[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread dsher4
Here is how the math works. Most investors would be looking for a 10% rate of return, maybe more in this environment. So if we calculate how much money the meters could generate in a given year, we could also figure out how much an investor would be willing to put up in an upfront payment

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread wernerapnj
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dsher4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here is how the math works. Most investors would be looking for a 10% rate of return, maybe more in this environment. Bottom line via the above scenario is that the

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dsher4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The present value of that stream of free cash flows (assuming a 10 year deal with a 10% rate of return to the investor would be 8.258 million. After 10 years the meters would revert back to the town's ownership. So using

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread dsher4
Hopefully not boring everyone on the board with financial lingo i will try to answer as simply as possible. I purposefully didn't run this into perpetuity because i think it would be absurd to give up the rights to ownership forever. Hence my ten year term. I could have picked 30 years

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread justifiedright
The investor would want a discount for present value. They aren't going to give you 50 cents now for 50 cents they are going to get from a meter 10 years from now, so you can invest it and double the money. They may as well invest it and double their money. --- In

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread dsher4
the 10% takes all of that into account. Think of this as a bond to the investor. Just like people put up a $100 to get a 4% guaranteed return from the U.S treasury. Doubling your money requires some risk parameters --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, justifiedright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread dsher4
Or to put really simply, this is a municipal Bond structure. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dsher4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the 10% takes all of that into account. Think of this as a bond to the investor. Just like people put up a $100 to get a 4% guaranteed return from the U.S

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread justifiedright
Yea I went back and read your post again and I think I see where you put in the present value - within the difference between the 13+ million and the 8+ million. Very interesting stuff and thanks for posting it. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dsher4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Or to put

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dsher4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Return in this instance is IRR but takes into account the time value of money. Always does. Remember that to the investor the initial returns are negative but the out year returns are very postive but averaged out

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, justifiedright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The investor would want a discount for present value. They aren't going to give you 50 cents now for 50 cents they are going to get from a meter 10 years from now, so you can invest it and double the money. They

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread dsher4
All good points. At the risk of being incestuous perhaps they should approach MM about this setup. That way it is in each parties best interest to make sure the area continues to improve. Maybe that is insanity but thought i'd throw it out there --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dfsavgny

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread justifiedright
So if I put 8.3 million in a safe investment vehicle with 5% compounded annually, how much would I have at the end of 10 years? --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dfsavgny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, justifiedright justifiedright@ wrote: The investor

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread dsher4
$13,519,825 and 40 cents --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, justifiedright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So if I put 8.3 million in a safe investment vehicle with 5% compounded annually, how much would I have at the end of 10 years? --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dfsavgny dfsavgny@

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread justifiedright
I believe that shows that under the example we have been dealing with today, the amount calculated for present value and rate of return is off by a great deal if we are going to attract an investor for a ten year period. As the below number shows, he can throw it all in a nice safe CD and

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread dsher4
Not necessarily. Municipal bonds are tax free for one Secondly, we just randomly picked a 10% return. We could increase the return to 12% for example. Third the paramaters around a bond can have infinite scenario's. example, the investor and town could split the revenues over a certain

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, justifiedright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So if I put 8.3 million in a safe investment vehicle with 5% compounded annually, how much would I have at the end of 10 years? $ amount X (1 + i)^n i = rate of interest n = compounding periods Let's you find the

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread justifiedright
That's right - which is why I don't think the posts have been correct in calling the deal as presented a 10% rate of return to the investor. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dfsavgny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, justifiedright justifiedright@ wrote:

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread justifiedright
The bank down the street from me is closer to 5. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dfsavgny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, justifiedright justifiedright@ wrote: I believe that shows that under the example we have been dealing with today, the amount

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, justifiedright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I believe that shows that under the example we have been dealing with today, the amount calculated for present value and rate of return is off by a great deal if we are going to attract an investor for a ten year

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, justifiedright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's right - which is why I don't think the posts have been correct in calling the deal as presented a 10% rate of return to the investor. The math below proves its 10%. That was a given by you. Any rate would

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread dsher4
OK hold on - let me explain one example is 8.3 million tied up for 10 years. your 5% example. you get 5% on 8.3 each year or $415,000 The example i gave is 8.3 million up front like your example, but you receive 1.34 million each year that you can then re-invest in something else. SO, it

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, justifiedright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's right - which is why I don't think the posts have been correct in calling the deal as presented a 10% rate of return to the investor. Your example used 5%. All I was doing is showing you the math. It proves

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread justifiedright
2 plus 2 is still 4 no matter what you do or don't do for a living. I've had to put together many deals involving the present value of dollars received later (that's me sticking to the law as the other Dan said - he just forgot to inquire what type of law). It doesn't make a bit of difference

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread oakdorf
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, justifiedright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2 plus 2 is still 4 no matter what you do or don't do for a living. You are not going to get an investor to hand you 8.3 million for the right to (maybe) receive 13.3 million over 10 years, Ever go to AC? Or the

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, justifiedright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2 plus 2 is still 4 no matter what you do or don't do for a living. I've had to put together many deals involving the present value of dollars received later (that's me sticking to the law as the other Dan said -

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, oakdorf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have an idea to add some revenues to those meters. Sell ads on them. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ *

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread oakdorf
..thanks to both dan's, werner and jr... here's another take from an old article: Walk along the water and see what an American beach resort once was, and what it can become. A crumbling casino teeters on stilts over the sand. Hollow shells of defunct motels lie like discarded crab

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread oakdorf
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, oakdorf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: and you can pick up the phone and talk to the muni's who have leased their spaces to a pro company and ask how's it going..? Or take the bull by the horns and run your own meters and figure it out. If the current meters are

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread oakdorf
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dfsavgny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, oakdorf oakdorf@ wrote: I have an idea to add some revenues to those meters. Sell ads on them. not a bad idea, but not it. Yahoo! Groups

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread justifiedright
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dfsavgny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are going to have to start doing competency hearings soon. Your numbers are based upon 5%. Dan S (the other one) used 10% return and that would correlate into $21.538M in 10 years. But this is not exactly Dan's example.

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread oakdorf
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dfsavgny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: and most deals, to justify costs, raise the rate to what it's worth. Cape may: With the following exceptions, parking meters are in effect May 1 to October 31, every day, from 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM. All meters are 25 cents

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, justifiedright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oy vey! No, I used what the other Dan S set up. Here are his assumptions from his post number 43285: The present value of that stream of free cash flows (assuming a 10 year deal with a 10% rate of return to the

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread justifiedright
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dfsavgny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, justifiedright justifiedright@ wrote: Oy vey! No, I used what the other Dan S set up. Here are his assumptions from his post number 43285: The present value of that stream

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread dsher4
Geez, i went to a meeting for an hour and here is where we are. One major mistake is being made in these calculations. 10% grows to 21.5 million if you never take the money out and you leave it compounding for all ten years. My example has a payout each and every year and that money does

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dsher4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Geez, i went to a meeting for an hour and here is where we are. One major mistake is being made in these calculations. And I do not think you ever said anything about $13M+ originally. Again it was Tom's question and

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread dsher4
That is correct. If you reinvested the 1.4 million received every year back into an investment that yielded 10% you would get the 20+ million. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dfsavgny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dsher4 dsher4@ wrote: Geez, i went

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread dsher4
So 2+2 = 4 and it does matter what i do :) Sorry but i had to, that one hurt my feelings. Its bad enough we are in a bear market but then you tell me im a moron, hurts my ego :) --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dsher4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That is correct. If you reinvested the 1.4

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread justifiedright
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dsher4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Geez, i went to a meeting for an hour and here is where we are. One major mistake is being made in these calculations. 10% grows to 21.5 million if you never take the money out and you leave it compounding for all ten

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread oakdorf
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dsher4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Geez, i went to a meeting for an hour and here is where we are. One major mistake is being made in these calculations. The best way to sum it up, those spaces are worth money - either to the city of Asbury Park or to a

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread justifiedright
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dfsavgny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And I do not think you ever said anything about $13M+ originally. Again it was Tom's question and example of what $8.3M would be worth in 10 years at 5%. Dan how many times do I have to re-post his assumptions to convince

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread dsher4
Not exactly. the 50 cents you receive in year one can be reinvestd at 10% for 9 years. So that grows to $1.17. Then you receive another fifty cents in year two and that grows for 8 years to $1.07. Etc.. etc. That means the 50 cents you realize in year 1 of the deal is worth 10x more

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread dsher4
You can't just multiply 1.34 million by 10 because that assumes you never re-invest each years payout. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, justifiedright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dfsavgny dfsavgny@ wrote: And I do not think you ever said anything about

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread justifiedright
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dsher4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So 2+2 = 4 and it does matter what i do :) Sorry but i had to, that one hurt my feelings. Its bad enough we are in a bear market but then you tell me im a moron, hurts my ego :) Hurt your feelings? It wasn't about

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread oakdorf
--put out a RFP (Request for Proposals) to bid for leasing and management rights of the City of Asbury Park Municpal Parking System which is any current approved pay to park stalls and additional paid parking stalls in the future. The succesful bidder shall also have the right to propose

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread dsher4
I was making a JOKE. Lighten up Francis --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, justifiedright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dsher4 dsher4@ wrote: So 2+2 = 4 and it does matter what i do :) Sorry but i had to, that one hurt my feelings. Its bad enough we

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread justifiedright
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dsher4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was making a JOKE. Lighten up Francis Didn't know that. I just didn't want you thinking I was peronsonalizing. You know I don't do that. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread justifiedright
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dsher4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not exactly. the 50 cents you receive in year one can be reinvestd at 10% for 9 years. So that grows to $1.17. Then you receive another fifty cents in year two and that grows for 8 years to $1.07. Etc.. etc. Now we are

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread oakdorf
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, justifiedright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a cold. I go see a doctor. He says I have a cold. Is he right because of who he is, what he does or what he's read? No. He's right because I do have a fucking cold. If he said I didn't have one, he'd

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread oakdorf
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, justifiedright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Stick to real world terms - and your assumptions don't add up. You won't get an investor interested using them. different methods to different folks. If someone likes parking lots and future fees, it's different

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread dsher4
NO NO NO - Putting up 8.4 million and then receiving 1.44 million per year is a 10% return. And by the way, you can buy extremely high quality corporate bond at 9-10% right now. So that is a real world example. And remember these municipal bonds would be tax free. And investors might

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread oakdorf
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dsher4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And investors might require a 15% return for a high risk like Asbury. and again, a creative company might get MORE, applying their knowledge and marketing to something so simple as a parking spot.

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park's Parking Meters Worth $37 MILLION? - THE MATH

2008-12-03 Thread justifiedright
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dsher4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: NO NO NO - Putting up 8.4 million and then receiving 1.44 million per year is a 10% return. We're just going to have to have different conclusions when we write our prospectus;-)