You are considering the purchase of another office building close to your existing office building. The building is a 10-year old structure with an estimated remaining service life of 20 years. The tenants have recently signed long-term leases, which leads you to believe that the current rental income of $180,000 per year will remain constant for the first five years. Then the rental income will increase by 20% for every five-year interval over the remaining asset life. Thus, the annual rental income would be $216,000 for years 6 through 10, $259,200 for years 11 through 15, and $311,040 for years 16 through 20. You estimate that operating expenses will be $35,000 for the first year and that they will increase by $8,000 each year thereafter. You estimate that completely destroying the building and selling the lot on which it stands will realize a net amount of $200,000 at the end of the 20th year.

If you had the opportunity to invest your money elsewhere and thereby earn interest at the rate of 10% per year, what would be the maximum amount (approximately) you would be willing to pay for the building at the present time?

A. $1,765,417

B. $1,029,239

C. $1,140,291

D. $850,000