You have found a vacation home at the Rim Golf Club in Payson for sale. You...

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You have found a vacation home at the Rim Golf Club in Payson for sale. You think it would make an excellent investment opportunity as a short-term rental property for people from Phoenix looking to get out of the summer heat. The home is $450,000 and you would finance it with an 80% loan-to-value loan. Your mortgage lender has told you that you can borrow for 30 years at 4.25%, but you would have to pay 2 points to get that loan. Based on these terms, what is the effective interest cost? You have found a vacation home at the Rim Golf Club in Payson for sale. You think it would make an excellent investment opportunity as a short-term rental property for people from Phoenix looking to get out of the summer heat. The home is $450,000 and you would finance it with an 80% loan-to-value loan. Your mortgage lender has told you that you can borrow for 30 years at 4.25%, but you would have to pay 2 points to get that loan. Based on these terms, what is the effective interest cost?