Serena and lucy want to make an offer on their dream home. the seller is requesting a very large earnest money deposit with serious offers on the home. serena and lucy have some cash set aside for this purpose, but are short of the amount the sellers are requesting. do they have any other options?

Pear co.’s income statement for the year ended december 31, as prepared by pear’s controller, reported income before taxes of $125,000. the auditor questioned the following amounts that had been included in income before taxes: equity in earnings of cinn co. $ 40,000 dividends received from cinn 8,000 adjustments to profits of prior years for arithmetical errors in depreciation (35,000) pear owns 40% of cinn’s common stock, and no acquisition differentials are relevant. pear’s december 31 income statement should report income before taxes of