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What does the Property Readiness Check check?
The Property Readiness Check starts with your address. It matches the address to a Philadelphia parcel, then checks supported rental-license, L&I violation, unsafe-structure, property-tax, and parcel-linked CAL records. Assessment appeals remain a separate research journey. About 30 seconds · No account · No credit card
See your rental-license status and expiration date from City records, how many problems we found, the things only you can confirm, what to handle first, and when we last checked. In plain terms, the free result tells you whether the City's records show a rental license and its recorded date, how many items look like they need attention, how many things only you can confirm, which category matters most right now, and exactly when we last checked.
The free check is a current snapshot of City records, not a paid audit teaser. Compliance Watch organizes the latest successful supported-source results, things only you can confirm, dated tasks, configured re-checks and reminders, monthly status, and resolution history. Activation does not turn an unavailable source into a completed check.
Two honest caveats. First, the scan reads the City's public records: it reports what the City's own data shows, and City publication delays can affect freshness, so every result carries its last-checked timestamp. Second, some requirements simply are not in public data, such as certain lead-certificate and business-tax details; the scan labels those as things only you can confirm instead of guessing. Independent service using public City records. Not a City agency or legal certification.
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These answers describe the City of Philadelphia's published requirements and are general information, not legal advice. Requirements change, and future-effective provisions require current implementation and litigation-status verification. For legal questions about your situation, talk to a licensed Pennsylvania attorney.
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See your rental-license status and expiration date from City records, how many problems we found, the things only you can confirm, what to handle first, and when we last checked. New Compliance Watch enrollment is paused while its supported-source rechecks, owner answers, dated tasks, alerts, and history are prepared.
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