A piece of land can be purchased today for $200,000. If the investor can lease the land as a hunting preserve for annual rent that will pay all real estate taxes and insurance, should the investor take out a $160,000 loan at 12% to purchase the land? The investor predicts that she can sell the land in ten years for triple the purchase price, at which time she will have to pay off the principal and interest ($496,936) on the loan. Is this a favorable spread?
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In order to find out if the described process is a favourable spread or not one need to do a NPV (Net Present Value) analysis.
Purchase Price today = $ 200000
Amount borrowed today = $ 160000
Owner's Expense = 200000 - 160000 = $ 40000
Inetrest Rate =12 %
Principal + Interest Repaid after 10 years = $ 496936
Therefore, PV of the Loan Repayment = 496936 / (1.12)^(10) = $ 160000
Total Expense = PV of Loan Repayment + Owner's Expense = 160000 + 40000 = $ 200000
Sale Price after 10 years = 3 x Purchase Price = 3 x 200000 = $ 600000
PV of Sale Price = 600000 / (1.12)^(10) = $ 193183.942
NPV = PV of Sale Price - Total Expense = 193183.942 - 200000 = $ - 6816.058
As NPV is negative, it is not a favourable spread.
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