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Posted On: June 22, 2010 by the JMBM Global Hospitality Group®

Hotel Lending: How to avoid the pitfalls of hotel lending

By Jim Butler and the Global Hospitality Group®
Hotel Lawyers | Authors of www.HotelLawBlog.com
22 June 2010

Hotel Lawyer with some tips for hotel lenders so they can take advantage of higher yielding loans with less risk.

This article will focus on 8 pitfalls of hotel lending - the special traps that hotel lending presents beyond all the typical considerations of traditional real estate lending - and how to avoid them. These are hotel-specific structuring, documentation and legal issues that can really snare the unwary lender.

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Posted On: June 20, 2010 by the JMBM Global Hospitality Group®

Hotel Lending: Why hotel lending is different. . . and some things you should know . . .

By Jim Butler and the Global Hospitality Group®
Hotel Lawyers | Authors of www.HotelLawBlog.com
20 June 2010

Hotel Lawyer with lessons from the past on why hotel lending is different and the things you should know.

Hotel lending is different from any other kind of real estate lending . . . because hotels are different from every other class of real estate. These differences are key to understanding why hotel lending is different than lending on any other class of real estate.


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Posted On: June 18, 2010 by the JMBM Global Hospitality Group®

Hotel Lending: "NOW" could be the best time for hotel lending in 20 years

By Jim Butler and the Global Hospitality Group®
Hotel Lawyers | Authors of www.HotelLawBlog.com
18 June 2010

Hotel Lawyer with lessons from the past on why this is the best time to be lending on hotels

Having recently assisted 3 major lenders design their hotel lending programs and hotel loan documentation, the hotel lawyers in JMBM's Global Hospitality Group® believe that now is the best time for hotel lending in 20 years. My partner, Guy Maisnik, and I thought you might like to know why we believe this is true. So, here's why.

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Posted On: May 5, 2010 by the JMBM Global Hospitality Group®

The Lenders Handbook for Troubled Hotels -- How to get a FREE copy . . .

By Jim Butler and the Global Hospitality Group®
Hotel Lawyers | Authors of www.HotelLawBlog.com
05 May 2010

Sorry if you have already received this message, but for some reason we are getting a lot of emails and calls from people who have had trouble getting to The Lenders Handbook for Troubled Hotels . . . so we want to make it easier . . .Click on the graphic below to download the Handbook.

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Troubled hotels? Hotel loan defaults? Distressed hotel assets? Hotel bankruptcies, receiverships, or workouts?

If you are dealing with the troubled hotel asset of any kind, The Lenders Handbook for Troubled Hotels will be an invaluable guide for you. This comprehensive, easy-to-read, 98-page book is FREE from the hotel lawyers at JMBM's Global Hospitality Group®.

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Posted On: April 27, 2010 by the JMBM Global Hospitality Group®

Meet the Money® at JMBM's 20th annual hotel conference!

By Jim Butler and the Global Hospitality Group®
Hotel Lawyers | Authors of www.HotelLawBlog.com
27 April 2010

Hotel Lawyer with the "last call" to join the Game Changers at Meet the Money®

Meet the Money® is next week, May 3-5, 2010 at the Sheraton Gateway LAX hotel. Although our room block has sold out completely, the hotel has graciously extended our preferred conference room rate until April 30. There is still time to register for this "can't miss" event.

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Posted On: September 28, 2009 by the JMBM Global Hospitality Group®

Hotel Lawyers in Phoenix: What happened at the Phoenix lodging conference? Can we find a Black Swan?

By Jim Butler and the Global Hospitality Group®
Hospitality Lawyers | Authors of www.HotelLawBlog.com
28 September 2009

Hotel Lawyers' insights from The Lodging Conference at the Arizona Biltmore. As our Global Hospitality Group® members compared notes from last week's Phoenix Lodging Conference, we had some observations we wanted to share. Congratulations to Morris Lasky and Harry Javer for another great event.

Here is our take on what happened in Phoenix . . .

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Posted On: September 16, 2009 by the JMBM Global Hospitality Group®

New CMBS rule insights from Hotel Lawyer -- effective immediately. Panacea or placebo?

By Jim Butler, Jeff Steiner and the Global Hospitality Group®
Hospitality Lawyers | Authors of www.HotelLawBlog.com
14 September 2009

Hotel Lawyer insights on the new CMBS rules -- implications for troubled loans today.

On September 15, 2009, the United States Treasury changed the REMIC rules applicable to CMBS to give servicers greater flexibility to modify troubled commercial real estate loans. The changes are effective immediately and are implemented in final regulations under the tax code and a revenue procedure that is designed to provide guidance. In fact, the revenue procedure applies to loans modified after January 1, 2008. What does all this gobbledygook really mean?

Here's our take.

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Posted On: April 15, 2009 by the JMBM Global Hospitality Group®

Hotel Lawyer on the Gridlock: Can it be unlocked? Holy Zoley! How do you cope with a complete paradigm shift in the hotel industry?

By Jim Butler and the Global Hospitality Group®
Hotel Lawyers | Authors of www.HotelLawBlog.com
15 April 2009

Hotel Lawyer with questions, and perhaps some guidance, on how we make this all work. Today, the Fed announced that for the first time in 50 years, the US economy has experienced deflation. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Labor Department reported that the March consumer-price index slipped 0.4% below its year-earlier level -- the first decline in more than 50 years.

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Posted On: March 19, 2009 by the JMBM Global Hospitality Group®

Hotel Lawyer: Municipal hotel and convention hotel projects get a big boost from the Financial Stimulus Bill. All about the new Build America Bonds that can help make this happen -- but only on bonds issued in 2009 and 2010.

By Jim Butler and the Global Hospitality Group®
Hotel Lawyers | Authors of www.HotelLawBlog.com
19 March 2009

Hotel Lawyer with insights on how cities can now build their convention center hotels, and other hotel mixed-use projects with TARP money and Build America Bonds.

Every city manager, supervisor, or councilperson knows the significant economic boost to the local economy and tax base that can come from convention center hotels and related hotel projects. They bring more people to town who spend more money in the local restaurants, retail businesses, entertainment venues, and hotels. Tourists, convention goers and other travelers spend more than 5 times per day the amount that residents spend. The transient occupancy tax (or TOT) derived from hotel guests is a huge income source for cities, and the lift in spending helps the sales and other tax sources as well. Of course, more prosperous merchants pay more property taxes, income taxes, and make the city a more desirable place for residents and tourists.

That's why Obama's financial package has some significant finance boosters for these projects, and why we will have some in depth panel coverage on this at our 19th Annual Meet the Money® Conference on May 5-7, 2009 at the Sheraton LAX. See www.MeetTheMoney.com now to sign up.

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Posted On: January 5, 2009 by the JMBM Global Hospitality Group®

The Best from the Blog -- Hotel Lawyers

By Jim Butler and the Global Hospitality Group®
Hotel Lawyers | Authors of www.HotelLawBlog.com
5 January 2009

To say the least, the last year has been a very "interesting" one. Here are our picks for "The Best from HotelLawBlog.com" from 2008. There are some classic pieces here!

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