rent, so your GRM on today's rents sits inside the market while your GRM at market rents sits just below it, which is what buying under the market range looks like (the county deed records behind the four trades).

Value, piece by piece

$877,213-$1,079,615

Apartments at 7.74 to 9.72 times rent plus shops at a 7.2% to 8.5% return (the component calculation).

Middle of that range

$973,622

Against the $850,000 you paid (County deed #11572508).

Rent gap per year

$26,496

Worth about $223,531 of value at the same rates (the rent roll and the Pro Forma calculation).

The upside is the rent roll

At market rents the building grosses $117,216 a year (the Pro Forma rent calculation). In place it grosses $90,720 (apartments $50,940, shops $39,780) (the Aug 2026 rent roll). The gap is $26,496 a year: $24,624 on the apartments, where all three sit below the benchmark, and $1,872 on the shops, where the salon already rents above it and the bakery and the acupuncture bay sit just below (the rent roll and the Pro Forma calculation). Closing the gap is worth about $223,531 of value ($209,304 on the apartments at 8.5 times rent, $14,227 on the shops at a 7.85% return) (the component calculation).

The timing is in the leases: the bakery lease runs to Nov 30, 2026, the apartments turn over one at a time from May 31, 2027 to Jul 31, 2027, the salon runs to Sep 30, 2027, and the acupuncture lease runs to Aug 31, 2028. The bakery re-lease and each apartment renewal are the chance to price to market without turning a tenant over.

The building's condition is settled and strong: tall ceilings, rooftop decks on the two upper apartments, in-unit washer and dryer plus dishwasher in every apartment, and parking for about four cars off the alley. The gap is between what the units earn and what the evidence says they can earn, so the work that pays is the rent roll, not the exit.

The books

Income and expenses

Two readings of the same building: what the manager's books actually did over the eight months to Aug 31, 2026, restated to a full year, and what the building should do at the rents this study sets.

Line itemActual totalActual per SFPro Forma totalPro Forma per SF
Residential rent$45,360$6.47$75,564$10.78
Commercial rent$35,770$5.10$41,652$5.94
Other income (application fees)$112$0.02$112$0.02
A small haircut for the months units sit empty.Even full buildings turn over. allowance (5%)$0$0.00-$5,861-$0.84
Concessions and bad debt (0%)$0$0.00$0$0.00
Total income$81,242$11.59$111,468$15.90
Repairs and maintenance$4,462$0.64$3,719$0.53
Cleaning and janitorial$45$0.01$45$0.01
Grounds, landscaping and trash$3,175$0.45$3,175$0.45
Fire and life safety$2,201$0.31$2,201$0.31
Property management$4,869$0.69$4,869$0.69
Property insurance$5,984$0.85$5,984$0.85
Real estate taxes$16,090$2.30$16,090$2.30
Utilities$2,023$0.29$2,023$0.29
Tenant turnover$3,302$0.47$1,500$0.21
Other tenant costs$6,193$0.88$6,193$0.88
Postage, legal and accounting$233$0.03$233$0.03
One-time transition costs$19,206$2.74$0$0.00
Replacement reserves$0$0.00$1,500$0.21
Total operating expense$67,784$9.67$47,533$6.78
Operating costs as a share of income.Lower means the building runs efficiently. (%)83.4%42.6%
What the building earns after operating costs, before any mortgage.Value follows this number. (net operating income)$13,458$1.92$63,934$9.12

Actual column: the manager's income statement for the eight months to Aug 31, 2026 multiplied by 12/8, cash basis, so rent shows when it was collected rather than when it was due (the income statement and how both columns are built). Per SF is on 7,011 SF rentable. Expense ratio = total operating expense / total income and NOI = total income - total operating expense, both computed in both columns. Leasing commissions and mortgage interest sit below the NOI line and are not in this table.

The 'what if every unit rented at market today' scenario.Shows the upside case. column: rent per the Pro Forma rent calculation, vacancy at 5% of rent, concessions and bad debt at 0%, management fee, taxes, insurance, utilities, grounds, snow and other tenant costs held at their actual annualized level, repairs and maintenance at the run rate with the $495 roof repair left out, turnover at $1,500 against $3,302 actual, replacement reserves added at $1,500 a year, and $19,206 of one-time transition costs carried at $0. Every one of those choices, and the reason for it, is on the notes page.

How we changed things up

What is different from the books, and why

The Pro Forma is not the books. Every place the two part company is listed here, in the order it happens on the income and expense page, so nothing is hidden behind a number.

  1. The source of the rents changed.

    Every in-place rent now comes from the property manager's rent roll as of Aug 31, 2026 (the Aug 2026 rent roll) instead of the Jan 2026 appraisal rent roll. The appraisal's own Pro Forma market rent schedule is off the site entirely: where the appraisal is still cited, it is for property facts, operating costs and published rates.

  2. Residential Pro Forma rents: the 75th percentile.

    The top quarter benchmark of the seven current residential comps, $1.61/SF/mo, applied to each apartment's own square footage. The units are in great shape, so they earn the top band of the evidence (the Pro Forma rent calculation).

  3. Retail Pro Forma rents: the median.

    The middle of the six eligible retail comps, $16.33/SF/yr, applied bay by bay: a quiet street and a soft Riverwest retail market say the middle of the evidence, not the top (the Pro Forma rent calculation).

  4. Percentiles are comps only.

    Both distributions exclude your own rows, at today's rents and at market, so the benchmark never measures the building against itself.

  5. Vacancy 5%, concessions and bad debt 0%.

    Pro Forma rent is cut by a 5% vacancy allowance, the usual haircut even for a fully let building, and by nothing for concessions or bad debt: the books show none YTD.

  6. One-time transition costs excluded.

    Professional fees of $9,486 and bank charges of $3,318 over the eight months ($19,206 annualized) are transition and closing costs, not running costs. They stay visible in the actual column as one line and carry $0 in the Pro Forma.

  7. Management fee held at the actual.

    Kept at the actual annualized figure, which runs 6% of rent income at actual rents, the market rate for a property this size, so no adjustment is made to it.

  8. Real estate taxes held at the current assessment.

    No appeal assumed: the 2026 assessment went from $838,300 to $843,900 and the manager did not appeal it, so the Pro Forma carries the tax at today's level.

  9. Insurance flat at the annualized books.

    The policy is already re-priced after the hardening work, so the Pro Forma carries the annualized figure with no trend applied.

  10. Replacement reserves added.

    $250 a unit a year, $1,500 in total, as a visible line. The books carry no reserves; every buyer underwrites them.

  11. Turnover held at $1,500.

    Against $3,302 actual over the eight months. The bakery lease expires Nov 30, 2026, so one turn is a fair allowance for the year ahead.

  12. Repairs and maintenance at the run rate.

    Annualized as the books run, with the $495 roof repair left out of the run rate.

  13. Utilities, grounds, landscaping and snow at the annualized books.

    Taken as they are: no trend, no guess.

  14. What would change the Pro Forma most.

    The bakery lease renewal (expires Nov 30, 2026) and the retail rent band.

Sources for every figure on this page: the the Aug 2026 rent roll and the the Pro Forma rent calculation.

Where everything sits

Comp map

Layers
Subject (yellow) Comps (ink) Click any pin for its figures, a photo, and its sources.

Every comp address on this site is on the map. Map data (c) OpenStreetMap contributors.

Appendix

Context kept out of the tables

Three groups of records informed the study but are not market comps for your building. They are kept here, labeled, so nothing is hidden and nothing distorts the tables above.

Transfers that were not market sales (6)

These changed hands on paper, not on the market. None is a priced trade:

  • 2556 N Booth St: The Dec 2024 transfer was a retitle to the owner's own company (county deed #11476285, quit claim, nothing recorded against the title). No market sale occurred; the $168,500 figure on the property record is an estimated value, not a price.
  • 2671-2679 N Holton St: The Apr 4, 2024 transfer was a gift (county deed #11410495, quit claim). The $162,500 figure on the property record is an estimated value, not a price.
  • 833 E Burleigh St: The Oct 23, 2024 transfer moved the building into the owner's own revocable trust (county deed #11459569). The $118,500 figure is an estimated value, not a price.
  • 831-833 W Burleigh St: The Jun 5, 2024 transfer was a family-gift land contract (county deed #11425227) with $0 recorded. The $70,400 figure exists only on the property record's sale line.
  • 400 E Burleigh St: Recorded Jan 14, 2025, but the deed conveys Mar 1, 2019 (county deed #11480607), before the 2024 window of this study.
  • 3271-3273 N Holton St: Recorded Jan 22, 2025, but the deed conveys Jul 1, 2019 (county deed #11480609), before the 2024 window of this study.
Residential alternates (5)

Just below the seven comps above; useful as brackets, not as anchors:

  • 2611 N Humboldt Blvd (3BR/1BA, 1,400 SF, $1,550/mo) (Trulia). Exact size match to your Apt 1/3 (1,400 SF) with a full 2026 lease cycle: listed May 2026 at $1,550 and removed Jun 10, 2026. Loses on the 3BR layout and the 1-bath cluster.
  • 2518 N Humboldt Blvd (2BR pair, 1,246 SF, $1,275/mo for the lower) (Zumper). Amenity floor bracket: on-site laundry only, no washer and dryer in the unit. The $1,275 lower is the only unit priced now (the $1,550 upper is no longer listed).
  • 2556 N Booth St upper duplex (2BR, 950 SF, $1,400/mo). Same street with porches, but marketed with deferred maintenance and no off-street parking: the quality-floor bracket. The $1,400 rent is the appraiser's Jan 2026 observation (Appraisal for 2600-2604 N Booth St (Steven Lingeman, MAI), effective Jan 12, 2026, pp. 60-61).
  • 3015-3015B N Pierce St (3BR pair, 888 and 1,650 SF, $1,395-$1,495/mo) (Zillow). Balcony and washer and dryer hookups (not in the unit); 3BR cross-type. Shows the size discount at 1,650 SF ($0.91/SF/mo).
  • 3314 N Buffum $845 / 3228 N Achilles $945 / 2846 N Holton $950 (2BR/1BA) (Zillow). A lower product tier that would drag the market read below your units' quality: the low anchor of the range.
Retail candidates that did not qualify (8)

Neighborhood retail records that did not clear the eligibility rule, each with its reason:

  • 512-514 E Center St. Out of the eligible set: the only listings for it are sale listings dated Jan 1, 2019 and Oct 28, 2018, both delisted, with no rent roll dated 2024 or later and no lease term published.
  • 3041 N Oakland Ave. Out of the eligible set: signed Jul 19, 2023, before the 2024 cutoff, MLS status sold, and its 36-month minimum term ran out Jul 19, 2026 with no renewal evidence.
  • 2634 N Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr. Out of the eligible set: the only evidence for the $900 figure is the MLS line 'Sold for $900 on Apr 1, 2025', a sold or leased status rather than a signing. No rent roll, lease document or press item exists for the space, no active listing is published for it, and no lease term is published anywhere in the sources.
  • 2701 N Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr. Out of the eligible set: the only evidence is the MLS line 'Sold for $1,500 on Mar 27, 2025', a sold or leased status rather than a signing. The $2,800 beside it is the original asking price on that same listing; no rent roll, no lease document, no active listing, no lease term.
  • 501 W North Ave, Suite 503. Out of the eligible set: the only evidence is the MLS line 'Sold for $2,500 on Sep 16, 2026', a sold or leased status rather than a signing. Broker pages still display that same ask from the closed listing; no separate active listing, no rent roll, no lease document, no lease term.
  • 1947 N Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Out of the eligible set: the only evidence is the MLS line 'Sold for $2,800 on Feb 3, 2026', a sold or leased status rather than a signing, and the $3,000 beside it is the asking price on that same listing. The only other listing at this address is a for-sale listing, not a lease.
  • 4010 N Oakland Ave. Out of the eligible set: the only evidence is the MLS line 'Sold for $2,700 on Dec 12, 2024', a sold or leased status rather than a signing; the broker pages for it read closed. No active listing, no rent roll, no lease document, no lease term.
  • 5312 W Vliet St. Out of the eligible set: the only evidence is the MLS line 'Sold for $1,600 on Jul 1, 2025', a sold or leased status rather than a signing; the broker pages for it read closed. No active listing, no rent roll, no lease document, no lease term.

Every row and figure block on this site carries its sources: the sources page.