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From:phillip.allen@enron.com
To:jsmith@austintx.com
Subject:Re: The Stage
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Date:Wed, 31 Jan 2001 08:20:00 -0800 (PST)

Jeff,

Before you write off the stage, a few things to think about.

1. Operating expenses include $22,000 of materials for maintenance and
repairs. Plus having a full time onsite maintenance man means no extra labor
cost for repairs. There are only 44 units a lot of his time is spent on
repairs.

2. What is an outside management firm going to do? A full time onsite
manager is all that is required. As I mentioned the prior manager has
interest in returning. Another alternative would be to hire a male manager
that could do more make readies and lawn care. If you turn it over to a
management company you could surely reduce the cost of a full time manager
onsite.

3. Considering #1 & #2 $115,000 NOI is not necessarily overstated. If you
want to be ultra conservative use $100,000 at the lowest.

4. Getting cash out is not a priority to me. So I am willing to structure
this deal with minimum cash. A 10% note actually attractive. See below.

My job just doesn't give me the time to manage this property. This property
definitely requires some time but it has the return to justify the effort.


Sales Price 705,000

1st Lien 473,500

2nd Lien 225,000

Transfer fee 7,500

Cash required 14,500


NOI 100,000

1st Lien 47,292

2nd Lien 23,694

Cash flow 29,014

Cash on cash 200%


These numbers are using the conservative NOI, if it comes in at $115K then
cash on cash return would be more like 300%. This doesn't reflect the
additional profit opportunity of selling the property in the next few years
for a higher price.

Do you want to reconsider? Let me know.

Phillip