Joshua and David Purchased Real Property for $500,000 as Equal

question 72

Essay

Joshua and David purchased real property for $500,000 as equal tenants in common. Although they are listed as equal co-owners, Joshua was only able to provide $200,000 of the purchase price. David treated the additional $100,000 of his contribution to the purchase price as a gift to Joshua. If the property is worth $2.5 million at Joshua's death, what amount would be included in Joshua's estate?

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Definitions:

Accentuation Effect

Overestimation of similarities among people within a category and dissimilarities between people from different categories.

Overestimation

The cognitive bias of assessing a quantity or quality as being larger, greater, or more important than it actually is.

Category

A general concept that classifies items, concepts, or ideas that share common characteristics.

Depersonalisation

The perception and treatment of self and others not as unique individual persons but as prototypical embodiments of a social group.