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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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346 | Repositioning For Recovery: Hotel conversions to outpace new builds
Lodging Econometrics has tracked the hotel industry since 1998. Its global database includes new-hotel pipelines as well as renovations and brand conversions. Hotel franchisers once eager to launch new brands are focused on converting existing hotels because it’s a faster way to recover revenue lost to the COVID-19 pandemic than through new construction. In Episode 346, Lodging Leaders explores the increasing number of conversions in the U.S. hotel industry and what owners and operators need to consider before repositioning an asset.
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In the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S., financiers anticipated a swell of distressed hotel businesses. Some raised rescue funds to respond to what they thought was a pending crisis. Though there are financial rescues taking place, the level of such activity is far below what industry advisers and fund managers expected. Commercial real estate investors positioned to act in the early days of the pandemic held off and are now just beginning to unleash their cash hoards totaling billions of dollars. Episode 345 of Lodging Leaders podcast explores the state of capital investment in the hotel industry.