Maybe if you stop running a hotel next to his house, he'll stop taking pictures.

After years of having to sleep on one at my parents house we finally just started booking a hotel.

My second question: At what level of investing are boutique hotels a good idea?

I have never been to a hotel (that I recall) that didn't use white linens, so I take that as proof.  

Friend may offer temporary housing at a hotel or another empty rental. 

Look for something that is going to support your lifestyle aka will give you points in categories where you spend AND reward you with points that are useful to you.Hope this helps, let me know if I can clarify at all Thank you, this really helps.I will probably go with the Discover It card because of the 0% foreign transaction fee but I will also look into other cards that are partnered with an airline as well to get travel points or hotel perks. 

Does anyone know of any profitable hotel condos or ones that are making their way in that direction?

In Franklinton there are plenty of large projects going on that will bring massive growth to the west side of Columbus, such as the Peninsula Development, which is a multiphase project that will erect a 24 story apartment complex featuring a grocery store, a multi use office space building, and a new hotel featuring a two-story Pins Mechanical venue.

My question is whether it makes sense to keep the capital in the deal banking on it performing better long term and the retention of 5 percent of the deal after the waterfall as a long term asset, or if it makes sense to take the capital back and put it into my own deals (my partners and I are currently working on buying a hotel and I could use the capital to get myself equity and to help us close the deal).

We stayed in Ben Mallah's hotel lol.