MONEY RECEIVED (From selling the item after appreciation or depreciation) MONEY SPENT (Purchasing the item and interest charged from financing) 1 Down payment Money spent to secure the purchase Usually a percentage of purchase price Comes off amount financed, but is part of overall cost First, find the retained value percentage: for appreciation, take 100% of the purchase price PLUS the appreciation percentage. Financing (credit card, bank loan, etc) PV price less down payment for depreciation, take 100% of the purchase price MINUS the depreciation percentage. NOTE: you are calculating the appreciation or depreciation on the original value of the item that was purchased, before any down payment or interest charges. FV=0 PMT= ? periods = total term of the loan Second, turn that retained value percentage into a decimal. (PMT) (# of periods before selling) = Selling r of years When the item is sold before full term of the loan...... Purchase Price (retained value)umber o Value PV same as above > FV = ? PMT= same as above > periods = # of periods before item is sold (NOT the full term of the loan). OR... use the EZ Calculator app. A positive interest rate, compounded annually, will give you the appreciated value. A negative interest rate will give you The future value will be the amount that must be paid to the depreciated value. the bank in order to close out the account. To find profit or to find net cost, take the total of money spent (1+2+3) and subtract the resale value MONEY RECEIVED (From selling the item after appreciation or depreciation) MONEY SPENT (Purchasing the item and interest charged from financing) 1 Down payment Money spent to secure the purchase Usually a percentage of purchase price Comes off amount financed, but is part of overall cost First, find the retained value percentage: for appreciation, take 100% of the purchase price PLUS the appreciation percentage. Financing (credit card, bank loan, etc) PV price less down payment for depreciation, take 100% of the purchase price MINUS the depreciation percentage. NOTE: you are calculating the appreciation or depreciation on the original value of the item that was purchased, before any down payment or interest charges. FV=0 PMT= ? periods = total term of the loan Second, turn that retained value percentage into a decimal. (PMT) (# of periods before selling) = Selling r of years When the item is sold before full term of the loan...... Purchase Price (retained value)umber o Value PV same as above > FV = ? PMT= same as above > periods = # of periods before item is sold (NOT the full term of the loan). OR... use the EZ Calculator app. A positive interest rate, compounded annually, will give you the appreciated value. A negative interest rate will give you The future value will be the amount that must be paid to the depreciated value. the bank in order to close out the account. To find profit or to find net cost, take the total of money spent (1+2+3) and subtract the resale value