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Notes & InstructionsRenting CaseOwning CaseComparison
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How to Customize:
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1) Click on "File", then "Make a Copy..."Renting AssumptionsHouse and Mortgage AssumptionsRates as a percent of the house value
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Or, download to excel with File -> "Download as"Initial monthly rent:$2,000House purchase Price$360,000Mortgage Interest rate:Maintenance %Property tax %Insurance %House AppreciationMonthly cost of living
(in excess of renting)
After x yearsWinner after selling both home and investmentsSame number in today's dollars
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2) Change the Assumptions in your copy!
Changable assumptions are in bold
Tax rate on investment gains
(on sale only)
20%Downpayment (needs % sign)35%First 5 Years2.94%1.75%1.11%0.23%2%$0Input your own!-->3Buying by $153Buying by $144
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TIP: If your analysis says one is better, play with your assumptions to see what it would take for the other one to be betterNote: if you prefer to assume that investments are taxed annually, then set the above tax rate to 0, and instead of nominal returns, enter after-tax investment returns belowAmortization (Maximum 30)15Next 5 Years:4.50%1.85%1.11%0.24%2%$0one Renting by $10510Renting by $10304
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Calculated numbers are in italics
Ontario Land Transfer Tax$0Final 5+ Years5.50%1.95%1.20%0.27%2%$0fiveBuying by $10834Buying by $9813
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CPI rate
(rent increase)
Investment return*
(on surplus over owning)
Renters insurance
(% of monthly rent)
Monthly cost of living in renting case
(in excess of owning)
Toronto Land Transfer Tax$0tenBuying by $31487Buying by $25830
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First 5 Years2.00%6.00%1.00%-$125Quebec Land Transfer Tax$0Calculated Monthly paymentBuilt-in assumptions:twentyBuying by $193782Buying by $130410
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Next 5 Years:2.00%6.00%1.00%-$135Montreal Land Transfer Tax$0First 5 Years1,611.64CMHC premium is capitalized to mortgagethirtyBuying by $436242Buying by $311547
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Final 5+ Years2.00%2.00%1.00%-$145Title Insurance$250Next 5 Years:1,737.04Other closing costs are paid as cashfourtyBuying by $770422Buying by $451361
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* - if renting is more expensive than owning in a year, you are assumed to sell investments (losing this rate of return).Legal Fees (including disbursments)$1,500Final 5 Years1,780.78House is in Ontario or Québec (choose in other assumptions) fiftyBuying by $1224701Buying by $588605
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or equivalently that the person is assumed to borrow at the investment return rate

Home Inspection$400House is a primary residence (otherwise gains are taxable)seventy fiveBuying by $3150483Buying by $922925
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This 'borrowing' or 'selling investments' happens if the "surplus vs owning" is negative for a given yearHome Buyer Tax Credit$750Other Assumptionsone hundredBuying by $6990508Buying by $1248228
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CMHC insurance0.00%Commission (on sale only)4.00%one hundred and twenty fiveBuying by $14403460Buying by $1567645
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Total Cash to be used toward purchase$127,400ProvinceOntarioone hundred and fiftyBuying by $28387591Buying by $1883237
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Built-in assumptions:CityAll others
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The above 'borrowing' case implicitly assumes the borrowing is not tax-deductableFirst time homebuyerYesNote: for comparsions longer than the life of the mortgage, the difference in costs of living is assumed to be constant (and not rising with inflation)
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The 'selling investments' case implicitly assumes the investment return was after-tax, or that there is no tax on the sale of the investments
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Entering a "tax rate on investment gains" assumes that rate will only be triggered on the comparison date
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Net worth comparison (without selling home or investments)Assuming house and investments are sold (with sales commission, but no mortgage penalty in the buying case, and tax on investment gains for the renting case)
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YearCost of RentingCost of LivingTotal Annual Cash OutlaySurplus vs owning (annual)Beginning of year Investment portfolioMortgage (P+I)MaintenanceProperty TaxInsuranceCost of LivingTotal Annual Cash OutlayMortgage Balance (opening)Beginning of year House ValueBeginning of year Owner's EquityTiming of comparisonRenter ahead byRenter ahead byIn today's dollars (deflated by rent 'CPI')
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2025$24,240-$1,500$22,740$7,716$127,400$19,340$6,300$4,000$816$0$30,456$234,000$360,000$126,000At time of Purchase$1,400$15,800$15,800
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202624,725(1,500)23,2257,453143,22319,3406,4264,080832030,678221,421367,200145,779After 1 year-2,55710,510$10,304
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202725,219(1,500)23,7197,185159,71619,3406,5554,162849030,905208,464374,544166,080After 2 years-6,3645,188$4,986
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202825,724(1,500)24,2246,912176,91619,3406,6864,245866031,136195,117382,035186,917After 3 years-10,002-153-$144
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202926,238(1,500)24,7386,634194,85719,3406,8194,330883031,372181,371389,676208,305After 4 Years-13,447-5,499-$5,080
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203026,763(1,620)25,1438,412213,58120,8447,3534,412946033,555167,211397,469230,258After 5 Years-16,677-10,834-$9,813
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203127,298(1,620)25,6788,131235,31320,8447,5004,500965033,810153,697405,418251,722After 6 Years-16,409-12,913-$11,466
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203227,844(1,620)26,2247,845258,05120,8447,6504,590984034,069139,554413,527273,973After 7 Years-15,923-15,023-$13,078
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203328,401(1,620)26,7817,552281,84920,8447,8034,6821,004034,333124,754421,797297,044After 8 Years-15,195-17,155-$14,642
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203428,969(1,620)27,3497,254306,76520,8447,9594,7761,024034,603109,266430,233320,967After 9 Years-14,202-19,298-$16,147
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203529,548(1,740)27,8088,566320,30021,3698,5575,2661,181036,37493,059438,838345,779After 10 Years-25,480-31,487-$25,830
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203630,139(1,740)28,3998,275335,44321,3698,7285,3711,205036,67476,458447,615371,157After 11 Years-35,714-42,686-$34,331
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203730,742(1,740)29,0027,978350,59221,3698,9035,4791,229036,98058,908456,567397,659After 12 Years-47,068-55,056-$43,411
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203831,357(1,740)29,6177,676365,74221,3699,0815,5881,254037,29340,353465,698425,345After 13 Years-59,604-68,661-$53,077
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203931,984(1,740)30,2447,367380,88521,3699,2635,7001,279037,61120,738475,012454,275After 14 Years-73,389-83,568-$63,334
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204032,624(1,740)30,884(14,317)396,01709,4485,8141,304016,5670484,513484,513After 15 Years-88,495-99,847-$74,188
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204133,276(1,740)31,536(14,638)389,33409,6375,9301,330016,8980494,203494,203After 16 Years-104,869-117,360-$85,490
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204233,942(1,740)32,202(14,966)382,18909,8306,0491,357017,2360504,087504,087After 17 Years-121,898-135,492-$96,763
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204334,621(1,740)32,881(15,300)374,568010,0266,1701,384017,5810514,169514,169After 18 Years-139,601-154,261-$108,007
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204435,313(1,740)33,573(15,641)366,453010,2276,2931,412017,9320524,452524,452After 19 Years-157,999-173,685-$119,223
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204536,019(1,740)34,279(15,989)357,828010,4316,4191,440018,2910534,941534,941After 20 Years-177,113-193,782-$130,410
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204636,740(1,740)35,000(16,343)348,676010,6406,5481,469018,6570545,640545,640After 21 Years-196,963-214,572-$141,570
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204737,475(1,740)35,735(16,705)338,980010,8536,6791,498019,0300556,553556,553After 22 Years-217,573-236,074-$152,702
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204838,224(1,740)36,484(17,074)328,721011,0706,8121,528019,4100567,684567,684After 23 Years-238,963-258,309-$163,808
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204938,989(1,740)37,249(17,450)317,880011,2916,9481,559019,7990579,037579,037After 24 Years-261,158-281,296-$174,887
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205039,768(1,740)38,028(17,834)306,438011,5177,0871,590020,1940590,618590,618After 25 Years-284,180-305,056-$185,941
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205140,564(1,740)38,824(18,225)294,377011,7477,2291,622020,5980602,431602,431After 26 Years-308,054-329,612-$196,969
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205241,375(1,740)39,635(18,625)281,675011,9827,3741,654021,0100614,479614,479After 27 Years-332,805-354,986-$207,973
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205342,202(1,740)40,462(19,032)268,311012,2227,5211,687021,4310626,769626,769After 28 Years-358,458-381,199-$218,951
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205443,046(1,740)41,306(19,447)254,265012,4667,6721,721021,8590639,304639,304After 29 Years-385,039-408,277-$229,906
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204243,907(1,740)42,167(19,871)239,514012,7167,8251,756022,2960652,090652,090After 30 Years-412,576-436,242-$311,547
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204344,786(1,740)43,046(20,303)224,036012,9707,9821,791022,742665,132665,132After 31 Years-441,096-465,119-$325,657
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204445,681(1,740)43,941(20,744)207,807013,2298,1411,826023,197678,435678,435After 32 Years-470,628-494,933-$339,737
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204546,595(1,740)44,855(21,194)190,804013,4948,3041,863023,661692,003692,003After 33 Years-501,199-525,710-$353,788
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204647,527(1,740)45,787(21,652)173,002013,7648,4701,900024,134705,843705,843After 34 Years-532,841-557,476-$367,809
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204748,477(1,740)46,737(22,120)154,377014,0398,6401,938024,617719,960719,960After 35 Years-565,583-590,259-$381,803
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204849,447(1,740)47,707(22,598)134,902014,3208,8121,977025,109734,359734,359After 36 Years-599,458-624,087-$395,768
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204950,436(1,740)48,696(23,084)114,550014,6068,9892,017025,612749,047749,047After 37 Years-634,496-658,987-$409,706
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205051,445(1,740)49,705(23,581)93,295014,8999,1682,057026,124764,028764,028After 38 Years-670,732-694,990-$423,618
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205152,473(1,740)50,733(24,087)71,109015,1979,3522,098026,646779,308779,308After 39 Years-708,199-732,124-$437,502
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205253,523(1,740)51,783(24,604)47,962015,5009,5392,140027,179794,894794,894After 40 Years-746,932-770,422-$451,361
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205354,593(1,740)52,853(25,131)23,825015,8109,7302,183027,723810,792810,792After 41 Years-786,967-809,914-$465,194
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205455,685(1,740)53,945(25,668)-1,331016,1279,9242,226028,277827,008827,008After 42 Years-828,339-850,633-$479,002
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205556,799(1,740)55,059(26,216)-27,539016,44910,1232,271028,843843,548843,548After 43 Years-871,087-892,611-$492,785
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205657,935(1,740)56,195(26,775)-54,831016,77810,3252,316029,420860,419860,419After 44 Years-915,250-935,884-$506,543
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205759,094(1,740)57,354(27,346)-83,238017,11410,5322,363030,008877,628877,628After 45 Years-960,866-980,485-$520,278
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205860,275(1,740)58,535(27,927)-112,795017,45610,7422,410030,608895,180895,180After 46 Years-1,007,975-1,026,450-$533,989
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205961,481(1,740)59,741(28,521)-143,537017,80510,9572,458031,220913,084913,084After 47 Years-1,056,621-1,073,816-$547,677
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206062,711(1,740)60,971(29,126)-175,499018,16111,1762,507031,845931,345931,345After 48 Years-1,106,844-1,122,621-$561,342
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206163,965(1,740)62,225(29,743)-208,717018,52411,4002,557032,482949,972949,972After 49 Years-1,158,690-1,172,903-$574,984
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206265,244(1,740)63,504(30,373)-243,230018,89511,6282,609033,131968,972968,972After 50 Years-1,212,202-1,224,701-$588,605
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206366,549(1,740)64,809(31,015)-279,075019,27311,8602,661033,794988,351988,351After 51 Years-1,267,426-1,278,056-$602,204
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206467,880(1,740)66,140(31,670)-316,292019,65812,0972,714034,4701,008,1181,008,118After 52 Years-1,324,410-1,333,009-$615,781
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206569,238(1,740)67,498(32,338)-354,921020,05112,3392,768035,1591,028,2811,028,281After 53 Years-1,383,202-1,389,602-$629,338
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206670,622(1,740)68,882(33,020)-395,005020,45212,5862,824035,8621,048,8461,048,846After 54 Years-1,443,851-1,447,880-$642,873
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206772,035(1,740)70,295(33,715)-436,585020,86212,8382,880036,5801,069,8231,069,823After 55 Years-1,506,408-1,507,886-$656,389
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206873,475(1,740)71,735(34,424)-479,707021,27913,0952,938037,3111,091,2201,091,220After 56 Years-1,570,926-1,569,667-$669,885
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206974,945(1,740)73,205(35,148)-524,414021,70413,3572,996038,0571,113,0441,113,044After 57 Years-1,637,457-1,633,269-$683,361
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207076,444(1,740)74,704(35,885)-570,752022,13813,6243,056038,8181,135,3051,135,305After 58 Years-1,706,057-1,698,740-$696,818
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207177,973(1,740)76,233(36,638)-618,770022,58113,8963,118039,5951,158,0111,158,011After 59 Years-1,776,781-1,766,129-$710,255
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207279,532(1,740)77,792(37,405)-668,516023,03314,1743,180040,3871,181,1711,181,171After 60 Years-1,849,688-1,835,487-$723,675
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207381,123(1,740)79,383(38,188)-720,040023,49314,4583,243041,1941,204,7951,204,795After 61 Years-1,924,835-1,906,866-$737,075
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207482,745(1,740)81,005(38,987)-773,393023,96314,7473,308042,0181,228,8901,228,890After 62 Years-2,002,284-1,980,318-$750,458
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207584,400(1,740)82,660(39,801)-828,628024,44315,0423,375042,8591,253,4681,253,468After 63 Years-2,082,096-2,055,898-$763,823
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207686,088(1,740)84,348(40,632)-885,798024,93115,3423,442043,7161,278,5381,278,538After 64 Years-2,164,335-2,133,661-$777,171
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207787,810(1,740)86,070(41,480)-944,959025,43015,6493,511044,5901,304,1081,304,108After 65 Years-2,249,067-2,213,664-$790,501
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207889,566(1,740)87,826(42,344)-1,006,167025,93915,9623,581045,4821,330,1901,330,190After 66 Years-2,336,358-2,295,965-$803,815
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207991,357(1,740)89,617(43,226)-1,069,481026,45716,2823,653046,3921,356,7941,356,794After 67 Years-2,426,276-2,380,625-$817,112
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208093,185(1,740)91,445(44,125)-1,134,961026,98716,6073,726047,3201,383,9301,383,930After 68 Years-2,518,892-2,467,705-$830,393
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208195,048(1,740)93,308(45,042)-1,202,668027,52616,9393,800048,2661,411,6091,411,609After 69 Years-2,614,277-2,557,267-$843,658
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208296,949(1,740)95,209(45,978)-1,272,665028,07717,2783,876049,2311,439,8411,439,841After 70 Years-2,712,506-2,649,375-$856,907
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208398,888(1,740)97,148(46,932)-1,345,016028,63817,6243,954050,2161,468,6381,468,638After 71 Years-2,813,654-2,744,097-$870,141
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2084100,866(1,740)99,126(47,906)-1,419,787029,21117,9764,033051,2201,498,0111,498,011After 72 Years-2,917,798-2,841,498-$883,359
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2085102,883(1,740)101,143(48,899)-1,497,047029,79518,3364,114052,2451,527,9711,527,971After 73 Years-3,025,018-2,941,649-$896,562
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2086104,941(1,740)103,201(49,912)-1,576,865030,39118,7024,196053,2891,558,5301,558,530After 74 Years-3,135,395-3,044,620-$909,751
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2087107,040(1,740)105,300(50,945)-1,659,312030,99919,0764,280054,3551,589,7011,589,701After 75 Years-3,249,012-3,150,483-$922,925