Albert Chan decided to buy an old duplex as an investment. After looking for several months, he

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Albert Chan decided to buy an old duplex as an investment. After looking for several months, he found a desirable duplex that could be bought for $93,000 cash. He decided that he would rent both sides of the duplex, and determined that the total expected income would be $800 per month. The total annual expenses for property taxes, repairs, gardening, and so forth are estimated at $600 per year. For tax purposes, Al plans to depreciate the building by the sum-of-years' -digits method, assuming that the building has a 20-year remaining life and no salvage value. Of the total $93,000 cost of the property, $84,000 represents the value of the building and $9000 is the value of the lot. Assume that Al is in the 38% incremental income tax bracket (combined state and federal taxes) throughout the 20 years.
In this analysis Al estimates that the income and expenses will remain constant at their present levels. If he buys and holds the property for 20 years, what after-tax rate of return can he expect to receive on his investment, using the following assumptions?
(a) Al believes the building and the lot can be sold at the end of 20 years for the $9000 estimated value of the lot.
(b) A more optimistic estimate of the future value of the building and the lot is that the property can be sold for $100,000 at the end of 20 years. Salvage Value
Salvage value is the estimated book value of an asset after depreciation is complete, based on what a company expects to receive in exchange for the asset at the end of its useful life. As such, an asset’s estimated salvage value is an important...
Future Value
Future value (FV) is the value of a current asset at a future date based on an assumed rate of growth. The future value (FV) is important to investors and financial planners as they use it to estimate how much an investment made today will be worth...
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Engineering Economic Analysis

ISBN: 9780195168075

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Authors: Donald Newnan, Ted Eschanbach, Jerome Lavelle

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