Real Estate Finance & Investment Midterm Exam 2003

Author:

Access: Public Peer Review

Start FlashCards Download PDF Learn

Get Jobilize Job Search Mobile App in your pocket Now!

Get it on Google Play Download on the App Store Now

Do you use facebook?

Photo of a smartphone with the Facebook application open
Economics is greatly impacted by how well information travels through society. Today, social media giants Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram are major forces on the information super highway. (Credit: Johan Larsson/Flickr)

Decisions ... decisions in the social media age

To post or not to post? Every day we are faced with a myriad of decisions, from what to have for breakfast, to which route to take to class, to the more complex—“Should I double major and add possibly another semester of study to my education?” Our response to these choices depends on the information we have available at any given moment; information economists call “imperfect” because we rarely have all the data we need to make perfect decisions. Despite the lack of perfect information, we still make hundreds of decisions a day.

And now, we have another avenue in which to gather information—social media. Outlets like Facebook and Twitter are altering the process by which we make choices, how we spend our time, which movies we see, which products we buy, and more. How many of you chose a university without checking out its Facebook page or Twitter stream first for information and feedback?

As you will see in this course, what happens in economics is affected by how well and how fast information is disseminated through a society, such as how quickly information travels through Facebook. “Economists love nothing better than when deep and liquid markets operate under conditions of perfect information,” says Jessica Irvine, National Economics Editor for News Corp Australia.

This leads us to the topic of this chapter, an introduction to the world of making decisions, processing information, and understanding behavior in markets —the world of economics. Each chapter in this book will start with a discussion about current (or sometimes past) events and revisit it at chapter’s end—to “bring home” the concepts in play.

Introduction

In this chapter, you will learn about:

  • What Is Economics, and Why Is It Important?
  • Microeconomics and Macroeconomics
  • How Economists Use Theories and Models to Understand Economic Issues
  • How Economies Can Be Organized: An Overview of Economic Systems

What is economics and why should you spend your time learning it? After all, there are other disciplines you could be studying, and other ways you could be spending your time. As the Bring it Home feature just mentioned, making choices is at the heart of what economists study, and your decision to take this course is as much as economic decision as anything else.

Economics is probably not what you think. It is not primarily about money or finance. It is not primarily about business. It is not mathematics. What is it then? It is both a subject area and a way of viewing the world.

This course is an introduction to the most fundamental concepts, principles, analytical methods and tools useful for making investment and finance decisions regarding commercial real estate assets. As the first of a two-course sequence, this course will focus on the basic building blocks and the "micro" level, which pertains to individual properties and deals.

There are two parts to this quiz, plus an extra-credit question.

The entire quiz is designed to be easily finished in 75 minutes.

No open books or notes are permitted.

Formulas that may (or may not) be useful in this exam . . .

a + da + d2a + . . . + dn-1a = a(1-dn)/(1-d).

PMT/(1+r) + PMT/(1+r)2 + . . .+ PMT/(1+r)n = (PMT/r)[1 – 1/(1+r)n].

CF + CF/(1+r) + CF/(1+r)2 + . . .+ CF/(1+r)n-1 = (1+r)(CF/r)[1 – 1/(1+r)n].

CF/(1+r) + (1+g)CF/(1+r)2 + (1+g)2CF/(1+r)3 + . . . (forever) = CF/(r-g).

EAY = (1+CEY/2)^2-1; MEY=((1+EAY)^(1/12)-1)*12.

PMT = PV*(i/m)/(1 – 1/(1 + i/m)^N); i=IntRate/Yr, m=Pmts/Yr.

Exam PDF eBook: 
Real Estate Finance & Investment Midterm Exam
Download Real Estate Finance Exam PDF eBook
31 Pages
2014
English US
Educational Materials



Disclaimer:  The content on this site is provided as general information only and should not be taken as investment advice. All site content, including advertisements, shall not be construed as a recommendation to buy or sell any security or financial instrument, or to participate in any particular trading or investment strategy. The ideas expressed on this site are solely the opinions of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the opinions of sponsors or firms affiliated with the author(s). The author may or may not have a position in any company or advertiser referenced above. Any action that you take as a result of information, analysis, or advertisement on this site is ultimately your responsibility. Consult your investment adviser before making any investment decisions.
Source:  Geltner, David, and Tod McGrath. 11.431J Real Estate Finance and Investment, Fall 2006. (MIT OpenCourseWare: Massachusetts Institute of Technology), http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning/11-431j-real-estate-finance-and-investment-fall-2006 (Accessed 1 May, 2014). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
Candice Butts
Start Quiz
Copy and paste the following HTML code into your website or blog.
<iframe src="https://www.jobilize.com/embed/real-estate-finance-2003-exam-by-prof-tod-mcgrath-mit" width="600" height="600" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="yes" style="border:1px solid #CCC; border-width:1px 1px 0; margin-bottom:5px" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen> </iframe>