You are considering buying a house today for $270,000. You think that you can rent the house

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You are considering buying a house today for $270,000. You think that you can rent the house for $20,000 a year for the next three years. Assume that you would receive the entire rent for the year at the end of each year; therefore, the first time you would receive the rental money would be one year from today. At the end of three years, you would be able to sell the house for $325,000. If the discount rate is 8%, what is the Net Present Value of this rental property investment?


Net Present Value
What is NPV? The net present value is an important tool for capital budgeting decision to assess that an investment in a project is worthwhile or not? The net present value of a project is calculated before taking up the investment decision at...
Discount Rate
Depending upon the context, the discount rate has two different definitions and usages. First, the discount rate refers to the interest rate charged to the commercial banks and other financial institutions for the loans they take from the Federal...
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Macroeconomics Principles and Applications

ISBN: 978-1133265238

5th edition

Authors: Robert e. hall, marc Lieberman

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