#74 - Hotels & Motels: The Opportunity Most Investors Never See | Selin Ince
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The episode explores the investment potential of hotels and motels as a misunderstood asset class in commercial property.
Most sophisticated investors rule hotels and motels out before they understand them, and in doing so they overlook one of the most compelling yields in commercial property today. Hotels and motels are a new asset class in the Australian and New Zealand markets, and one that most investors have never been taught to understand. In this episode of Inside Commercial Property, Scott O'Neill is joined by Selin Ince, Rethink Group's hotels and motels acquisition specialist, to unpack the asset class: the investment structure of hotels and motels, why the misconceptions persist, and why the barrier to entry is far more achievable for the experienced private investor than most assume. The hesitation almost always comes from one assumption: that the whole category means running a hospitality business. It doesn't. A leased hotel is a commercial lease with a strong tenant covenant, structurally no different from the leased industrial or retail these investors already own. The motel is a separate proposition, a smaller-ticket operating business with real value-add upside for the hands-on buyer. Selin sets out both with precision: the structure, the numbers, the finance, and the entry points…
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