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Agents get paid via commission, usually a percentage of the home's sale price. Here, we explain how how much they make — and who pays.

Find Allegheny County property assessment records, including tax information, building information, owner history, and more.

realtor is a professional who has a real estate license in Pennsylvania and is hired by a seller or a buyer to help them in the sale, purchase, or leasing of real estate.

A February 2026 survey of local real estate agents revealed the average real estate commission in Pennsylvania is 5.77%, which is higher than the national average of 5.70%.

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Learn about state land records held by the Pennsylvania State Archives.

A cap rate is just NOI divided by price; it bakes in zero assumptions about the market, asset class, or capital structure. Two properties with identical 6% cap rates can have wildly different risk profiles depending on lease maturity, tenant credit, and capital reserve needs. Cap rate is a quick screening tool, not a buy signal.

In tight markets, sellers compress diligence windows from 30 days to 7-10. The items that survive a compressed window are the ones with hard external dependencies — title work, survey, environmental Phase I — because they cannot be parallelized further. Inspections and financing contingencies tend to get squeezed first.

A growing number of PA cities require landlords to register rental properties, pass periodic inspections, and pay an annual fee. Penalties for unlicensed operation typically include fines per day and, in some cases, retroactive return of collected rent. The rules apply to single-unit landlords, not just large operators.