A young graduate has been offered a time$-$share on a condo in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. To be a part owner, the graduate must pay $$1,866\mathrm{.}00$ at the end of each year for the next $17\mathrm{.}00$ years. If the graduate$$s discount rate is $6\mathrm{.}00\%,$ what is the cost of this opportunity in today$$s dollars? In other words, what is the most the graduate should be willing to pay today instead of making payments?