Teal Mountain Inc. owns 25% of the common shares of Monty Corp. The other 75% of the shares are owned by the Monty family. Teal Mountain acquired the shares eight years ago through a financing transaction. Each year, Teal Mountain has received a dividend from Monty. Monty has been in business for 60 years and continues to have strong operations and cash flows. Teal Mountain must determine the fair value of this investment at its year end. Since there is no market on which the shares are traded, Teal Mountain must use a discounted cash flow model to determine fair value. Teal Mountain management intends to hold the shares for 5 more years, at which time they will sell the shares to the Monty family under an existing agreement for $1 million. There is no uncertainty in this amount. Management expects to receive dividends of $88,000 for each of the five years, although there is a 20% chance that dividends could be $44,000 each year. The risk-free rate is 6% and the risk-adjusted rate is 8%.

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of the three mortgage options that demarco and tanya have to choose from, the balloon payment mortgage would be their best option, over adjustable payment and fixed payment plans.ultimately, the balloon payment plan would save demarco and tanya overall, in interest, would cost less monthly, and they would only have to make these payments for 8 years, opposing to 30 years for adjustable or fixed payment plans. 

overall, demarco and tanya would save $80,811 if they chose balloon payments over fixed payments, and would save $116,711 if they choose balloon payments over adjustable payments. benefits with choosing fixed payments over adjustable payments is that, in the end, the payments will still be $836.30 a month, while with adjustable payments, the initial monthly payments will be $763.38 to $1082.70 a month, ultimately leading to a more costly purchase. benefits with choosing fixed payments over balloon payments are not present. benefits in choosing adjustable payments over is that it has a lower interest rate, and starts with lower monthly payments initially. benefits in choosing adjustable payments over balloon payments include a lower interest rate, and lower initial monthly payments. benefits in choosing balloon payments over fixed payments include lower interest rates, lower overall price, lower monthly payments, takes less time to pay off, and does not require a downpayment. benefits in choosing balloon payments over adjustable payments include, lower monthly payments (when averaged), takes less time to pay off, and lower overall price.

hence, option c, balloon payments, is the best option for demarco and tanya to make this purchase, for it will save them a minimum of $80811, and a maximum of $116,711.