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Real Estate RED FLAGS: Hotel Conversion Risks Revealed! #shorts

25 May 2026 · 1 min

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In this concise monologue, the speaker outlines critical due‑diligence considerations for converting a hotel into apartments. They stress the importance of assessing Net Operating Income (NOI) quality and highlight that hotel‑specific expenses—franchise fees, room and food supplies, commissions—disappear after conversion, while apartment‑type costs—payroll, utilities, insurance, taxes, repairs, management—must be fully accounted for, requiring a genuine expense reset. The speaker notes a sharp occupancy decline in 2025 and criticizes overly high nightly rates ($200) that undermine revenue potential. Based on these red flags, the property’s valuation is revised from a conditional no‑go at $19 million to an offered price of $15 million, prompting a request for a financial analysis to decide whether to proceed or walk away.

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Are you locking up deals in the deal room? Not like— again, what's the— we already know the saturation and absorption rate down there, don't we? The NOI quality. Again, like the current expenses include hotel specifics like franchise fees, room supplies, food supplies, commissions, but those disappear on the apartment side. But payroll, utilities, insurance, taxes, repairs, management all matter and they come in. You need a true apartment expense reset, not just a hand wave. So occupancy declined. The hotel operation showed a meaningful decline in 2025 because people just aren't staying there that way. Uh, rents are too— I'll tell you right now, the rents are too high. They're charging $200 a night for that shit in that area. Yeah, so it's horrible. So if you were able to increase your— if you were able to increase your, your, uh, occupancy and adjust your price. It could make a difference. So the go, no-go, conditional no-go at $19 million today. Blah. All right. So now we know that it's worth $15 million. All right. Now we know this property is actually being offered at $15 million. Just let me know what we are looking at financially so I can see if we're gonna cut this or let it go.