With the success of your business, you are ready to establish a storefront. However, you do not have the necessary funds to acquire the building and pay the necessary rent. You are considering borrowing a short-term note from a bank for $150,000. 

Required part B.

Research the lending practices of a local bank.

Determine the interest rate charged for a $150,000 loan.

What collateral does the bank require to secure the loan?

Determine your overall payback amount if you were to repay the loan in less than one year. Choose either a payback with periodic payments or all at the end of the loan term and compare the outcomes.

After conducting your research, would you consider borrowing the money?

What positive and negative outcomes accompany borrowing the money?

Instead of borrowing on a short-term note, you are thinking on borrowing $150,000 and signed a 5-year, note payable with a 10% interest rate. Each annual payment is in the amount of $39,569 and payment is due each Dec. 31.What is the journal entry on Jan. 1 to record the cash received and on Dec. 31 to record the annual payment? (You will need to prepare the first row in the amortization table to determine the amounts.)

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Answer A Research the lending practices of a local bank The local banks lending practices are as follows The bank will loan up to 80 of the appraised ... View the full answer