You are considering purchasing a small office building for about $2,000,000. You have two options:

Building 1: First-Tier Property. Total acquisition price: 2.050.745 . Property consists of ten office suites, five on the first floor and five on the second. Contract rents: two suites at $2,000 per month, three at $3,000 per month, and five at $1,600 per month. For this building you expect yearly operating expenses for 40% of the EGI and Capital Expenditure of 5% of the EGI.

Question 1: In which of the two opportunities do you decide to invest? Why? Make proper calculations to support your answer and compare the results between the two opportunities. Take care of the dividend rate, the effective gross income multiplier and the risks according to the dept services /cash flow cushion. Please be aware that you need to explain the results of your ratios (what does this mean and what does the difference between the two opportunities mean?)