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Manny Carson, certified management accountant and controller of Wakeman Enterprises, has been given permission to acquire a new computer and software for the company’s accounting system. The capital investment analysis showed an NPV of $100,000. However, the initial estimates of acquisition and installation costs were made on the basis of tentative costs without any formal bids. Manny now has two formal bids, one that would allow the firm to meet or beat the original projected NPV and one that would reduce the projected NPV by $50,000. The second bid involves a system that would increase both the initial cost and the operating cost. Normally, Manny would take the first bid without hesitation. However, Todd Downing, the owner of the firm presenting the second bid, is a close friend. Manny called Todd and explained the situation, offering Todd an opportunity to alter his bid and win the job. Todd thanked Manny and then made a counteroffer. Todd: Listen, Manny, this job at the original…

Suppose that your client, a real estate investor, has asked you to evaluate an anchored retail shopping center that is for sale for $3,595,000 in Clearwater, Florida. You have been asked to perform an analysis of the property, including an estimate of cash flows and IRR, and to make a recommendation on whether or not your client should purchase the property. For this analysis, assume a five-year holding period. The shopping center has 33,250 square feet of rentable space. Since detailed information is not available on existing leases, assume that the property will lease at the average rent for the Tampa / St. Petersburg market. The average asking rent for Tampa is $12.90 and the average vacancy rate is 6.5%. Assume that rents will increase by 5% per year. Annual expenses are as follows: Insurance: $12,312 Utilities: $14,500 RE Taxes: $34,200 Cleaning: $4,500 Landscaping: $9,400 Repairs & Maintenance: $16,500 Miscellaneous: $6,000 These expenses will increase at the same rate as…

Suppose that your client, a real estate investor, has asked you to evaluate an anchored retail shopping center that is for sale for $3,595,000 in Clearwater, Florida. You have been asked to perform an analysis of the property, including an estimate of cash flows and IRR, and to make a recommendation on whether or not your client should purchase the property. For this analysis, assume a five-year holding period. The shopping center has 33,250 square feet of rentable space. Since detailed information is not available on existing leases, assume that the property will lease at the average rent for the Tampa / St. Petersburg market. The average asking rent for Tampa is $12.90 and the average vacancy rate is 6.5%. Assume that rents will increase by 5% per year. Annual expenses are as follows: Insurance: $12,312 Utilities: $14,500 RE Taxes: $34,200 Cleaning: $4,500 Landscaping: $9,400 Repairs & Maintenance: $16,500 Miscellaneous: $6,000 These expenses will increase at the same rate as…

Dante Development Corporation is considering bidding on a contract for a new office building complex. The following figure shows the decision tree prepared by one of Dante’s analysts. At node 1, the company must decide whether to bid on the contract. The cost of preparing the bid is $200,000. The upper branch from node 2 shows that the company has a 0.8 probability of winning the contract if it submits a bid. If the company wins the bid, it will have to pay $2 million to become a partner in the project. Node 3 shows that the company will then consider doing a market research study to forecast demand for the office units prior to beginning construction. The cost of this study is $150,000. Node 4 is a chance node showing the possible outcomes of the market research study.Nodes 5, 6, and 7 are similar in that they are the decision nodes for Dante to either build the office complex or sell the rights in the project to another developer. The decision to build the complex will result in an…

Suppose the company plans to use a building that it owns to house the project. The building could be sold for $5 million after taxes and real estate commissions. How would that fact affect your answer? The potential sale of the building represents an opportunity cost of conducting the project in that building. Therefore, the possible after-tax sale price must be charged against the project as a cost. The potential sale of the building represents an opportunity cost of conducting the project in that building. Therefore, the possible before-tax sale price must be charged against the project as a cost. The potential sale of the building represents an externality and therefore should not be charged against the project. The potential sale of the building represents a real option and therefore should be charged against the project. The potential sale of the building represents a real option and therefore should not be charged against the project. -Select-IIIIIIIVV

Marko, Inc., is considering the purchase of ABC Co. Marko believes that ABC Co. can generate cash flows of $5,800, $10,800, and $17,000 over the next three years, respectively. After that time, they feel the business will be worthless. Marko has determined that a rate of return of 12 percent is applicable to this potential purchase. What is Marko willing to pay today to buy ABC Co.?

Kaimalino Properties (KP) is evaluating six real estate investments. Management plans to buy the properties today and sell them five years from today. The following table summarizes the initial cost and the expected sale price for each property, as well as the appropriate discount rate based on the risk of each venture. (Click on the following icon in order to copy its contents into a spreadsheet.) Project Mountain Ridge Ocean Park Estates Lakeview Seabreeze Green Hills West Ranch Cost Today $3,000,000 15,000,000 9,000,000 6,000,000 3,000,000 9,000,000 Discount Rate 15% 15% 15% 8% 8% 8% Expected Sale Price in Year 5 $18,000,000 75,500,000 50,000,000 35,500,000 10,000,000 46,500,000 KP has a total capital budget of $18,000,000 to invest in properties. a. What is the IRR of each investment? b. What is the NPV of each investment? c. Given its budget of $18,000,000, which properties should KP choose? d. Explain why the profitability index method could not be used if KP's budget were…

Devon Corporation is trying to decide whether to lease or purchase a piece of equipment. The total cost to lease the equipment will be $156,500 over its estimated life, while the total cost to buy the equipment will be $122.600 over its estimated life. At Devon's required rate of return, the net present value of the cost of leasing the equipment is $110,600 and the net present value of the cost of buying the equipment is $125.500. Based on financial factors. Devon should: Multiple Choice lease the equipment, saving $33.900 over buying buy the equipment, saving $33,900 over leasing ease the equipment, saving $14,900 over buying buy the equipment, saving $14,900 ever leasing

An institutional investor is looking in the Miami market to purchase a Class A office building in the downtown area where prevailing cap rates are very compressed. Currently, cap rates are in the 4.0% to 4.5% range for trophy assets, depending on location and other attributes for class A office buildings. Give this information, and given the financials listed below, what should the buyer offer if they hope to submit a competitive bid? Gross revenue = $2,500,000 Other Income = $500,000 Operating expenses = $1,275,000 Offer amount $__- Please give an explanation, thank you!

Use the following information to answer questions 1 to 5. A development corporation purchased land that will be the site of a new luxury condominium complex. Management is considering a six month market research study designed to learn more about potential market acceptance of the condominium project. Management anticipates that, if conducted, the market research study will provide one of the following two results. 1. Favorable report (F): A significant number of the individuals contacted express interest in purchasing a condominium. 2. Unfavorable report (U): Very few of the individuals contacted express interest in purchasing a condo- minium. After deciding whether to conduct the market research study, they have the following two decision alternatives. d1 = a small complex with 30 condominiumsd2 = a medium complex with 60 condominiumsFollowing this, a chance event concerning the demand for the condominiums has two states of nature. s1 = strong demand for the condominiumss2 = weak…

Use the following information to answer questions 1 to 5. A development corporation purchased land that will be the site of a new luxury condominium complex. Management is considering a six month market research study designed to learn more about potential market acceptance of the condominium project. Management anticipates that, if conducted, the market research study will provide one of the following two results. 1. Favorable report (F): A significant number of the individuals contacted express interest in purchasing a condominium. 2. Unfavorable report (U): Very few of the individuals contacted express interest in purchasing a condo- minium. After deciding whether to conduct the market research study, they have the following two decision alternatives. d1 = a small complex with 30 condominiumsd2 = a medium complex with 60 condominiumsFollowing this, a chance event concerning the demand for the condominiums has two states of nature. s1 = strong demand for the condominiumss2 = weak…

Mr. Anderson is a trainee on the capital acquisition staff of a major manufacturer. In the process of evaluating several capital acquisition, he determines that one of the projects has two IRRs. He checked his calculations several times but did not find any error. He is puzzled by this finding. Explain to Mr. Anderson why more than one IRR is possible for a capital project

You have an opportunity to acquire a property from First Capital Bank. The bank recently obtained the property from a borrower who defaulted on his loan. First Capital is offering the property for $200,000. If you buy the property, you believe that you will have to spend (1) $10,500 on various acquisition related expenses and (2) an average of $2,000 per month during the next 12 months for repair costs, and so on, in order to prepare it for sale. Because First Capital Bank would like to sell the property as soon as possible, it is willing to provide $180,000 in financing at 4.25 percent interest for 12 months payable monthly (interest only). Your market research indicates that after you repair the property, it may sell for about $225,000 at the end of one year. Furthermore, you will probably have to pay about $3,000 in fees and selling expenses in order to sell the property at that time.   If you wanted to earn a 20 percent return compounded monthly, do you believe that this would be a…