Property Valuation

An appraiser in North Carolina using the income approach would NOT include which of the following in operating expenses?

AProperty taxes
BManagement fees
CMortgage payments (debt service)✓ Correct
DInsurance premiums

Explanation

Debt service (mortgage payments) is NOT an operating expense in the income approach. NOI is calculated before debt service to reflect the property's earning power independent of financing.

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