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             were sold to buyers other than EPIC.  Treating these                     
             "retail" sales as comparables, Mr. Mogul determined the                  
             retail sales potential of the subject 39 condominium units               
             to be $2,962,000.                                                        
                  From the total retail sales potential, Mr. Mogul                    
             deducted anticipated expenses over a 30-month absorption                 
             period in the aggregate amount of $797,971, and he                       
             discounted the annual net income to arrive at a wholesale                
             value of the subject condominium units of $1,800,000.                    
             Respondent acknowledges on brief that Mr. Mogul doubled                  
             real estate taxes and association fees in his computations               
             and that using the correct amounts would increase the                    
             present worth of the 39 condominium units under Mr. Mogul's              
             discounted cash-flow analysis to $1,856,576.                             
                  In passing, we note that a representative of Babcock                
             Co. testified at trial that the contract prices of the                   
             subject 39 units in Paseos Castellanos were based upon the               
             prices of actual sales of similar units to members of the                
             public.  Mr. Mogul's appraisal tends to support that                     
             testimony.  The total retail sales potential of the units,               
             as determined by Mr. Mogul, $2,962,000, differs from the                 
             aggregate contract prices of the units, $3,020,700, by                   
             $58,700 or less than 2 percent.                                          








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