Florida Real Estate Exam

Category - Florida

Mr. Anderson purchased an apartment for $100,000 paying $37,500 down and financing the balance.  About 2 years later he sold the property for $115,000 and realized a 40% increase on his original investment.  This would be an example of:

  1. Escalation
  2. Leverage
  3. Plotting
  4. Highest and best use
Explanation
Answer B - The use of a small sum of money to manipulate a large investment, thereby gaining the inflationary increase on the large investment, is called “leverage”.

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