Question

Assume that you were given an opportunity to purchase a real estate project using an equity participation loan. The NOI for each year of the holding period are shown below: 2 Annual payments are being used to make the problem easier!

NOI :

Year 1 124,787

Year 2 132,225

Year 3 139,954

Year 4 148,468

Additional information:

1) Purchase price = $1,900,000

2) Estimated value of land = $500,000

3) Anticipated mortgage terms: a) Loan to value ratio = .80 b) Interest rate = 5.5% c) Years to maturity = 30 d) Points charged = 2 e) Prepayment penalty = 2% of outstanding balance f) Level payment, fully amortized g) Fixed interest rate, monthly payments

4) Participation terms: a) Share of NOI = 15.0% over $125,000 b) Share of Appreciation = 20%

5) Future sales price = $2,150,000

6) Estimated selling expenses as proportion of future sales price = 5%

7) Client's minimum required before-tax rate of return on equity = 12%

Calculate:

a. The before-tax cash flows and the before-tax equity reversion (you do not need to calculate the after-tax cash flows or reversion).

b. The before-tax net present value to the investor.

Answer 1