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Matching your Skillset, Risk Tolerance and Capital to a Hotel Investment

You’re looking for a hotel acquisition.  You’ve identified some target criteria; States or markets of interest Limited, Select, or Full service Possible brands Price limit Number of rooms, etc. You may also have in mind target parameters such as cap rate, price per key or a room revenue multiplier that fit the product and market….

Timing a Hotel Sale to the Large "Season"

In many markets, summer is the peak season of the year and hotel investors like to time purchases to take advantage of this strong revenue season. Yet, it may be far more important to time a hotel transaction to the larger ‘season’, or cycle, of the hotel industry. By some accounts, the hotel industry seems to…

Hotel CMBS vs. Bank and SBA Lending

You may have heard recent negative forecasts for commercial financing markets, most notably Hotel Management’s April 18th cover story “Why Lending is About to Get Tighter”.  The Crittenden Report of April 11 also reported on CMBS loan underwriting fluctuations and tightening for hotels, as well as some pullback later in the year by Life Company lenders.  Crittenden…