Required information

$[$The following information applies to the questions displayed below.$]$

On January $1,2024,$ Bloomfield Enterprises purchases a building for $$261,000,$ paying $$51,000$ down and borrowing the remaining $$210,000,$ signing a $7\%,10-$year mortgage. Installment payments of $$2,438\mathrm{.}28$ are due at the end of month, with the first payment due on January $31,2024.$

$1.$ Record the purchase of the building on January $1,2024.$

$2.$ Complete the first three rows of an amortization schedule.

$3$a$.$ Record the first monthly mortgage payment on January $31,2024.$

$3$b$.$ How much of the first payment goes to interest spend and how much goes to reducing the caring value of the loan?