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I run a handful of small rental units, so I know what operations feel like, and hotels look like operations with the volume turned all the way up. I don't want any of it. What I d…
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Reading a sponsor's reserve policy and it says three months of debt service plus the lender's FF&E escrow at 4% of gross. That struck me as thin, so I went looking for what thick…
From the desk:
I bid $164k to redo roofs, 26 guest bathrooms, and replace eight through-wall HVAC units at a small independent lodge near a state park. Seasonal place, exterior corridors, family…
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Underwriting is my day job, and this asset class has never come across my desk, so I'm asking the entry-level question deliberately. Every hotel deal that crosses my desk is $8M a…
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I move slowly on everything, and I've been circling this sector for about a year without doing anything. What's stopping me is the timing question, and I'd like to see how the roo…
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Sorting through four offerings and they're all the same asset class on paper and nothing alike underneath. Trying to make the segment choice explicit rather than picking whichever…