# House Hacking in San Francisco (94116): Delivered Taraval rail plus a confirmed 85 ft corridor upzone · The Rent Hacker > San Francisco 94116 for house hackers: One delivered catalyst plus one newly confirmed: the completed $90M L-Taraval rehab, and the enacted Family Zoning Plan Canonical: https://therenthacker.com/house-hacking/sf-parkside-94116/ Source: The Rent Hacker (https://therenthacker.com/). License: RSL, attribution required — https://therenthacker.com/license.xml --- [San Francisco guide](/house-hacking/san-francisco/) · Tier A · Rank #17 of 27 # House hacking in San Francisco (Parkside / West Portal fringe). One delivered catalyst plus one newly confirmed: the completed $90M L-Taraval rehab, and the enacted Family Zoning Plan naming the Taraval corridor for 85 ft heights, with Stonestown demand next door. **Status check:** Verified 2026-07-14: the enacted FZP names the Taraval Street corridor for height increases to 85 ft, enabling 6–8 story multifamily; the corridor WARN is resolved. Tier moved B→A on that basis. ## What's actually happening in 94116 - Adopted; confirmed 2026-07-14 The enacted Family Zoning Plan explicitly names Taraval Street for height increases to 85 ft, enabling 6–8 story multifamily along the corridor. [SF Planning Family Zoning Plan](https://sfplanning.org/sf-family-zoning-plan) - Delivered; priced in L-Taraval Improvement rehab: $90M, completed 2024; delivered and already priced in. SFMTA - Approved; adjacent Stonestown redevelopment next door: up to 3,500 units on 27 acres of Galleria parking, final approval operative Sept 1, 2024; the demand benefit is adjacency (the project sits outside the ZIP). [SF Planning Stonestown](https://sfplanning.org/project/stonestown) ## The numbers Median price $1,610,500 Market rent No published rent anchor (B-tier at the 2026-07-06 synthesis) Property tax (San Francisco County) 1.183% combined effective (SF Treasurer FY2025-26, consolidated city and county); new buyers pay about 1.183% of purchase price in year one, then assessed value rises at the 2%/yr Prop 13 cap until resale Per-bed rent band No published band (B-tier at the 2026-07-06 synthesis) ADU rent band No published band Whole-home rent band No published band Underwriting vacancy No published band Appreciation scenarios No published band The bulk of the stock is RH-1/RH-2. Appreciation basis: Promoted B→A at the 2026-07-14 re-verification, after Section 8 froze; underwriting bands publish at the next full synthesis. Rent bands are city-level medians; confirm the specific parcel before trusting any of them. [Run your own scenario in the calculator](/calculator/). ## Buildings we underwrote in 94116 23 buildings in 94116 carry a record. 0 beat renting and index funds, 1 rejected; the rest did not. Every row links to its own page, with the numbers it was scored on. Property At our defaults Status [2726 40th Ave](/property/rh-f2m431/2726-40th-ave/) 2 units · $998,888 −$353,020 S&P 500 Underwritten — the index wins at our defaults [3535 Wawona St, Unit 311](/property/rh-4ityv0/3535-wawona-st-unit-311/) 1 unit · $999,000 −$777,738 S&P 500 Underwritten — the index wins at our defaults [2286 25th Ave](/property/rh-mg78t6/2286-25th-ave/) 1 unit · $1,599,000 −$1,298,530 S&P 500 Underwritten — the index wins at our defaults [1620 Pacheco St](/property/rh-2xcilx/1620-pacheco-st/) 2 units · $2,495,000 −$1,633,254 S&P 500 Underwritten — the index wins at our defaults [2647 20th Ave](/property/rh-fgbain/2647-20th-ave/) 2 units · $2,190,000 −$1,829,488 S&P 500 Underwritten — the index wins at our defaults [2410 45th Ave](/property/rh-6v0nfq/2410-45th-ave/) 1 unit · $995,000 −$466,542 S&P 500 Underwritten — the index wins at our defaults [2740 38th Ave](/property/rh-a1h2o9/2740-38th-ave/) 2 units · $1,298,000 −$540,169 S&P 500 Underwritten — the index wins at our defaults [3535 Wawona St, Unit 315](/property/rh-c3leys/3535-wawona-st-unit-315/) 1 unit · $945,000 −$659,807 S&P 500 Underwritten — the index wins at our defaults [2439 41st Ave](/property/rh-luir4n/2439-41st-ave/) 1 unit · $1,195,000 −$728,791 S&P 500 Underwritten — the index wins at our defaults [1943 35th Ave](/property/rh-q9i3s4/1943-35th-ave/) 1 unit · $1,195,000 −$728,791 S&P 500 Underwritten — the index wins at our defaults [2082 46th Ave](/property/rh-7xy5ea/2082-46th-ave/) 1 unit · $1,098,000 −$734,839 S&P 500 Underwritten — the index wins at our defaults [2155 32nd Ave](/property/rh-wdees7/2155-32nd-ave/) 1 unit · $1,399,000 −$952,997 S&P 500 Underwritten — the index wins at our defaults [2318-2320 21st Ave](/property/rh-a4lfzz/2318-2320-21st-ave/) 2 units · $1,999,999 −$1,029,447 S&P 500 Underwritten — the index wins at our defaults [2427 43rd Ave](/property/rh-w897qe/2427-43rd-ave/) 1 unit · $1,388,000 −$1,040,602 S&P 500 Underwritten — the index wins at our defaults [634-636 Taraval St](/property/rh-owxokg/634-636-taraval-st/) 2 units · $1,450,000 −$1,068,045 S&P 500 Underwritten — the index wins at our defaults [2631 17th Ave](/property/rh-1btmxz/2631-17th-ave/) 1 unit · $1,495,000 −$1,071,996 S&P 500 Underwritten — the index wins at our defaults [2554 17th Ave](/property/rh-wdtcoz/2554-17th-ave/) 1 unit · $1,575,000 −$1,171,161 S&P 500 Underwritten — the index wins at our defaults [2675 45th Ave](/property/rh-6mk9uv/2675-45th-ave/) 1 unit · $1,850,000 −$1,368,707 S&P 500 Underwritten — the index wins at our defaults [2555 20th Ave](/property/rh-mesxyl/2555-20th-ave/) 1 unit · $1,895,000 −$1,567,824 S&P 500 Underwritten — the index wins at our defaults [2398 30th Ave](/property/rh-6vgaxp/2398-30th-ave/) 2 units · $2,200,000 −$1,660,294 S&P 500 Rejected — mixed-use (commercial financing) [2366 20th Ave](/property/rh-krr3yd/2366-20th-ave/) 1 unit · $2,295,000 −$1,920,316 S&P 500 Underwritten — the index wins at our defaults [353 Rivera St](/property/rh-1l9io0/353-rivera-st/) 3 units · $2,500,000 −$2,046,315 S&P 500 Underwritten — the index wins at our defaults [494-496 Pacheco St](/property/rh-pezloq/494-496-pacheco-st/) 2 units · $4,498,000 −$4,685,595 S&P 500 Underwritten — the index wins at our defaults The full [board](/board/) shows every region's current week; this table is every record we hold for 94116, newest basis first. ## The house-hack angle RH-1/RH-2 Parkside stock with the newly confirmed 85 ft Taraval corridor as the upside lever; the Stonestown build-out next door thickens demand. ## What breaks it - Transit is delivered and priced in: the L-Taraval rehab no longer drives forward appreciation - The bulk of the stock is RH-1/RH-2, and the confirmed upzone is corridor-specific (Taraval) - No published Section 8 underwriting bands yet (promoted after the synthesis froze): underwrite from parcel-level comps This page is the standing analysis. The weekly part, actual San Francisco-area listings that pass the math, lands on the San Francisco board every Tuesday. [This week's San Francisco board](/board/sf-proper/) Have a specific address? [Look up any San Francisco building](/lookup/) — free parcel facts, and Underwrite an address — $79 for the full one. Want this analysis for a specific building? Any San Francisco address, underwritten the same way: cautious rents, the registry, the S&P line. [Look up any San Francisco address →](/lookup/) A full report for an address you pick: Underwrite an address — $79, delivered within one business day. [This week's San Francisco board](/board/sf-proper/) · [Read past San Francisco issues](/issues/sf-proper/) · [Every pick, on the record](/track-record/) · [How a deal becomes a pick](/methodology/) Data synthesized 2026-07-06, catalysts re-verified 2026-07-14. Mortgage-rate basis: 6.43% (Freddie Mac PMMS, a seven-week low; 6.67% a year ago). Sources are the public planning documents and market listings named above, fetched on the synthesis date. Nothing here is investment advice; every deal needs a bindable insurance quote and parcel-level verification.