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Type a real street address. Groundline resolves the parcel from the county's records, determines the governing zoning district from the city's GIS, applies the dimensional standards of the code — every value citing its section — and computes preliminary feasibility from the actual parcel geometry, compares it against nearby recorded sales, and works out what it would earn if rented. Nothing on this page is mock data.

Coverage: City of Atlanta parcels in Fulton County. Residential districts R-3 through R-5, R-LC and O-I have dimensional standards loaded; other districts resolve but report their standards as not yet loaded. Comparable sales come from Fulton's yearly sales layers, whose public extract stops at 2022. East Atlanta (DeKalb County) is not yet connected.

Try one: 1129 Arlington Ave SW (full analysis with site sketch), 916 Curran St NW (R-5 duplex rights, substandard lot), 619 Canterbury Rd NE (envelope honestly withheld), 100 Peachtree St NW (SPI district, standards not yet loaded).

1129 ARLINGTON AVE SW

How this parcel was resolvedMatched by Fulton County situs address: number, street and directional all agree.

Parcel (APN)

14 011900050814

Lot area

9,219 sq ft

0.212 acres, computed from parcel geometry

Governing district

R-4A

preliminary — parcel centroid falls in this district

Appraised value

$273,700

land $65,900 + improvements $207,800

Parcel record Fulton County Tax Parcels, live

Field	Value
Situs address	1129 ARLINGTON AVE SW
Owner of record	EF PORTFOLIO PROPERTIES LLC
Land use code	101
Existing structure	yes, assessed (76% of value)
Lot perimeter	457 ft
Geocoded point	33.724451, -84.424849

R-4A Single-Family Residential Atlanta Code ch. 16-06A

Single-family detached dwellings on lots of 7,500 sq ft minimum.

Standard	Value	Confidence & evidence
Minimum lot area	7500 sq ft	High confidence Why R-4A base standard: Minimum lot area = 7500 sq ft. City of Atlanta Code of Ordinances, Part III — Part 16 (Zoning) — 16-06A.007 — retrieved 2026-07-26
Minimum street frontage	50 ft	High confidence Why R-4A base standard: Minimum street frontage = 50 ft. City of Atlanta Code of Ordinances, Part III — Part 16 (Zoning) — 16-06A.007 — retrieved 2026-07-26
Front setback	30 ft	High confidence Why R-4A base standard: Front setback = 30 ft. City of Atlanta Code of Ordinances, Part III — Part 16 (Zoning) — 16-06A.008 — retrieved 2026-07-26
Side setback (interior)	7 ft	High confidence Why R-4A base standard: Side setback (interior) = 7 ft. City of Atlanta Code of Ordinances, Part III — Part 16 (Zoning) — 16-06A.008 — retrieved 2026-07-26
Rear setback	15 ft	High confidence Why R-4A base standard: Rear setback = 15 ft. City of Atlanta Code of Ordinances, Part III — Part 16 (Zoning) — 16-06A.008 — retrieved 2026-07-26
Maximum building height	35 ft	High confidence Why R-4A base standard: Maximum building height = 35 ft. City of Atlanta Code of Ordinances, Part III — Part 16 (Zoning) — 16-06A.009 — retrieved 2026-07-26
Maximum floor area ratio	0.5	Official determination required Why R-4A: Maximum floor area ratio is a contextual standard determined by administrative determination. Groundline uses 0.5 as a clearly-labelled provisional value; the governing value requires a determination. City of Atlanta Code of Ordinances, Part III — Part 16 (Zoning) — 16-06A.008 — retrieved 2026-07-26
Maximum lot coverage	55 %	High confidence Why R-4A base standard: Maximum lot coverage = 55 %. City of Atlanta Code of Ordinances, Part III — Part 16 (Zoning) — 16-06A.008 — retrieved 2026-07-26

What may be built Groundline zoning, envelope and yield engines Official determination required

Lot area

9,219 sq ft

0.212 acres, from parcel geometry

Buildable envelope

5,017 sq ft

54% of the lot, after setbacks

Max floor area

4,610 sq ft

binding: Floor area ratio (0.5)

Max footprint

5,017 sq ft

binding: Buildable envelope

What actually limits this siteFloor area binds before footprint here. The setbacks and coverage cap leave room for a 5,017 sq ft footprint, but floor area ratio (0.5) caps TOTAL floor area across all storeys at 4,610 sq ft. A building covering the full footprint could only be one storey, and less than that.

Parcel boundary in black, buildable envelope in teal. The front lot line is inferred from the geocoded address point, not surveyed. Informational geometry — not a boundary survey.

What the rules allow

Use	Status	Units	Binding constraint
Single-family detached dwelling	permitted	1	Use definition

Why these unit counts

Single-family detached dwelling: Use definition: up to 1 unit(s). Single-family detached dwelling is by definition 1 unit(s).

Site measurements

Measurement	Value
Lot area vs. district minimum	9,219 sq ft against 7,500 sq ft required — meets the area minimum
Lot width at the front setback line	52.7 ft
Lot depth	176.7 ft
Street frontage	52.7 ft (inferred, not surveyed)
Lot shape	convex — setbacks solved exactly
Corner lot	not determined — road centreline layer not connected
Stories allowed	3 under the 35 ft height limit
Subdivision screen	The lot does not meet the dimensional thresholds to be divided into two or more conforming lots under the base standards.

Things that change the answer

Note1 dimensional standard(s) in R-4A are contextual — maximum floor area ratio — and cannot be resolved from the ordinance text alone. The values shown are provisional and labelled "official determination required".

What Groundline did not check

These are unresolved, not clear. Each can change or prevent what is shown above.

Not checked	Why it matters	How to resolve it
FEMA flood zone and floodway	Groundline has not connected the FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer for Atlanta, so this parcel has not been checked against it.	Check the FEMA Flood Map Service Center or the City floodplain map for this address before relying on any yield figure.
Recorded easements	No easement source is connected. Utility, drainage, sewer and access easements routinely cross Atlanta lots and reduce the buildable area.	Obtain a current title commitment and a boundary survey; both disclose recorded easements.
Site slope and topography	No elevation model is connected, so slope has not been measured.	Order a topographic survey. Slope drives foundation cost and can trigger grading and stream-buffer review.
Stream buffers, wetlands and protected trees	Georgia's 25 ft state waters buffer, the City's stream buffer, wetlands and Atlanta's tree protection ordinance are not connected. Each can prevent development on part or all of a lot.	Commission an environmental site assessment and a tree survey; confirm buffer requirements with City Watershed Management and the City Arborist.
Utility availability and capacity	Water, sewer, gas and electric availability at the site have not been verified.	Request availability letters from City Watershed Management and the serving utilities.
Corner-lot status and street-side yard	Atlanta's road centreline layer is not connected, so Groundline cannot tell a corner lot from an interior lot. A corner lot takes a deeper street-side yard on its second frontage.	Confirm the number of street frontages from a plat or survey.
Development economics	No land basis, construction cost, sale price or return model is connected for Atlanta, so this analysis says what may be built and not whether it pencils.	Supply an acquisition price and cost assumptions, or connect a licensed cost and comparable-sales source.

14 standards this district does not publish

Minimum lot width: No "Minimum lot width" standard is recorded for district R-4A in City of Atlanta rules version 2026.7.0.
Minimum lot depth: No "Minimum lot depth" standard is recorded for district R-4A in City of Atlanta rules version 2026.7.0.
Side setback (street side): No "Side setback (street side)" standard is recorded for district R-4A in City of Atlanta rules version 2026.7.0.
Maximum stories: No "Maximum stories" standard is recorded for district R-4A in City of Atlanta rules version 2026.7.0.
Maximum impervious surface: No "Maximum impervious surface" standard is recorded for district R-4A in City of Atlanta rules version 2026.7.0.
Maximum density: No "Maximum density" standard is recorded for district R-4A in City of Atlanta rules version 2026.7.0.
Minimum lot area per dwelling unit: No "Minimum lot area per dwelling unit" standard is recorded for district R-4A in City of Atlanta rules version 2026.7.0.
Minimum open space: No "Minimum open space" standard is recorded for district R-4A in City of Atlanta rules version 2026.7.0.
Parking spaces per dwelling unit: No "Parking spaces per dwelling unit" standard is recorded for district R-4A in City of Atlanta rules version 2026.7.0.
Parking spaces per bedroom: No "Parking spaces per bedroom" standard is recorded for district R-4A in City of Atlanta rules version 2026.7.0.
Maximum accessory structure height: No "Maximum accessory structure height" standard is recorded for district R-4A in City of Atlanta rules version 2026.7.0.
Maximum accessory structure floor area: No "Maximum accessory structure floor area" standard is recorded for district R-4A in City of Atlanta rules version 2026.7.0.
Accessory rear setback: No "Accessory rear setback" standard is recorded for district R-4A in City of Atlanta rules version 2026.7.0.
Accessory side setback: No "Accessory side setback" standard is recorded for district R-4A in City of Atlanta rules version 2026.7.0.

Assumptions

Assumption	Value	Why
Assumed floor-to-floor height	11 ft	Groundline uses 11 ft floor-to-floor for preliminary residential story counts. Actual story height is a design decision and changes how many stories fit under a height limit.

Every source behind these numbers

Source	Cited at	Retrieved	Review status
City of Atlanta Code of Ordinances, Part III — Part 16 (Zoning)	16-06A.007	2026-07-26	analyst reviewed
City of Atlanta Code of Ordinances, Part III — Part 16 (Zoning)	16-06A.008	2026-07-26	analyst reviewed
City of Atlanta Code of Ordinances, Part III — Part 16 (Zoning)	16-06A.009	2026-07-26	analyst reviewed
City of Atlanta Code of Ordinances, Part III — Part 16 (Zoning)	16-06A	2026-07-26	analyst reviewed
Fulton County Tax Parcels (public record)	—	2026-07-28	machine extracted

Does it pencil? pro forma from YOUR numbers Estimated

Groundline has no licensed cost or sale-price data for Atlanta, so it will not guess the market. Enter your acquisition price, construction bid and expected exit price; the deterministic pro forma engine does the rest and shows every assumption it adds.

Acquisition price ($) Prefilled with the Fulton tax appraisal ($273,700) — a public record, NOT a market price. Replace with your contract price. Hard construction cost Your all-in vertical bid — $/sq ft (e.g. 185) or a total budget (e.g. 400,000). Groundline does not supply this number. Exit sale price Your comp judgment — $/sq ft (e.g. 300) or the total finished sale price (e.g. 450,000). Build area (sq ft) Prefilled with the PERMITTED MAXIMUM (4,610 sq ft) — you are modelling the biggest legal build, which is rarely the typical one for the street. Enter your actual programme; anything above the maximum is capped. Demolition & site prep ($) The county assesses a structure here — budget its removal.

CaveatsFloor-area ratio is contextual on lot conformity (§ 16-06A.008(5)). The district requires 50 ft of street frontage (§ 16-06A.007). The lot line inferred as the frontage measures 52.7 ft. That inference comes from the geocoded address point rather than a surveyed road centreline, and Atlanta measures frontage at the street line, so this is a screen and not a conformity determination.

Sources & limits

Parcel: Fulton County Tax Parcels (public record). Assessor geometry, not a survey.
Zoning: City of Atlanta Zoning Districts (public GIS). District assigned by point-in-polygon; a split-zoned parcel or one near a boundary requires an official City determination.
Standards: transcribed from the Atlanta Code of Ordinances, Part 16; each value cites its section.
This is a preliminary screening. It is not a survey, a zoning determination, or engineering advice.

Comparable sales Fulton County yearly sales (public record) — recorded deeds, not listings Estimated

These sales are not currentThe most recent qualifying sale here is from 2021. Fulton County's public sales extract has not been updated past that year, so these prices predate current conditions and are a historical reference, not a current market read.

Comparable sales found

within 1,500 ft, sales the county has published for 2020–2022, screened from 158 nearby transfers

Median $/sq ft

$52.18

of lot area, 25th–75th pct $23.36–$70.45

Subject measure

9,219 sq ft

lot area

Indicated by comps

$215,000 – $649,000

midpoint $481,000 — a screening range, not an appraisal

Sold property	Distance	Sale date	Recorded price	Lot sq ft	$ / sq ft
1137 ARLINGTON AVE SW	9 ft	2021	$235,000	5,168	$45.47
1142 ARLINGTON AVE SW	163 ft	2020	$325,000	4,613	$70.45
1090 PEEPLES ST SW	172 ft	2021	$90,000	11,046	$8.15
1126 ARLINGTON AVE SW	180 ft	2021	$538,000	12,199	$44.1
1120 ARLINGTON AVE SW	228 ft	2021	$140,000	5,993	$23.36
1121 PRINCESS AVE SW	234 ft	2020	$450,000	6,694	$67.22
1115 PRINCESS AVE SW	257 ft	2021	$470,000	6,566	$71.58
1114 ARLINGTON AVE SW	287 ft	2021	$175,000	9,010	$19.42
1112 SELWIN AVE SW	304 ft	2020	$350,000	6,707	$52.18
1123 PRINCESS AVE SW	320 ft	2021	$401,600	5,431	$73.95

What was screened out, and why

158 recorded transfers near 1129 ARLINGTON AVE SW were examined within 1,500 ft.
28 excluded — outside the search radius.
11 excluded — lot size outside 40–250% of the subject.

How to read thisThese are recorded deed transfers from the county assessor, not listings and not an appraisal. Nothing here is adjusted for condition, finish, renovation, site or date of sale. The range comes from the 25th–75th percentile of $/sq ft of lot area across 10 sales within 1,500 ft. A wide spread means the neighbourhood is heterogeneous, not that the middle is right. Recorded consideration can include personal property, seller concessions or portfolio allocations. Sales at or under $10,000 are excluded as non-market transfers; transfers between related parties above that floor are not detectable from this data. Fulton County publishes no building size, so every price here is divided by LOT area. That denominator mixes house sales with land sales and is why the spread is wide — read it as a land-value screen, not as a value for the house. A licensed appraiser selects and adjusts comparables. This grid does neither — it shows what sold nearby, on the county's record, with its dates.

If rented

No income estimateNeither the county nor the licensed vendor snapshot publishes a bedroom count for this parcel, and the rent statistics available are organised by bedroom count. Without it there is no defensible way to place this unit in the area range.

AI Rental Estimate

The area statistics cannot place this property, but the AI Rental Estimate screens it a different way: against individual nearby rental listings (licensed data), unit by unit — and where the county record is silent you supply the unit mix and it prices your configuration. The model is statistical: every comparable, weight and adjustment is shown, and no number is generated by a language model.

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Submarket read ZIP 30310, 3-bedroom (ASSUMED — no published count for this parcel; this describes the area, not the unit) — listings × Census, no composite score

Asking rent is 93% above what a median household here can afford

A median household earning $45,542 could pay $1,139/month at HUD's 30% cost-burden threshold. 3-bedroom units are asking $2,200. Units at this ask are being let to households earning above the local median, to multiple earners, or with a cost burden above 30% — which narrows the tenant pool and raises turnover risk.

Evidence

Median 3BR asking rent: $2,200/mo — 69 active listings, ZIP 30310
30% of median household income: $1,139/mo — ACS median income $45,542 ± $6,184

Absorption signals disagree

Median time on market is 28 days while rental vacancy is 10%. One suggests slack and the other does not, so neither is treated as a finding here.

Evidence

Median days on market: 28 days — 69 active listings, ZIP 30310
Rental vacancy: 10% — ACS vacant-for-rent as a share of rental stock

Long-listed units may simply be overpriced individually rather than indicating a soft market.

Gross yield on asking prices is about 8%

Median 3-bedroom rent of $2,200/month against the median asking price of 3-bedroom listings, $328,000, is a 8% gross yield — BEFORE vacancy, taxes, insurance, maintenance and management. Both figures are same-size asking distributions, so this describes the submarket; it is not a yield for any particular purchase.

Evidence

Median 3BR asking rent: $2,200/mo — 69 active listings, ZIP 30310
3BR asking sale price, 25th–75th pct: $285,000 – $355,000 — 13 active listings, ZIP 30310

Rent and sale listings are separate samples of different properties, matched only on bedroom count. Vacant land is excluded from the sale median; condition, lot and finish are not controlled for.

Mixed housing stock

16.1% of housing units here sit in structures of 5 or more units, and the median structure dates to 1956. 49.2% of occupied units are renter-occupied. The stock is mixed, so precedent exists for more than one product type.

Evidence

Structures of 5+ units: 16.1% of stock — ACS B25024
Median year built: 1956 — ACS B25035 ± 2

Housing-stock composition describes what EXISTS, not what is permitted. Only the zoning analysis speaks to what may be built.

What this is and is notThese are observations about the AREA, assembled from active listings and Census survey estimates. They are not a prediction, a rating, or advice to buy, and no composite score is produced — a single number would hide which input drove it and would read as most authoritative exactly where the survey margins are widest. Asking rents and asking prices are what is advertised, not what is transacted. Census figures are 5-year survey estimates with margins of error. Where a difference falls inside those margins this says so rather than reporting a direction the data cannot support. Nothing here describes the people at any particular address, and none of it may be used to screen or select tenants or buyers.

Who lives here ZCTA 30310 — American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019–2023 Estimated

Median household income

$45,542

± $6,184 margin of error

Rent burden

39.1%

median gross rent as a share of income — HUD calls 30% cost-burdened, 50% severely

Renter share

49.2%

of occupied units, owner vs renter

Rental vacancy

10%

vacant-for-rent as a share of rental stock

What that means for rentRenters here spend a median 39.1% of household income on gross rent — above the 30% HUD treats as cost-burdened. There is less headroom for rent growth than an asking-rent trend alone would suggest.

Measure	Value
Population	25,334 ± 1,956
Housing units	14,033 ± 754
Median owner-occupied home value	$295,800 ± 18,819
Median gross rent	$1,099/mo ± 55
Median year built	1,956 ± 2
Structures of 5+ units	16.1% of housing stock

How to read thisAmerican Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019–2023, retrieved 2026-07-28. Every figure is a survey ESTIMATE with a margin of error, not a count — where two areas differ by less than their margins, the difference is not evidence of anything. Keyed by ZCTA (ZIP Code Tabulation Area), which is the Census Bureau's statistical approximation of a ZIP code, not the ZIP itself. They usually coincide and sometimes do not; joining listing data keyed by ZIP to these values is an approximation. Figures the Census Bureau suppressed (too few households sampled) are shown as "not published". A blank is not a zero. This describes the AREA, not the people at this address, and says nothing about who would rent or buy here. It is here to answer what a neighbourhood can afford and support.

Area rent context ZIP 30310 — public data, not a property estimate Estimated

Rental vacancy rate

9.9%

ZIP 30310, ACS 5-year estimate (± 2.8 pts)

Median gross rent, all units

$1,099/mo

ACS 5-year, ZIP 30310 (± $55)

Unit size	HUD SAFMR (40th pct)	ACS median (± MOE)	Indicative area range
Studio	$1,380	$945 ± $200	$745 – $1,380/mo
1 bedroom	$1,440	$720 ± $208	$512 – $1,440/mo
2 bedroom	$1,590	$1,164 ± $81	$1,083 – $1,590/mo
3 bedroom	$1,920	$1,385 ± $173	$1,212 – $1,920/mo
4 bedroom	$2,310	$1,321 ± $502	$819 – $2,310/mo

How to read thisThese are AREA statistics for the ZIP code, not an estimate for this property. Condition, finishes, lot, parking and timing move individual rents well outside area ranges. HUD SAFMR is the 40th percentile of local gross rents — a floor-of-market statistic used for voucher payment standards, not a market median. ACS medians are 5-year survey estimates with published margins of error; small ZCTAs carry wide bands, and a bedroom size with too few sampled renters is SUPPRESSED by the Census Bureau rather than published. A blank ACS cell means the survey did not support an estimate, not that the figure is zero. The two sources measure different things and often disagree by design: ACS averages 2019–2023 contract rents of SITTING tenants, while HUD SAFMR is trended to FY2025 RECENT-MOVER gross rent (rent plus utilities). In a rising market the HUD figure commonly sits above the ACS median — that is vintage and methodology, not an error. Rental listings and property-level rent comps are not public data (portal terms prohibit scraping; MLS feeds are licensed). To compare against a specific nearby listing, bring that number to the pro forma yourself.

Sources

HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents FY2025, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA HUD Metro FMR Area (public domain; retrieved 2026-07-28; https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2025/fy2025_safmrs.xlsx)
U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 ACS 5-year estimates (2019–2023), ZCTA 30310 (public domain; fetched live)

Discuss this property Groundline Copilot

Summary1129 ARLINGTON AVE SW is a 9,219 sq ft parcel (0.21 acres) with a structure assessed on it. It is governed by Atlanta's R-4A district, which allows up to 4,610 sq ft of floor area here (floor area ratio (0.5)). After the required setbacks, 5,017 sq ft of the lot remains buildable. Permitted dwelling yield: 1 single-family detached dwelling. 7 site factors — including flood, easements and utilities — were not checked and are listed as open gaps. 10 recorded sales within 1,500 ft run $23.36–$70.45 per sq ft of lot area, indicating roughly $215,000–$649,000 for this parcel — a screening range from public deed records, not an appraisal. The most recent qualifying sale here is from 2021. Fulton County's public sales extract has not been updated past that year, so these prices predate current conditions and are a historical reference, not a current market read. This is a preliminary screening, not a zoning determination or an appraisal.

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