You are thinking of buying a house beside the College which you will rent to students. You expect to receive$2,000 a month in rental income. Your real estate agent estimates that you will be able to sell the property for$250,000 at the end of 46 months. You'd like a return of at least 0.2% per month. What is the most that youshould pay for the house, assuming that you will purchase the house today and receive the first (beginningof month) rental payment today.What is the most that you should pay for the property today?(Round to the nearest dollar.)

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2. You plan to purchase an office space in Chamblee's Chinatown for $50,000 at the end of year 2021. You estimate that by renting out that office space, you will receive a stream of rental income for the coming eight years at the end of each year as shown in below. After eight years, you estimate that you can still sell the office space for $45,000 at the end of the eighth year. Is this project a good investment if you project that the normal rate of return in this line of business is 12%? How about if the general rate of return is 15% ? 8%? Year 1 $6,000 Year 5 $7,500 Year 2 $6,500 Year 6 $8,500 Year 3 $7,000 Year 7 $8,500 Year 4 $7,500 Year 8 $8,500 3. Based on the information provided in Step 2 above, compute the Internal Rate of Return for the investment. 4. While you were waiting for your first job interview results to come, you spent several dollars to buy a Georgia Educational Lotto and were lucky enough to win a $1 million prize. The prize is to be awarded in 20 annual payments…
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Alex wants to buy a shopping complex in Vancouver 3 years after completing his Masters. The complex will cost CAD 17,000,000 and he would need a 20% down payment after 5 years. To save for the down payment, Alex could deposit one lump sum today at a 6% annual compound rate. Alternatively, Alex can wait one year and make one lump sum deposit. Will Alex need more money to deposit if she does it now or after one year? How much more is required? (Use Formula Approach)
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your wealthy great aunt is going to help you finance the purchase of your first condo. She will lend you $80,000 today. You agree to pay her 5 equally sized payments. The first payment will be 1 year from today, and 4 more payments will follow every 3 years (so payments at the end of years 1, 4, 7, 10, and 13). If the interest rate she charges is 2.00% per year, how much will each payment be?
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