- 33 - Hulberg concluded that the eight lots into which a developer would subdivide the Quito Property would be sellable by the developer for $500,000 per lot. Both Atkinson and Hulberg concluded that the prospective developer would expect to make a $50,000 profit per lot, or $400,000 for the entire Quito Property. In his admitted notes, Atkinson lists various costs that the developer might be expected to incur, in addition to the expected profit; these costs, which include several items calculated as a percentage of gross, aggregate 33 percent of the $300,000 per lot gross. Hulberg, in his expert report, has a similar but more sophisticated elaboration of developer costs, which aggregate 34-7/8 percent of the $500,000 per lot gross. Hulberg’s elaboration of costs is somewhat greater in amount and in percentage-of-gross than the list in Atkinson’s notes. Accordingly, the substantial difference between Atkinson’s $1,497,000 cost approach amount and Hulberg’s $2,210,000 land development approach is attributable to their differing estimates of the price a developer could get for each of the eight lots into which the Quito Property would be subdivided. Hulberg also does not set out the adjustment process; however, he provides information about the terrains of the comparable properties. His comparable properties average $587,000 per lot. When we make adjustments based on his terrainPage: Previous 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 Next
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