ASC Expense Modeling

Question 1

In ARGUS Enterprise, which lease structure requires the tenant to pay all three major operating expense categories — property taxes, insurance, and maintenance — directly?

Accepted Answer

Triple net (NNN) lease

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Gross lease

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Modified gross lease

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Percentage lease

Question 2

Where in ARGUS Enterprise are recurring operating expenses such as insurance, utilities, and management fees typically entered?

Accepted Answer

The Operating Expenses input screen under the Property module

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The Tenant tab under Lease Assumptions

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The Capital Expenditures tab under Improvements

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The Debt Service schedule

Question 3

What is an expense stop in a commercial lease, as modeled in ARGUS Enterprise?

Accepted Answer

The dollar amount of expenses per square foot above which the tenant begins reimbursing the landlord

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A hard cap on total annual expenses charged to the property

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A clause that halts expense escalations during a recession

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The final year in which operating expense growth is applied

Question 4

In ARGUS Enterprise, how is a management fee most commonly calculated for a commercial property?

Accepted Answer

As a percentage of effective gross income (EGI)

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As a flat annual dollar amount entered in the capital budget

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As a fixed per-square-foot amount tied to occupied space only

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As a percentage of net operating income (NOI)

Question 5

What is the key distinction between operating expenses (OpEx) and capital expenditures (CapEx) when modeling in ARGUS Enterprise?

Accepted Answer

OpEx recur annually in the operating statement; CapEx are one-time or periodic improvements that are not expensed in the current period

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OpEx are tenant-paid; CapEx are always landlord-paid

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OpEx affect NOI directly; CapEx are excluded from all cash flow projections

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OpEx are fixed; CapEx always grow with CPI

Question 6

In ARGUS Enterprise, which input field controls how fast an operating expense line item grows year-over-year throughout the hold period?

Accepted Answer

Growth rate (inflation) field assigned to each expense line

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Expense stop multiplier

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Occupancy adjustment factor

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Reversion cap rate

Question 7

What is a 'base year expense stop' in the context of ARGUS Enterprise lease modeling?

Accepted Answer

The actual expenses incurred in a specific base year, which serve as the tenant's reimbursement threshold going forward

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The year in which all expense escalations are frozen

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The maximum dollar amount the landlord will spend on property improvements

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A benchmark used only for portfolio-level expense comparisons