Julie Moss has just inherited $600,000 from her uncle's estate. She is considering investing part of these funds in a small catering business. She would need to purchase a delivery van and various equipment costing $150,000 to equip the business and another $60,000 for inventories and other working capital needs. Rent on the building used by the business will be $24,000 per year. Jane's marketing studies indicate that the annual cash inflow from the business will amount to $110,000. In addition to the building rent, other annual cash outflows for operating costs will amount to $30,000. Julie wants to operate the catering business for only six years. She estimates that the equipment could be sold at that time for about 10% of its original cost. Julie's required rate of return is 16%. She estimates 45% of the working capital will be returned in year 6.
Required: Compute the net present value of this investment.