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If your hotel's property tax assessment has not dropped in the last five years, you may be paying more than your share of real estate.
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In this issue Steve Rushmore discusses his presentation given at the NYU Hotel Investment Conference.This presentation covered the latest valuation trends for the U.S. lodging industry.
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Steve Rushmore gave a keynote address to over 1,500 lodging industry leaders attending the NYU Hospitality Investment Conference in New York City. The topic was “Valuation Trends for the U.S. Lodging Industry.”
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Hotel Values in Europe - Current Trends
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Reporting In At Four Months.....
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During the late 1970s and early '80s, financial institutions were very busy financing, then refinancing, hotels across the United States. At the same time, a young Stephen Rushmore was busy trying to build a reputation for providing hotel valuation
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Over the past 15 years, lodging appraisals have become an important component of most mortgage applications and investment analyses.
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Lodging appraisals demand some unique approaches. How, for instance, can you determine the value of a hotel management contract?
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Hotel appraisals and market studies generally come with their own language. This month's column will be devoted to defining some of those often used and sometimes misunderstood expressions.
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Estimating the value of a hotel is one of the mos difficult appraisal assignments. Transient lodging facilities represent not only real estate investments but going businesses as well.