Commercial lending for (intentionally) underperforming property

Commercial lending for (intentionally) underperforming property

Member since 2023 · 113 posts · 129 votes

I'm in contract on kind of a unique property. It's essentially a 4 bed / 2.5 ba SFR semi-attached to a five room motel. It's in a popular year-round tourist destination with a shortage of hotels and heavy restrictions on STRs. Property is exempt from STR permitting because the jurisdiction considers it to be a commercial lodging establishment.

We've been pursuing an SBA 504 loan for it, which was going well until we discovered that the sellers have operated it only part-time the last 12 years -- intentionally blocking 60% of available room-nights because they just weren't up for running it full time in their retirement.  They've also used no rev management whatsoever, just a fixed nightly rate.  So their historical financials suck.  

Because of that, we are getting a lot of "no's" from SBA partner banks.  Even with a solid biz plan showing we can 3X their revenue just by switching to full-time operation and using modern rev management.  Backed up by market RevPAR data.

Looking for lenders who might be more open to looking at an easy turnaround.  As an SBA 504 partner lender or not.

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  • Chris SeveneyBusiness Member
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    Investor · VA · Member since 2015 · 21k+ posts · 19k+ votes
    2y

    @Craig Jones

    Might find a hard money lender for a short term but it’s gonna be really expensive

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  • Jared RineBusiness Member
    Lender · Sacramento, CA · Member since 2009 · 1k+ posts · 277 votes
    2y

    @Craig Jones..where is the property?  What other lending options have you explored?  I'd be interested to hear more about it. 

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  • Member since 2022 · 22 posts · 17 votes
    2y

    Hi Craig, 

    I'm interested to hear more about this property.  I just sent you a PM!

  • Investor · NJ · Member since 2024 · 8 posts · 3 votes
    2y

    Hey Craig,

    This is very interesting, have you thought about asking the seller if they are open to do seller financing? If they want cash right away then they have the option of selling paper right after closing. If they need help on that part I can help, we have a huge network of buyers that look to buy paper on a constant bases. 

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