528 North Old Alabama Road

Thomaston, GA 30286, Georgia

Redeemable DeedpendingSells Oct 6, 2026 · in 3 days

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Opening bid

$3,421

Assessed value

$100,346

Land $100,346Improvement $0

Market / AVM

$100,346

Taxes owed

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Parcel number: 020-005
Case number: —
Land use: Agricultural Large Tract
Building: —
Acreage: 69.16
Lot size: 3,012,610 sqft
Year built: —
Owner of record: Storey, Thomas Franklin

Legal description

All that tract of land being in the: State of Georgia, County of Upson, Land Lot 116, 15th District, being 69.16 acres, more or less. Being Parcel 2 as described in Deed Book 1310, Page 263. Less & Except: Being a portion of those tracts as shown in Plat Book 21, Page 236. Being known as Tax Map & Parcel 020005, Upson County, Georgia.

Property facts enriched via realestateapi · 9/29/2026

Aerial view of 528 North Old Alabama Road — the parcel

Aerial view of 528 North Old Alabama Road — what is around it

Site & surroundings

Physical conditions that affect value and rarely appear on a listing.

No mapped road within 150m
Nothing in the road network reaches this parcel. Landlocked parcels are common in tax sales and are the standard way to buy something that cannot be resold — verify legal access on the plat and the deed before bidding. OSM coverage is thinner in rural counties, so treat this as a reason to check rather than as a finding.
Sloped ground — about 18.1% grade
Meaningful grade. Site work costs rise sharply and septic approval is not automatic.

Context

Watercourse253 ft from parcel centre
Frontage or flood exposure depending on elevation and zone — read this next to the FEMA signal, not on its own.
7% of homes vacant year-round in Census Tract 103
97 of 1,436 units vacant year-round, around or below the national tract average.
Elevation 1026 ft
Ground elevation at the parcel. Compare with the FEMA base flood elevation where one is published.

Property detail

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Summary(13)

Id	700,040,685,566
Cash buyer	Yes
Free clear	Yes
High equity	Yes
Last sale date	2012-11-07
Property type	OTHER
Absentee owner	Yes
Equity percent	100
Investor buyer	Yes
Estimated value	$100,346

County records

Official appraiser / assessor — free, always available. Copy the parcel number if the link opens a search page.

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Upson County rules

Sale type: Redeemable Deed
Redemption: 1 year from sale
Return if redeemed: 20% premium first year, +10% each additional year
Statute: Official Code of Georgia Annotated Title 48, Ch. 4

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Historical comps

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Verify before you bid

This record was compiled from the published sale list. Parcels are pulled, redeemed, and re-priced up to the moment of sale. Confirm the lot is still in the sale, and confirm the opening bid, directly with the county.

Deal analysis

Your maximum bid

$55,410

Walk away above this. Projected profit at the ceiling: $30,104 (30% of ARV).

Opening bid $3,421

Room to bid $51,989

Confidence: medium — ARV from a provider market estimate, not comps.

History-guided suggestion

$22,001

Under max by $33,410

≤ oracle maxBid

Co-pilot target using recorded auction history. Never above your maximum bid.

History sample

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Median sold

—

p(redeem) prior

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No historical bucket for GA|Redeemable Deed; suggestion uses oracle only.

Your assumptions

After-repair value (ARV)

Override the derived estimate with real comps

Rehab budget

You cannot inspect before bidding — budget for the worst plausible condition

Known surviving liens

Municipal code enforcement, special assessments, federal tax liens

Target margin — 30%

Required profit as a share of ARV. 30% is a common floor for tax-sale flips.

How that number is built

Provider market estimate of $100,346. This is an as-is valuation, not an after-repair one — enter your own comparable-sales figure if the property needs work.

After-repair value: $100,346
Selling costs on exitassumed 8.0% of ARV — agent commission plus seller-side closing.: −$8,028
Rehabassumed No rehab budget entered — assumed $0. Tax-sale parcels are sold unseen and un-inspected; this is rarely correct.: −$0
Quiet title (required)assumed Midpoint of the typical GA range ($3,000–$7,500, ~6 months).: −$5,250
Deed recording and transferassumed Typical GA recording and deed issuance cost.: −$350
Holding costs (8 months)assumed Taxes, insurance, and securing the property at ~$151/month.: −$1,204
Surviving liensassumed Assumed $0 — not verified. Municipal code-enforcement liens, special assessments, and federal tax liens can survive the sale.: −$0
Target profit (30% of ARV): −$30,104
Maximum bid: $55,410

If the owner redeems

Flat penalty

20%

You'd receive

$11,082

Window

365 days

A 20% flat penalty applies if the owner redeems. It is a penalty, not annual interest — the rate does not change with how early they redeem.

redemption stays open indefinitely until the purchaser forecloses it by statutory notice (barment)

Quoted elsewhere as 20% annualised — true only if they redeem on the last possible day and you immediately redeploy the capital. Treat the flat penalty as the real number.

Before you bid

Rehab is assumed to be $0. You cannot inspect these properties before bidding — budget for the worst plausible condition.
Surviving liens assumed $0. The 12-month period is a minimum, not an expiry — the redemption right persists until you serve barment notice, so budget for that process.

AI risk brief

Reads this parcel against UpsonCounty's rules and flags what could go wrong — surviving liens, redemption exposure, title cost, and the facts we don't have. Takes about 35 seconds; the result is saved, so opening this lot again is instant.

Site & surroundings

Physical conditions that affect value and rarely appear on a listing.

No mapped road within 150m

Nothing in the road network reaches this parcel. Landlocked parcels are common in tax sales and are the standard way to buy something that cannot be resold — verify legal access on the plat and the deed before bidding. OSM coverage is thinner in rural counties, so treat this as a reason to check rather than as a finding.

Sloped ground — about 18.1% grade

Meaningful grade. Site work costs rise sharply and septic approval is not automatic.

Context

Watercourse253 ft from parcel centre

Frontage or flood exposure depending on elevation and zone — read this next to the FEMA signal, not on its own.

7% of homes vacant year-round in Census Tract 103

97 of 1,436 units vacant year-round, around or below the national tract average.

Elevation 1026 ft

Ground elevation at the parcel. Compare with the FEMA base flood elevation where one is published.

700,040,685,566

Cash buyer

Yes

Free clear

Yes

High equity

Yes

Last sale date

2012-11-07

Property type

OTHER

Absentee owner

Yes

Equity percent

100

Investor buyer

Yes

Estimated value

$100,346

Deal analysis

Your maximum bid

$55,410

Walk away above this. Projected profit at the ceiling: $30,104 (30% of ARV).

Opening bid $3,421

Room to bid $51,989

Confidence: medium — ARV from a provider market estimate, not comps.

History-guided suggestion

$22,001

Under max by $33,410

≤ oracle maxBid

Co-pilot target using recorded auction history. Never above your maximum bid.

History sample

—

Median sold

—

p(redeem) prior

—

No historical bucket for GA|Redeemable Deed; suggestion uses oracle only.

Your assumptions

After-repair value (ARV)

Override the derived estimate with real comps

Rehab budget

You cannot inspect before bidding — budget for the worst plausible condition

Known surviving liens

Municipal code enforcement, special assessments, federal tax liens

Target margin — 30%

Required profit as a share of ARV. 30% is a common floor for tax-sale flips.

How that number is built

Provider market estimate of $100,346. This is an as-is valuation, not an after-repair one — enter your own comparable-sales figure if the property needs work.

After-repair value: $100,346
Selling costs on exitassumed 8.0% of ARV — agent commission plus seller-side closing.: −$8,028
Rehabassumed No rehab budget entered — assumed $0. Tax-sale parcels are sold unseen and un-inspected; this is rarely correct.: −$0
Quiet title (required)assumed Midpoint of the typical GA range ($3,000–$7,500, ~6 months).: −$5,250
Deed recording and transferassumed Typical GA recording and deed issuance cost.: −$350
Holding costs (8 months)assumed Taxes, insurance, and securing the property at ~$151/month.: −$1,204
Surviving liensassumed Assumed $0 — not verified. Municipal code-enforcement liens, special assessments, and federal tax liens can survive the sale.: −$0
Target profit (30% of ARV): −$30,104
Maximum bid: $55,410

If the owner redeems

Flat penalty

20%

You'd receive

$11,082

Window

365 days

A 20% flat penalty applies if the owner redeems. It is a penalty, not annual interest — the rate does not change with how early they redeem.

redemption stays open indefinitely until the purchaser forecloses it by statutory notice (barment)

Quoted elsewhere as 20% annualised — true only if they redeem on the last possible day and you immediately redeploy the capital. Treat the flat penalty as the real number.

Before you bid

Rehab is assumed to be $0. You cannot inspect these properties before bidding — budget for the worst plausible condition.
Surviving liens assumed $0. The 12-month period is a minimum, not an expiry — the redemption right persists until you serve barment notice, so budget for that process.

Apn	020-005
Zoning	AR
Land use	Agricultural Large Tract
Lot acres	69.16
Census block	2015
Census tract	010300
Property use	Agricultural/Rural (General)
Lot depth feet	2725.9
Lot width feet	1610.9
Lot square feet	3,012,610
Property class	Land (unimproved)
Apn unformatted	020005
Census block group	5
Legal description	HAMP SMITH RD

Year	2,025
Tax amount	$2,583
Property id	700,040,685,566
Market value	$250,866
Assessed value	$100,346
Assessment year	2,025
Market land value	$250,866
Assessed land value	$100,346

Book	1310
Page	263
Seq no	1
Sale date	2012-11-07
Buyer names	Thomas Franklin Storey
Seller names	James C Franklin
Document type	Warranty Deed
Recording date	2012-11-07
Document number	2012-000941
Purchase method	Cash Purchase
Owner individual	Yes
Transaction type	Non-Arm's Length Transactions
Document type code	DTWD

Owner1 type	Individual
Owner2 type	Other
Mail address · zip	30286
Mail address · city	Thomaston
Mail address · fips	13293
Mail address · zip4	1877
Mail address · house	528
Mail address · label	528 N Old Alabama Rd, Thomaston, GA 30286
Mail address · state	GA
Mail address · county	Upson County
Mail address · street	Old Alabama
Mail address · address	528 N Old Alabama Rd
Mail address · pre direction	N
Absentee owner	Yes
Owner1 full name	Thomas Storey
Owner1 last name	Storey
Owner1 first name	Thomas
Ownership length	166
In state absentee owner	Yes

Address · fips	13293
Address · label	Hamp Smith Rd, , GA
Address · state	GA
Address · county	Upson County
Address · street	Hamp Smith
Address · address	Hamp Smith Rd
Address · street type	Rd
Address · jurisdiction	Upson County
Address · congressional district	03
Deck area	0
Latitude	32.961554060596086
Pool area	0
Longitude	-84.42378857650533
Patio area	0
Rooms count	0
Units count	0
Property use	Agricultural/Rural (General)
Basement type	NO BASEMENT
Lot square feet	3,012,610
Parking spaces	0
Buildings count	0
Property use code	118
Garage square feet	0
Living square feet	0
Partial bathrooms	0
Basement square feet	0
Building square feet	0
Price per square foot	0
Parcel account number	13753
Utilities sewage usage	Septic
Utilities water source	Well
Plumbing fixtures count	0
Basement square feet finished	0
Basement square feet unfinished	0

Ids	700040685566, 229006336
Total owned	2
Total value	$298,346
Total equity	$298,346
Purchased last6mos	0
Purchased last12mos	0