275 Chippewah Dr · Hamilton, AL
Flood risk 1/10 · Minimal
- FEMA flood zone
- X (unshaded)
- Chance of flooding over 30 yrs
- 0.0%
- Est. flood insurance / yr
- $507 – $1,088
Fire risk 3/10 · Minor
- Est. fire insurance / yr
- $916 – $1,700
Heat risk 5/10 · Moderate
- Hot days now (above 108°F)
- 7 days/yr
- Hot days in 30 yrs
- 18 days/yr
Wind risk 6/10 · Moderate
- Chance of severe wind over 30 yrs
- 27.0%
Air-quality risk 2/10 · Minimal
- Unhealthy air days now
- 0 days/yr
- Unhealthy air days in 30 yrs
- 2 days/yr
Risk factors via First Street. Map © Google.
Why this score? — see what drove the B- grade
The composite is a weighted blend of 9 inputs, each scored 0–100. Each bar is that input's sub-score; the figure is the points it added to the 100-point composite (weight × sub-score).
- Cash flow +30.0/30.0
- DSCR +10.0/10.0
- 1% rule +9.4/10.0
- ARV discount +7.5/15.0
- Livability +3.2/5.0
- Schools +2.8/10.0
- Rent growth +2.5/5.0
- Condition / age +2.5/5.0
- Appreciation +0.0/10.0
$69,000
🖨 Deal sheet 📄 Offer letter ✓ Due diligence
Listing remarks MLS
completely remodeled, new floors, windows, metal siding, new appliances
Key facts
- Open floor plan
- Spacious living area
- 0.36 acre lot
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Property features AI
Finance
- HOA & community: No HOA
Exterior
- Parking: Gravel driveway
- Utilities: Septic tank sewer
- Home design: Manufactured home; Single-story (manufactured) dwelling; Vinyl siding exterior
- Construction: Modular construction; Vinyl siding; No fireplaces
- Exterior features: Lot of about 0.36 acres; Public water
Interior
- Bathrooms: 2 full bathrooms
- Heating & cooling: Central heating; Central cooling
- Interior features: Crawl space basement
Neighborhood map
What this means for you Summary
Snapshot
- This is a 3-bed/2.0-bath manufactured listed at $69k.
Deal economics
- At list price, monthly cash flow is $363 ($4k/yr) — positive.
- The deal already cash-flows at list — no discount required.
- Meets the 1% rule at list price ($994 rent vs $69k).
- Recommended offer: $67k (3.0% below list) — sets the bar for market timing.
- Cap rate 12.6% vs local median 3.0% in Hamilton — top-decile yield for the area; either an underpriced asset or a hidden risk that comps aren't pricing in. Stress-test before assuming the spread holds.
Location & tenants
- Location reads 63/100 on livability (#190 in AL) — a middle-class / working-renter tenant base. Strengths: cost of living A+, housing A+, crime B; Watch: amenities F, commute F, employment D-.
- Marion County (rural): math 20% / reading 48% proficiency, ranked #56 of 129 in AL (top 43%) — families likely to look elsewhere, expect single-tenant / working-renter base with shorter leases.
- Zoned schools: Hamilton Elementary School (math 17% / reading 57%, grade F, #267 of 627 statewide, top 45%, 634 students, 69% FRL); Hamilton Middle School (math 16% / reading 51%, grade F, #99 of 257 statewide, top 39%, 452 students, 66% FRL); Hamilton High School (math 17% / reading 32%, grade F, #118 of 305 statewide, top 45%, 466 students, 59% FRL).
- Market conditions: 93 active listings in the ZIP; 1 units permitted in Marion County in 2024 (0 in 5+ unit buildings).
Forward outlook
- Local home prices are declining (-3.0%/yr); year-one equity from $477 of loan paydown is wiped out by about $2k of value loss. Plan a longer hold.
- Marion County population projected at -16% by 2050 — secular population decline; favor cash flow + early exit over multi-decade hold.
- At projected returns (-3.0% appreciation + 3.0% rent growth), your $19k cash investment doubles in ~6 years — after that, you're playing with house money.
Negotiation context
- It's been on market 42 days — a 3% lower offer ($67k) is reasonable based on typical stale-listing flexibility.
- 3 sale attempts since 4y ago; this cycle's ask has dropped $6k (8%) from the opening price — seller is motivated, your offer sets the floor, not the list.
Risks & watch-outs
- Climate carrying-cost: major wind risk, 27% chance of damaging wind over 30y; extreme-heat days projected 7→18/yr by 2055 (HVAC capex compounding) — expect insurance premiums to compound above CPI over the hold.
Questions for the listing agent
- It's been on market 42 days. Have you received any prior offers? Is the seller open to a 3% concession, seller financing, or rate buy-down credit?
- Is there a deadline driving the sale (1031 exchange, divorce, estate, relocation)? That informs how much negotiation room exists.
- Schools are D-rated, which usually means shorter tenancies and higher turnover. Who's the typical renter profile here, and what's been the actual vacancy rate?
- What's the average days-on-market for RENTAL listings here right now (not sales)? A rising rental-DOM trend means longer vacancies and softer asking-rent achievability than the comps imply.
- What's the recent tenant-quality profile in this submarket — average credit score on applications, eviction rate, late-payment / NSF rate, and stable-employment percentage? A property-management company in the area should have these aggregated.
- How much new for-sale + rental construction is in the pipeline within 1–3 miles? Heavy new supply typically softens prices + rents 12–24 months out; constrained supply supports both.
Investment metrics
- 1% rule
- 1.44% ✓
- Cap rate
- 12.60%
- Cash-on-cash
- 22.53%
- DSCR
- 2.00
- GRM
- 5.8
CMA / ARV
- ARV (median comp)
- $45,000
- List price
- $69,000
- Delta
- 53.33%
- Verdict
- OVERPRICED
- Comps
- 1 within 2.0 mi
Projected returns pro-forma
-3.0% appreciation · 3.0% rent growth · sell at horizon
- IRR
- 15.3%
- Equity multiple
- 1.62×
- Total profit
- $11,899
- Equity at exit
- $10,288
- IRR
- 24.0%
- Equity multiple
- 3.07×
- Total profit
- $40,030
- Equity at exit
- $5,966
Cash invested: $19,320 (down + closing). Projections, not guarantees.
Landlord ↔ Tenant lean methodology
- Overall (STATE)
- 90 Strongly Landlord-Friendly
- State Alabama
- 90 Strongly Landlord-Friendly · R+15
- County
- — inherits STATE
- City
- — inherits STATE
ZIP-level market 35570
- Home prices YoY
- -7.8%
- Active inventory
- 93
- Price-to-rent
- 5.8×
Monthly cashflow live
- Estimated rent
- $994 medium interval (Pro) →
- Mortgage (P&I)
- −$362
- Tax from tax record
- −$32 /mo · $387/yr
- Insurance
- −$29
- HOA
- −$0
- Vacancy / Maint / Mgmt
- −$209
- Net cashflow
- $363
Break-even live
UW: 25.0% down · 7.5% · 30yr · 1.5% tax · 5.0% vac · 8.0% maint · 8.0% mgmt
Financing live
Cash to close
- Down payment
- $17,250
- Closing costs
- $2,070
- Reserves months
- —
- Total cash needed
- —
Loan-product check · same deal, 3 products live
Conventional
25% down · 7.5% · 30yr
- Down + closing
- —
- Monthly P&I
- —
- Monthly cashflow
- —
- DSCR
- —
- Eligible?
- —
Personal DTI + credit; lowest rate.
DSCR
20% down · 8.5% · 30yr
- Down + closing
- —
- Monthly P&I
- —
- Monthly cashflow
- —
- DSCR
- —
- Eligible?
- —
No personal income docs; deal must DSCR.
Hard money
10% down · 12.0% · 12mo
- Down + closing
- —
- Monthly P&I
- —
- Monthly cashflow
- —
- DSCR
- —
- Eligible?
- —
Short-term bridge; refi at stabilization.
Listing history 20 events
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2026-06-19days on market $69,000 Active 42 DOM
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2026-06-18days on market $69,000 Active 41 DOM
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2026-06-17days on market $69,000 Active 40 DOM
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2026-06-16days on market $69,000 Active 39 DOM
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2026-06-16price $69,000 Active 38 DOM
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2026-06-15days on market $75,000 Active 38 DOM
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2026-06-14days on market $75,000 Active 36 DOM
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2026-06-12days on market $75,000 Active 35 DOM
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2026-06-09days on market $75,000 Active 32 DOM
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2026-06-08days on market $75,000 Active 31 DOM
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2026-06-07days on market $75,000 Active 30 DOM
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2026-06-04days on market $75,000 Active 26 DOM
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2026-06-02days on market $75,000 Active 25 DOM
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2026-06-01days on market $75,000 Active 24 DOM
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2026-05-31days on market $75,000 Active 23 DOM
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2026-05-31days on market $75,000 Active 22 DOM
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2026-05-18status Pending 497-char remark
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2026-04-30$75,000 Active 497-char remark
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2022-08-01soldstatus $135,000 Closed 71-char remark
Show marketing remark (71 chars)
completely remodeled, new floors, windows, metal siding, new appliances
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2022-04-22$137,000 71-char remark
Show marketing remark (71 chars)
completely remodeled, new floors, windows, metal siding, new appliances
ⓘ Source: listings_history table (triggers on properties + properties_extension) + one-shot
backfill from property_details.listing_events for pre-trigger history.
Tax reassessment forecast AL · Resets to sale price
- Current annual tax
- $387 · $32/mo
- Projected year-2 tax
- $387 · $32/mo
- Expected delta
- $0/yr ($0/mo · 0.0%)
ⓘ Screening estimate from a state-policy table — verify with the county assessor before closing.
Climate risk First Street
- Flood 1/10 Low FEMA zone X (unshaded) · 0% chance over 30 yrs
- Wildfire 3/10 Moderate
- Heat 5/10 Major 7 d/yr ≥108°F today · 18 d/yr by 30 yrs out
- Wind 6/10 Major 27% chance of damaging wind over 30 yrs
- Air quality 2/10 Low 0 unhealthy d/yr today · 2 by 30 yrs out
Nearby sold comps map
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Walkable amenities ~0.75 mi
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Taxation est. · year 1
- Rental income
- $11,931
- − Mortgage interest
- −$3,865
- − Property taxes
- −$387
- − Insurance
- −$345
- − Repairs & maintenance
- −$954
- − Management
- −$954
- − Depreciation
- −$2,007
- Taxable income
- $3,418
- Est. tax owed @ 24.0%
- −$820
- After-tax cash flow
- $3,532/yr
For passive investors: Depreciation is non-cash, so a rental often shows a tax loss while cash-flowing — sheltering income. Rental losses are passive: they offset passive income freely, and up to $25,000/yr can offset ordinary (W-2) income if you actively participate and your MAGI is under $100k (phasing out to $0 by $150k); unused losses carry forward. On sale, claimed depreciation is recaptured at up to 25%, and gains may owe capital-gains tax (a 1031 exchange can defer both). Figures are a year-1 estimate at your 24.0% rate — not tax advice; consult a CPA.
Schools (NCES district)
- District
- Marion County
- NCES district ID
- 0102310
- Math proficiency
- 20% ▼ -29.00%
- Reading proficiency
- 48% ▬ 0.00%
- Median HH income
- $32,048
- Composite
- 27.69/100
- National rank
- #6911
- State rank
- #56 of 129 in AL
Livability — Hamilton
- Score
- 63/100
- State rank
- #190
- US rank
- #15568
Category grades
Schools grade is shown separately in the Schools card above.
Census & demographics
- Census place
- Hamilton, AL
- City population
- 10,621
- Population (ZIP)
- 10,621
Population outlook (Marion County) Hauer SSP2
- Today (2025)
- 28,759 people
- By 2030
- 27,834 · -3.2%
- By 2040
- 25,974 · -9.7%
- By 2050
- 24,129 · -16.1%
- By 2075
- 20,179 · -29.8%
- By 2100
- 16,341 · -43.2%
Race, ethnicity, and origin ACS 2023
- Neighborhood character
- Predominantly White (88%)
- Race & ethnicity
- White 88% Two or more races 6% Black 5% Hispanic / Latino 2%
- Common ancestry
- Italian 2% Slovak 1% Serbian 1%
- Foreign-born
- 0% · Canada
- Languages at home
- 99% English-only · Spanish 1%
Political lean MEDSL · Marion
- 2024 margin
- Solid R (+81.7) · D 8.8% · R 90.5%
- 2008→2024 swing
- -25.6pp toward R · 2008: -56.1pp · 2024: -81.7pp
- All cycles
- 2024: R+81.7 2020: R+77.8 2016: R+76.2 2012: R+61.5 2008: R+56.1
Not yet ingested
- Civics
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Market trends
- HPI YoY
- ▼ -13.98%
- Current HPI
- 166.1943
- Rent YoY
- —
- Metro
- —
- State GDP YoY
- ▲ 2.94%
- F500 in state
- 4
Industry mix (Fortune 500 HQ in AL)
| Industry | F500 HQs | Revenue |
|---|---|---|
| Financial Services | 1 | $8B |
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| Healthcare | 1 | $5B |
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Price history
-49.6% since first listed6 events — show timeline
- 2026-06-15 Price Changed $69,000 VMLS
- 2026-05-26 Relisted — VMLS
- 2026-05-18 Pending — VMLS
- 2026-04-30 Listed $75,000 VMLS
- 2022-08-01 Sold (MLS) $135,000 SAARMLS
- 2022-04-22 Listed $137,000 SAARMLS
Property tax history
+13.7%/yrLatest (2025): $387 · +17.3% YoY. Source: county tax records.
Cash-flow waterfall
monthlySold comps — $/sqft
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