The family sits among piles of UNASSEMBLED PIZZA BOXES and folds them in silence. The crunch of cardboard is the only sound as the cheap Pizza Time logo comes in and goes out of the foreground. They hear a truck rattling closer. Through the window, they see a STREET FUMIGATION TRUCK sp...
The capitalization rate, or cap rate, is a fundamental concept in commercial real estate. It is calculated by dividing a property’s net operating income by its value. Although the formula is simple, the cap rate is often misunderstood and sometimes misused. This article will explore the concep...
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Say you’re interested in purchasing a multi-family unit as a rental property. Property A is in the city center while Property B is on the outskirts of town. You estimate that Property A will bring in $50,000 per year in rent, and you’ll need to pay $10,000 per year in property...
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Capacitors are devices which store electrical energy in the form of an electric field. The process is quite similar to the way mechanical springs store energy in the form of elastic material deformation, to the extent that the math describing both is quite similar, save for the variables used....
An interest rate cap has an apparentcash flowdisadvantage compared with an interest rate swap because the premium is payable up front. This up-front payment also might be seen as an advantage because the cost of the cap is certain from the outset. Some derivative instruments taken out to hedg...
My FI portfolio is what we’d live on if all our other income went away. As explained in the Safe Withdrawal Rate post, a 3.5% withdrawal rate is very conservative so I keep enough money in this basket so that 3.5% of the value of the portfolio could sustain our annual spending. I...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed the figure in the budget today. The Resolution Foundation says this means a typical low-income family with two children in receipt of universal credit will see their annual benefit rise by £253. Inflation is expected to increase in the coming mont...
TCJA altered the treatment of intangible property held abroad, such as patents, trademarks, and copyrights. For instance, Nike (NKE) houses its Swoosh trademark in an untaxed Dutch subsidiary.26 When the foreign tax rate on foreign earnings above a 10% standard rate of return is below 13.125...