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Investing in Ben Avon

A Pittsburgh investor's snapshot of Ben Avon — typical rents, rent-to-price, renovation values, and how the numbers pencil for rentals and flips.

Rental snapshot

Balanced
Rent-to-price0.45–0.53%/mo
Price / unit (2–4 unit)$220K–$295K/unit
1-BR rent$900–$1,075/mo
2-BR rent$1,150–$1,350/mo
3-BR rent$1,400–$1,600/mo

Flip / value-add snapshot

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Renovated ARV$310-$450K
Typical buy range$170K-$305K

Occasional deal at upper end.

How Ben Avon pencils

  • rents alone will not carry the debt at list — this is an appreciation or value-add play, not a cashflow one
  • there is a real spread between buy price and renovated value, so a value-add works when you buy right
  • entry prices sit near the top of the metro

Against the rest of the metro

184th
best rent-to-price of 192 submarkets
84%
of Pittsburgh submarkets are cheaper to buy into
1.6×
renovated value vs. typical buy price

What a typical Ben Avon rental looks like

Purchase (midpoint of the range)$237,500
Rent (typical 2-bed)$1,250/mo
Down payment (25%)$59,375
Principal & interest (7%, 30yr)$1,185/mo
Taxes & insurance$435/mo
Vacancy & maintenance (7% + 10%)$213/mo
Estimated cashflow$-583/mo

-11.8% cash-on-cash on the down payment alone

Self-managed, before closing costs and rehab. Midpoints of the published ranges — a real property will differ, which is what the analysis on an actual address is for.

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Directional investment estimates showing where the numbers point — not an appraisal, and not a statement about any community or its residents. Always run real comps and rents on a specific property. Equal Housing Opportunity.