Daily Louisville Real Estate Teaching Screen: Top ZIPs and Good-Buy Pulse — September 13, 2026

DI TRAN UNIVERSITY · REAL ESTATE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE · SEPTEMBER 13, 2026

Five ZIPs. Five serious teaching screens. No protected bargain established.

Lead watch: 4812 Overbrook Dr, Louisville KY 40216 · Public ask $30,000 · Modeled maximum $25,375.

Verdict: Watch — not an Undeniable Deal. The asking price is $4,625 above today’s protected ceiling. Flood, septic, condition and resale uncertainty remain unresolved. None of today’s five candidates qualifies for an Undeniable Deal escalation.

Educational purpose only. This DTU real-estate screen teaches market literacy and underwriting discipline from public listing signals and stated assumptions. It is not legal, tax, accounting, appraisal, brokerage, lending, or investment advice. No profit, resale value, appraisal value, financing, rent, repair cost, title condition, timeline, or investment outcome is guaranteed. Any buyer must independently verify condition, comparable sales, title, zoning, permits, taxes, insurance, financing, inspection results, and transaction costs before making an offer.

Top Five Louisville-Area ZIPs Worth Watching Today

This is an editorial public-source watch priority, not an exhaustive market ranking or a recommendation about residents or neighborhoods. Required anchor 40214 remains first; the other four offer useful low-entry-price, renovation and resale-evidence comparisons. Portal counts may include contingent properties and nearby spillover; counts are not verified available inventory.

No rental income is used to rescue the resale math. Public ZIP rent summaries do not prove achievable rent for these properties. No proximity-to-DTU/LBA premium is assumed.

Why Five, Not Ten

The standard rejects filler. Higher-priced Mary Catherine and Cartledge, the small one-bedroom 2140 Columbia case, and the $119,000 Algonquin screen do not add a stronger protected-price signal. Freeman has conflicting listing-history/status signals and is excluded pending verification. Pending properties are not presented as available buys. This is a deliberately narrower teaching set, not a claim that Louisville has only five candidates.

Ranked Public Candidate Screen

Prices are public portal observations retrieved September 13, 2026, not confirmation from the listing agent. Rank follows modeled ask-to-ceiling gap, then evidence quality; it is not an investment recommendation.

Visual Walk-Back: Every Dollar Needs a Job

Maximum Good-Buy Price = Conservative ARV − Buyer Cushion − Resale Costs − Rehab Costs − Holding Costs − Investor Profit.

Overbrook illustrates why a small change in the exit assumption changes the answer. The following diagram is a hypothetical budget, not a valuation or offer.

DTU original HTML/CSS visual explainer. No listing photography used.

What Changed in Today’s Underwriting

The public $30,000 Overbrook ask is unchanged from the September 12 pulse. Yesterday’s $135,000 scenario produced $33,325. Today’s $125,000 downside-oriented scenario produces $25,375 with the same other reserves: a $10,000 ARV reduction lowers the ceiling $7,950 because percentage reserves also fall. This is an assumption change, not evidence of a $10,000 market-price decline. A thin modeled B-grade is not durable when plausible uncertainty erases it.

Full Candidate Walk-Backs and Evidence Limits

All ARVs, repair allowances, cost percentages, holding budgets and profit targets below are DTU teaching assumptions. They are not contractor bids or appraisals. Repairs include a contingency allowance but may exceed the indicated ranges. The 8% reserve covers combined acquisition settlement and resale/disposition costs for this example; actual commissions, concessions and closing expenses must be itemized. Holding assumes roughly six months of taxes, insurance, utilities, security, capital and delay risk; no lender quote or financing availability is represented. Buyer cushion and investor profit are separate intended protections.

4812 Overbrook Dr, Louisville KY 40216 — Watch

Public facts: 2 beds / 1 bath / 827 sqft / built 1950. Public listing: as-is rehabilitation, flood-insurance requirement and septic service. Realtor.com displays a September 7 listing update; its price-reduction display shows $7,500. Portal status: house for sale. Property source and history.

Comparable context / ARV logic: Realtor.com nearby estimates include 4515 Lake Dreamland ($129,700; 675 sqft), 4709 Overbrook ($142,700; 728 sqft), but also 4813 Overbrook ($68,000; 1,247 sqft). These are automated estimates, not closed comps. Separately, Redfin shows 4400 Raven Ridge sold August 26 for $219,000, but it is larger (1,025 sqft), newer and not an equivalent flood/septic comparison. We use a lower $125,000 scenario, not a verified appraisal.

Repair scenario: $45,000–$75,000+; selected reserve $55,000. Walk-back: $125,000 ARV − $15,625 cushion − $10,000 transaction/resale − $55,000 rehab − $7,000 holding − $12,000 profit = $25,375 maximum.

Opening classroom anchor: $18,000–$20,000. Target classroom buy range: $22,000–$25,000. Hard ceiling / walk-away: $25,375 under these assumptions. These are hypothetical outputs only—not seller communications, offers or instructions to negotiate.

Why not at today’s ask: $4,625 above protected maximum. Flood exposure, septic, structural condition and insurability are unresolved. A $10,000 repair overrun reduces the ceiling to $15,375. No verified protected bargain.

3012 Columbia St, Louisville KY 40212 — Watch

Public facts: 3 beds / 1 bath / 950 sqft / built 1900. Limited condition disclosure. Realtor.com lists June 29, 2026 at $45,000 and 2025 property tax of $498; tax is not value. Property source and history.

Comparable context / ARV logic: Nearby Realtor.com estimates: 3005 Rowan, 3 beds / 1 bath / 1,000 sqft, $88,800; 2913 W Main, 3 beds / 1 bath / 1,158 sqft, $89,578. Zillow lists 107 N 37th, 2 beds / 1 bath / 975 sqft, at $109,900. These are estimates and an asking price, not matched closed sales. The $85,000 modeled exit is provisional and could still be too high.

Repair scenario: $20,000–$40,000+; selected reserve $25,000. Walk-back: $85,000 ARV − $10,625 cushion − $6,800 transaction/resale − $25,000 rehab − $5,000 holding − $8,000 profit = $29,575 maximum.

Opening classroom anchor: $20,000–$23,000. Target classroom buy range: $25,000–$29,000. Hard ceiling / walk-away: $29,575 under these assumptions. These are hypothetical outputs only—not seller communications, offers or instructions to negotiate.

Why not at today’s ask: $15,425 above protected maximum. Unknown systems and interior condition; no closed-comp or written repair proof. Current ask exceeds protected math.

1738 W Ormsby Ave, Louisville KY 40210 — Reject / No Good Buy

Public facts: 2 beds / 2 baths / 1,148 sqft / built 1900; publicly described as a duplex needing repairs. Redfin shows $60,000 June 6 → $45,000 August 11 → $35,000 September 3. The older Realtor.com ZIP screen still shows $45,000; the newer property-specific history controls this teaching input. Property source and history.

Comparable context / ARV logic: Redfin nearby sales include 1525 Hale, 2 beds / 1 bath / 952 sqft, $100,000 on August 17, and 2219 W Ormsby, 2 beds / 1 bath / 774 sqft, $65,000 on May 4. The $85,000 scenario sits between them, but they are not verified legal-duplex comparables. No rent, capitalization rate or two-unit premium is assumed.

Repair scenario: $35,000–$60,000+; selected reserve $40,000. Walk-back: $85,000 ARV − $10,625 cushion − $6,800 transaction/resale − $40,000 rehab − $6,000 holding − $10,000 profit = $11,575 maximum.

Opening classroom anchor: $6,000–$8,000. Target classroom buy range: $9,000–$11,000. Hard ceiling / walk-away: $11,575 under these assumptions. These are hypothetical outputs only—not seller communications, offers or instructions to negotiate.

Why not at today’s ask: $23,425 above protected maximum. Legal unit count, separate utilities, permits and repair scope must verify. Even the provisional exit does not protect the current ask.

816 S 37th St, Louisville KY 40211 — Reject / No Good Buy

Public facts: 2 beds / 1 bath / 980 sqft / built 1920; renovation candidate with a detached garage. Redfin shows a September 2 reduction from $59,000 to $54,900 and 2025 assessment of $33,500. Assessment is not an ARV. Property source and history.

Comparable context / ARV logic: Redfin nearby sold context: 3409 Del Park, 3 beds / 1 bath / 1,069 sqft, $88,000; 3322 W Kentucky, 3 beds / 1 bath / 1,296 sqft, $85,000 on April 8; 722 S 37th, 2 beds / 1 bath / 1,092 sqft, $46,000 on February 26. We cap the teaching exit at $85,000, rather than assuming a premium over larger homes. Sale condition and location adjustments remain unverified.

Repair scenario: $20,000–$40,000+; selected reserve $25,000. Walk-back: $85,000 ARV − $10,625 cushion − $6,800 transaction/resale − $25,000 rehab − $5,000 holding − $8,000 profit = $29,575 maximum.

Opening classroom anchor: $20,000–$23,000. Target classroom buy range: $25,000–$29,000. Hard ceiling / walk-away: $29,575 under these assumptions. These are hypothetical outputs only—not seller communications, offers or instructions to negotiate.

Why not at today’s ask: $25,325 above protected maximum. Renovation scope and resale evidence remain open. The large ask-to-ceiling gap cannot be cured by a small price reduction.

5702 Deep Forest Ct, Louisville KY 40214 — Reject / No Good Buy

Public facts: 3 beds / 2.5 baths / 2,650 sqft / built 1976. Listing explicitly discloses structural repairs and as-is terms; verify bath count because remarks differ. Redfin displays a September 3 listing update. Marketing describes the ask as below assessment; that is not a discount to repair-adjusted value. Property source and history.

Comparable context / ARV logic: Redfin reports 2302 High Pine, 3 beds / 2.5 baths / 2,743 sqft, sold August 10 for $245,000; 6702 Morocco, 3 beds / 2 baths / 2,123 sqft, sold the same day for $274,900. The $245,000 teaching exit uses the lower, closer-size comparison, not the top of the portal range. Structural history, basement-area treatment and site differences require independent adjustment.

Repair scenario: $60,000–$110,000+; selected reserve $75,000. Walk-back: $245,000 ARV − $30,625 cushion − $19,600 transaction/resale − $75,000 rehab − $12,000 holding − $20,000 profit = $87,775 maximum.

Opening classroom anchor: $65,000–$70,000. Target classroom buy range: $75,000–$87,000. Hard ceiling / walk-away: $87,775 under these assumptions. These are hypothetical outputs only—not seller communications, offers or instructions to negotiate.

Why not at today’s ask: $112,125 above protected maximum. Unpriced structural work is a major unresolved defect. The repair allowance is not an engineering finding or contractor bid and may be insufficient.

Before Any Transaction Decision

Independently verify active status, matched closed sales, interior and structural condition, flood exposure, insurance, sewer/septic, roof and mechanical systems, permits, legal units and finished area, title/liens, taxes, occupancy rights, actual costs and repair bids. A single major defect can invalidate the model. No property has established an Undeniable Deal: no showing request, calendar booking, offer, negotiation or commitment results from this screen.

Public Source Links

• 4812 Overbrook Dr property page
• 3012 Columbia St property page
• 1738 W Ormsby Ave property page
• 816 S 37th St property page
• 5702 Deep Forest Ct property page
• 40214 public fixer-upper screen
• 40216 public fixer-upper screen
• 40210 public fixer-upper screen — older price snapshot
• 40212 public sale inventory
• 40211 public fixer-upper screen
• Overbrook public sold-context mirror
• 121 Freeman listing-history conflict

Public portals were read during this run; listing update dates vary and indexed summaries can lag. Sold examples are portal-reported, not independently authenticated deeds or adjusted appraisals. Automated estimates and asking prices are labeled separately. Recheck before reliance.

Educational purpose only. This DTU real-estate screen teaches market literacy and underwriting discipline from public listing signals and stated assumptions. It is not legal, tax, accounting, appraisal, brokerage, lending, or investment advice. No profit, resale value, appraisal value, financing, rent, repair cost, title condition, timeline, or investment outcome is guaranteed. Any buyer must independently verify condition, comparable sales, title, zoning, permits, taxes, insurance, financing, inspection results, and transaction costs before making an offer.

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