ASC Portfolio Analysis 5

Question 1

In ARGUS Enterprise, what is the purpose of the 'Portfolio Rebalancing' scenario feature?

Accepted Answer

Modeling the financial impact of buying and selling specific assets to optimize the portfolio's risk-return profile

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Automatically adjusting tenant improvement budgets across all assets

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Synchronizing lease expirations across all portfolio assets

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Applying uniform rent growth assumptions to all properties simultaneously

Question 2

Which ARGUS Enterprise assumption most directly affects the terminal value of a portfolio asset at disposition?

Accepted Answer

Going-out (exit) cap rate applied to the final year's NOI

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Year 1 effective gross income

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Tenant improvement allowance for new leases

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Annual operating expense growth rate

Question 3

In a ARGUS Enterprise portfolio with both core and opportunistic assets, how should the analyst handle differing hold periods in a consolidated return analysis?

Accepted Answer

Model each asset with its own hold period and use portfolio-level IRR that accounts for staggered exit proceeds

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Truncate all hold periods to match the shortest asset hold

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Extend all hold periods to match the longest asset hold

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Exclude assets with hold periods shorter than 5 years from the portfolio IRR calculation

Question 4

What happens to the portfolio's levered IRR in ARGUS Enterprise if the blended loan interest rate increases by 100 basis points, all else equal?

Accepted Answer

Levered IRR decreases because higher debt costs reduce cash available to equity investors

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Levered IRR increases because higher rates signal stronger market demand

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Levered IRR is unaffected since interest expense is a pass-through cost

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Levered IRR increases only if the portfolio DSCR exceeds 1.5x

Question 5

In ARGUS Enterprise, the 'Gross Asset Value' (GAV) at the portfolio level is best defined as:

Accepted Answer

The sum of each asset's estimated market value based on its stabilized NOI and applicable cap rate

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Total acquisition costs plus total capital expenditures across all assets

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Total portfolio equity invested plus outstanding loan balances

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Net operating income multiplied by the portfolio hold period

Question 6

When assessing portfolio concentration risk in ARGUS Enterprise, which data view best highlights overexposure to a single tenant or market?

Accepted Answer

Rent Roll Heat Map or Tenant Concentration Report

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Debt Schedule Summary

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Lease Abstract Summary

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Year-by-Year NOI Comparison

Question 7

In ARGUS Enterprise, if a portfolio analyst wants to evaluate the impact of a recession scenario, which combination of adjustments is most appropriate?

Accepted Answer

Increase exit cap rates, reduce rent growth, increase vacancy, and extend lease-up periods

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Decrease exit cap rates and increase rent growth

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Increase loan amounts and reduce preferred return thresholds

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Apply uniform 10% revenue haircut without changing cap rates or vacancy