Jeff Zengel is a financial consultant to Rae properties Inc. a real estate syndicate. Rae Properties Inc. finances and develops commercial real estate (office buildings) The completed projects are then sold as limited partnership interests to individual investors. The syndicate makes a profit on the sale of these partnership interests. Jeff provides financial information for the Offering prospectus which is a document that provides the financial and legal details of the limited partnership offerings. In one of the project the bank has financed The construction of a commercial office building at a rate of 8% for the first four years, after which time the rate jumps to 12% for the remaining 21 years of the mortgage. The interest costs are one of the major ongoing costs of a real state project. Jeff has reported prominently in the prospectus that the break even occupancy for the first four years is 60% this is the amount of office space that must be leased To cover the Interest and general Upkeep cost over the first four years. The 60% break even is very low and thus communicates a low risk to potential investors. jeff You says the 60% break even rate as a major marketing tool In selling the limited partnership interests. Buried in the fine print of the prospectus is additional information that would allow an astute Investor to determine that the break even occupancy will jump to 90% after the 4th year becausr of the contracted increase in the mortgage interest rate. Jeff believes prospective investors R adequately inform as to the risk of the investment. Comment on the ethical consideration of the situation
Jeff Zengel is a financial consultant to Rae properties Inc. a real estate syndicate. Rae Properties Inc. finances and develops commercial real estate (office buildings) The completed projects are then sold as limited partnership interests to individual investors. The syndicate makes a profit on the sale of these partnership interests. Jeff provides financial information for the Offering prospectus which is a document that provides the financial and legal details of the limited partnership offerings. In one of the project the bank has financed The construction of a commercial office building at a rate of 8% for the first four years, after which time the rate jumps to 12% for the remaining 21 years of the mortgage. The interest costs are one of the major ongoing costs of a real state project. Jeff has reported prominently in the prospectus that the break even occupancy for the first four years is 60% this is the amount of office space that must be leased To cover the Interest and general Upkeep cost over the first four years. The 60% break even is very low and thus communicates a low risk to potential investors. jeff You says the 60% break even rate as a major marketing tool In selling the limited partnership interests. Buried in the fine print of the prospectus is additional information that would allow an astute Investor to determine that the break even occupancy will jump to 90% after the 4th year becausr of the contracted increase in the mortgage interest rate. Jeff believes prospective investors R adequately inform as to the risk of the investment.
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