You are considering purchasing an office building for $2,500,000. You expect the potential gross income (PGI) in the first year of operations to be $450,000; vacancy and collection losses to be 9 percent of PGI; and operating expenses and capital expenditures to be 42 percent of effective gross income (EGI). What is the estimated Net operating income? What is the implied first year overall capitalization rate? What is the effective gross income multiplier? Item Amount
Potential gross income (PGI) $450,000
- Vacancy & collection loss (VC) 40,500
= Effective gross income (EGI) 409,500
- Operating expenses (OE) 171,990
= Net operating income (NOI) 237,510
What is the overall capitalization rate?
What is the effective gross income multiplier?

howard, fine, & howard is an advertising agency. the firm uses an activity-based costing system to allocate overhead costs to its services. information about the firm's activity cost pool rates follows: stooge company was a client of howard, fine, & howard. recently, 7 administrative assistant hours, 3 new ad campaigns, and 8 meeting hours were incurred for the stooge company account. using the activity-based costing system, how much overhead cost would be allocated to the stooge company account?

If the ceo of a large, diversified, firm were filling out a fitness report on a division manager (i.e., "grading" the manager), which of the following situations would be likely to cause the manager to receive a better grade? in all cases, assume that other things are held constant.a. the division's basic earning power ratio is above the average of other firms in its industry.b. the division's total assets turnover ratio is below the average for other firms in its industry.c. the division's debt ratio is above the average for other firms in the industry.d. the division's inventory turnover is 6, whereas the average for its competitors is 8.e. the division's dso (days' sales outstanding) is 40, whereas the average for its competitors is 30.

Which of the following best explains why online retail companies have an advantage over regular stores? a. their employees make less money because they mostly perform unskilled tasks. b. they are able to keep distribution costs low by negotiating deals with shipping companies. c. their transactions require expensive state-of-the-art technological devices. d. they have a larger number of potential customers because people anywhere can buy from them.