LODGING LEADERS
172 | This Unique Moment for Hotel Investors with Morgan Sickles
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Morgan Sickles is a senior vice president of Aries Conlon Capital’s originations and business development team. He specializes in arranging high-leverage, non-recourse, bridge and permanent loans with cash out for hotel and commercial real estate properties nationwide. Prior to joining Aries Conlon Capital, Morgan founded Atlantis Advisors, a nationwide hotel services provider.
About Aries Conlon Capital:
Aries Conlon Capital is a Chicago-based international full-service commercial mortgage and real estate investment banking firm. As a boutique firm, they offer best-in-class debt placement, equity arrangement, tax credit syndication, real estate brokerage and advisory through a high-touch, disciplined approach that leverages our extensive lending relationships and deep-rooted client and equity sponsors.
In This Episode, Morgan Reveals …
- His thoughts on the state of the current economic cycle, and his take on Jamie Dimon and Warren Buffett’s statement that “we’re in the 6th inning.”
- How hoteliers can take advantage of the 2018 Tax Reform, including completing a 2021 PIP by 2019, and replacing an HVAC system in 2018 to cash in on Section 179 expansion.
- Some advice for hotel investors now with respect to increased incentives for acquisitions and capex investments.
- What happens next to the hotel investment cycle, after this somewhat artificial stimulus tapers out.
Morgan created an amazing refi calculator which he agreed to share with my audience.
This easy-to-use Excel file enables hoteliers to quickly input the parameters of their current loan to see if a refi makes sense.
DISCLAIMER: Morgan Sickles and Aries Conlon Capital do not provide tax, legal or accounting advice. This material has been prepared for informational purposes only, and is not intended to provide, and should not be relied on for, tax, legal or accounting advice. You should consult your own tax, legal and accounting advisors before engaging in any transaction.
Resources & Links
Mentioned in this episode:
- Podcast Episode: 028 | 6-Figure Income Tax Savings through Cost Segregation with Todd Strumpfer
- Free Download: Morgan Sickles’ Refi Calculator
- Lodging Magazine article: How Hoteliers Can Take Advantage of 2018 Tax Reform
- Hotel News Now article: Exceeding Brand Standards Key to Select-Service Success
- Book: Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business by Danny Meyer
- Book: Be My Guest by Conrad Hilton
RCA Reports (courtesy of Monica Wolfson)
Monica Wolfson, FRICS
Business Development
Real Capital Analytics
Phone: 646-395-2020
mwolfson@rcanalytics.com
www.rcanalytics.com
Morgan Sickles
- Email: msickles
@conloncapital.com
Aries Conlon Capital
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317 | Together Again: U.S. hotel industry begins to see return of small meetings
Ginny Morrison of Evanston, Illinois, is a 33-year veteran of Spire Hospitality, a hotel management company with a portfolio that spans coast-to-coast. As vice president of sales and marketing, Morrison saw the coronavirus pandemic decimate the meetings business. More than a year later, she’s witnessing a comeback as small-meeting planners are actively booking events for the last half of 2021 and beyond. As public health agencies expand COVID-19 vaccination programs across the U.S. and states ease up on public-gathering restrictions designed to keep the virus at bay, the hotel industry is seeing small meetings begin a comeback. In Episode 317, Long Live Lodging covers the state of the small-meetings sector and how hotels can grab their share of the meetings business during and post-pandemic. This report is part of our ongoing coverage about the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on the hospitality industry.
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316 | Pandemic Trailblazer: Hunter Hotel Investment Conference leads lodging industry’s 2021 event circuit
The Hunter Hotel Investment Conference will be the industry’s first large event to be held during the coronavirus pandemic. The Atlanta event will be a hybrid format of in-person and virtual access, also an industry first. Lee Hunter, chairman of the conference, knows the level of expectation is high among other conference planners as well as industry professionals eager to network after more than a yearlong hiatus. Episode 316 of Lodging Leaders podcast features Hunter as he tells what it takes to re-launch the industry’s conference circuit amid the COVID-19 outbreak.