Class Project 1
Acquisition Decision of a Multifamily Building
In 2010, China Investment Fund was looking for an investment property. One multifamily building was listed in August 2010. The basic information of the building includes
- Rentable area 10500 and 16 units, divided into (1) three-bedroom apt; (5) two-bedroom apts; (8) one-bedroom apts and (2) studio. The rent roll is summarized in the following table.
Unit |
09/10 |
10/10 |
11/10 |
12/10 |
01/11 |
02/11 |
03/11 |
04/11 |
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2 |
Previous Owner |
Damaged |
Construction |
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3 |
225 |
325 |
325 |
325 |
325 |
325 |
325 |
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4 |
425 |
425 |
425 |
425 |
425 |
425 |
450 |
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5 |
425 |
425 |
425 |
425 |
465 |
495 |
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6A |
Damaged |
Construction |
450 |
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6B |
Damaged |
Construction |
350 |
350 |
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7 |
repair |
450 |
450 |
450 |
|
450 |
450 |
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8 |
Damaged |
Construction |
213 |
425 |
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9 |
Eviction |
repair |
550 |
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10 |
300 |
450 |
450 |
450 |
450 |
450 |
450 |
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11 |
300 |
325 |
325 |
325 |
325 |
325 |
325 |
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12A |
Damaged |
Construction |
|
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12B |
Damaged |
Construction |
350 |
350 |
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13 |
repair |
650 |
745 |
650 |
975 |
650 |
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14 |
repair |
450 |
450 |
450 |
450 |
450 |
450 |
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15 |
325 |
325 |
325 |
325 |
325 |
325 |
325 |
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16 |
325 |
163 |
325 |
325 |
325 |
325 |
325 |
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17 |
350 |
350 |
350 |
350 |
350 |
350 |
350 |
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Laundry |
|
|
|
|
|
|
13.5 |
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Total |
2625 |
2675 |
4338 |
4595 |
4500 |
4865 |
5483 |
5588 |
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- It was noted that only units 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 15 and 17 was rented. Units 2, 6A, 6B, 7, 8, 12A, 12B, 13, 14, 15 were vacant. Among them, units 2, 6A, 6B, 7, 8, 12A, 12B, 13, 14 were not habitable and unit 15 needs minor repair. All units would be renovated if the property were acquired.
- Also Unit 9 was to be evicted due to not paying rent; however, this was not known during the acquisition
- The property tax data for 2010 was $131 per month.
- Utilities: gas paid by the landlord averagely $450/month; water by landlord averagely $300/month; trash by landlord $101/month; outside lighting by landlord was about $60/month.
- National average repairs for MFH was $60/month/unit. Considering the age of the building (1893), the repair could be 50% more than average
- One tenant came up and said he would do the snow removal and lawn care and trash picking up for exchange of $100 in rent deduction.
- There was an existing loan from Wells Fargo that the buyer could assume. The loan had 12.5 years left and interest rate was 8.5% with a balance of $200,000. (hint: Use excel function PMT(rate, nper, pv, [fv], [type]) to calculate monthly loan payment)
- The seller agreed to carry a wrap-around loan of $84,000 at 6.5% with a 30 year amortization.
- Seller's insurance could also be assumed for $215/month.
- The management fee for the area is usually 8% of the rent collected.
- The sale price was $375,000.
If you were the acquisition manager for CIF, would you make the purchase?