Gain insight into hotel real estate investment. Check the temperature of the market. Preview the most recent hotel listings and obtain information from leaders in brokerage, franchise, finance and media.

“Self-Directed” is not a legally defined term, but an industry term for an account that allows the account holder to choose his or her own investments. It is an IRA that can accommodate Real Estate related investments along with a virtually unlimited list of other asset types!

Whether you want to use IRA 401k money to buy real estate, make loans or buy notes, this course will teach you how to make it happen. Learn how to create the right investment vehicle, write an offer, finance investments with retirement accounts, and sell your investment today. 
 
Invest in what you know and make REAL investments for a secure future!

Using Retirement Accounts to Buy Real Estate

In this session you will learn how to comply with new DOL requirements for tip pools, requirements to accommodate employees’ religious beliefs, disabilities and pregnancy-related limitations, and how to handle transitioning and transgender employees.  We will cover the latest trends in local and state laws as related to criminal background checks, sick leave, scheduling, and mandates for housekeeping employees.   We will have a timely discussion about how to prevent and respond to harassment and how to avoid becoming the next #MeToo employer.

Employment Law: Top Challenges Facing the Lodging Industry Today

On December 13, Jeff Higley, vice president of digital media & communications for STR/STR Global/Hotel News Now, will join Tony DeGeorge, president of Hotel Brokers International, in a live webinar presentation of hotel performance data trends as tracked by STR. Jeff and Tony will discuss this year’s industry performance and share projections for 2018.

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What’s Better Than a 1031?  A 1031 Plus! Many hotels use Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to defer capital gains taxes by selling a property and reinvesting the proceeds into a new property—referred to as a “1031 exchange.” Join us for this webinar and learn how to turn a 1031 transaction into a robust resource by eliminating the negatives and adding elements that enhance your bottom line with the help of this well-used section of the IRC.

Turn Your 1031 into a 1031 Plus

On November 2nd, Jeff Higley, vice president of digital media & communications for STR/STR Global/Hotel News Now, will join Diana Alt, president of Hotel Brokers International, in a live webinar presentation of hotel performance data trends as tracked by STR. Jeff and Diana will discuss this year’s industry performance and share their projections for 2017.

The webinar will report on the most comprehensive research to date about hotel social media.  Social media plays an ever-increasing role in a hotel’s business; therefore, it is necessary for hoteliers to understand its use and impact.  The research study was conducted by Bjorn Hanson, clinical professor, Tisch Center for Hospitality and Tourism at New York University, and Donna Quadri-Felitti, director and associate professor, School of Hospitality Management at Penn State University.  Their study findings were based on responses of U.S. Hoteliers, just like you, and include investment, staffing, objectives, room nights generated, and differences and trends by location, size of hotel, franchised/managed and other attributes.

Hotel Industry Report: The Social Media Effect

According to a recent report, U.S. hotels collected record amounts of resort fees and other surcharges totaling $2.47 billion in 2015, leading to main stream media coverage with sensational headlines such as “Hidden hotel resort fees not going away any time soon." The purpose of this webinar is to provide a balanced perspective regarding resort fees and other surcharges at U.S. hotels.
 
The webinar will also explore the potential effects of what could be described as extreme increases in the minimum wage on the U.S. hotel industry. The Obama presidential administration as well as several large municipalities are actively seeking, or recently passed laws that increase the minimum wage by an extreme amount. The webinar will quantify the forecast effect on the U.S. hotel industry.

Balanced Perspective on U.S. Hotel Operations Issues

Presentation featuring up-to-date hotel performance data trends as tracked by Smith Travel Research. Join H. Brandt Niehaus, president of Hotel Brokers International, and Jeff Higley, vice president of digital media & communications for STR/STR Global/HotelNewsNow.com, as they discuss the hospitality industry outlook for next year and opportunities for investment. 

Meet the Panel:
H. Brandt Niehaus, CHB is President of Hotel Brokers International and President of Huff, Niehaus & Associates, Inc., a full-service hotel investment advisory firm.  Mr. Niehaus has over 30 years of experience in hospitality real estate sales and consulting.  He has successfully transacted the sales of hundreds of hotel properties from limited-service independents through full-service luxury hotels representing sellers in conventional sales as well as lender-owned transactions for banks and institutions. A consistent top sales producer, Niehaus was recently named Broker of the Year in recognition of his record-setting sales performance in 2014.  Mr. Niehaus holds the professional designations of Certified Hotel Broker (CHB), Certified Hotel Administrator (CHA) and Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM). 

Jeff Higley serves as the Vice President of Digital Media and Communications and as Editorial Director of STR / STR Global / Hotel News Now. He oversees all aspects of the Hotel News Now (HNN) digital platform, including the Hotel News Now website and daily newsletter. Jeff also leads the STR family of companies’ efforts with corporate public relations and press releases. He is the former editorial director for Hotel & Motel Management magazine and has specialized in hotel industry journalism for many years. He frequently writes articles on the lodging industry.

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Data breaches strike all industries, but for the hospitality industry the stakes are extremely high, and the financial impact to a company can be significant.  As an owner, controller or CFO, your responsibility now includes the safety of corporate data.  We will explore how you can effectively work with IT to develop a risk management profile that protects your data and maintains your financial success.

Meet the Panel: H. Brandt Niehaus, CHB, President of Hotel Brokers International and President of Huff, Niehaus & Associates, Inc., a full-service hotel investment advisory firm.   Julie Eisenhauer, CPA is a shareholder at Clark Nuber, a CPA and consulting firm in Bellevue, Washington, where she provides audit, assurance and consulting services to privately owned companies.  Peter Henley, CPA, CITP, serves as Clark Nuber’s Senior Director of IT, and is responsible for aligning IT with the firm’s strategic business plan and making Clark Nuber the most technologically advanced accounting firm in the Northwest.

Roles of the Owner, Controller and CFO in Data Security

The June 24th Hotel Investor’s Marketplace webcast will focus on Hospitality Lending.  HBI President Brandt Niehaus will be joined by Dennis Nessler, Editor at Large of Hotel Business to discuss the magazine’s recently completed survey of hospitality industry lenders and examine the types of loan products available in the market, requirements for generating hospitality loans and opinion on the status of the lending industry this past year and through 2015.

Hospitality Lending Report - 2015

The April 30th Hotel Investor’s Marketplace webcast panel will talk about The U.S. Economy and its impact on the Lodging Business. The lessons learned from past economic cycles, where we are in this cycle, and how it is different than previous cycles. They will discuss the economic barometers and what their indications mean for the hotel industry.  April 30th viewers will have opportunity to ask questions of the panel and benefit from their combined 90+ years of industry experience.

Meet the Panel:
H. Brandt Niehaus is President of Hotel Brokers International and President of Huff, Niehaus & Associates, Inc., a full-service hotel investment advisory firm.  Mr. Niehaus has over 30 years of experience in hospitality real estate sales and consulting.  He has successfully transacted the sales of hundreds of hotel properties from limited-service independents through full-service luxury hotels representing sellers in conventional sales as well as lender-owned transactions for banks and institutions. 

Mark Woodworth is President of PKF Hospitality Research, (PDF-HR), a CBRE company. Mr. Woodworth has over 30 years of hospitality industry experience in both a consulting and hands-on operational capacity.  Mr. Woodworth has managed and conducted consulting assignments, involving both the public and private sectors, throughout the U.S. He has worked for the industry’s leading lenders, developers, chains and management companies and has dealt with all aspects of operations, development and financing. 

Edward P. Walsh has nearly 30 years of experience in hotel real estate valuation, consulting, sales and finance.  He founded Alpine Realty Capital to provide real estate investment banking services, including debt and equity raising, transaction services, and consulting. Mr. Walsh also provides development related services, including site selection and acquisition, market feasibility analysis, franchise and design recommendations, and capital structuring.

The U.S. Economy and its Impact on the Lodging Business

Online reviews and social media are a blessing and a curse.  On one hand, attention on social media and online can drive business. On the other hand, negative reviews can have a significant negative impact.  While reviewers have a right to express their opinions without fear of litigation, reviewers may also be held accountable for spreading falsehood that damages reputation or decreases revenue.  This webcast will assist the hospitality professional to respond to negative reviews.  It will provide the viewer background information intended to assist hospitality professionals in (1) distinguishing between expressions of opinion (which are protected) and statements of purported fact (which are not); (2) responding informally to negative reviews; (3) determining how legal counsel can efficiently and effectively assist; and (4) avoiding potential liability under state statutes that might apply in legal actions brought to curtail speech.

The webinar will also overview principles established by very recent appellate court decisions pertaining to online reviews. 

About the presenter: Clifford S. Davidson, Attorney, Sussman Shank LLP, is a commercial litigator with jury trial experience.  Throughout his career, he has focused on commercial contract disputes, entertainment and intellectual property litigation, First Amendment litigation, counseling in the areas of privacy and data security, and insurance coverage.

Addressing Negative Online Reviews

1031 tax exchange could offer good tax benefit to hospitality asset owners seeking to improve their hotel portfolio.  Named for Section 1031 of the United States Internal Revenue Code, this investment strategy is essentially a swap of one business for another, allowing an investor to change the form of their investment without cashing out or recognizing capital gain. This allows the investment to grow tax deferred – avoiding tax until an actual sale for cash.

Learn about the 1031 tax exchange process during the HBI Hotel Investor’s Marketplace Webcast scheduled for September 10 when Tony DeGeorge, President of Hotel Brokers International, will welcome guest speaker, Rochelle Stone, President and Founding Partner of Starker Services, Inc.  Starker Services is the nation's oldest, largest and most experienced independent Qualified Intermediary firm, successfully completing thousands of exchanges each year.  Rochelle has been active in the 1031 exchange industry for over 20 years and is a nationally recognized speaker, teaching exchanging and investing techniques to investment and professional groups.

Some of the things to be discussed during the September 10th Webcast include:
•the difference between a sale and an exchange;
•protections offered by a 1031 exchange;
•types of qualifying property;
•how a delayed exchange works;
•the timing rules;
•and, what to look for when selecting a Qualified Intermediary.

1031 Tax Deferred Exchange

Attorneys Joseph A. Field of Field Jerger LLP and Richard M. Saltzman of Giambrone & Saltzman, LLC will join HBI President Tony DeGeorge via the organization’s webcast series - Hotel Investor's Marketplace to discuss franchise agreement negotiations, terms and conditions as well as tips on how to get ahead of the foreclosure curve and reach resolution with the bank. Register now for this complimentary webcast.

Legal Strategies: Bringing Balance to the Transaction

Methodology for the appraisal process may change based on the asset being valued, but the end goal is always the same – establishing monetary value.  Hotel valuation, a highly specialized process, is different from valuing any other cash flowing real estate as the appraiser must give consideration to four elements: land, business, improvements, and personal property. Join the Hotel Investor’s Marketplace Webcast on March 5, when Adam Cowart, MAI, Senior Appraiser and Director of Operations for Cowart Hospitality Services and HBI President Tony DeGeorge will discuss new trends emerging in hotel valuation, how hotel lending criteria has changed in recent years, and what impact this has on the valuation process.

Hotel Appraisals

An improved economy brings rise in the dreaded hotel PIP.  Hotel brands are requiring franchise property owners to deal with property improvement and deferred maintenance issues that were put on the back burner while the country weathered the economic downturn.  The concept of reinvesting and improving your hotel to maintain and increase the asset’s value makes sense; however, with the economy showing only modest growth, hoteliers are reluctantly letting loose of the purse strings.  Kevin Brickner, Vice President at Wyndham Worldwide and Daniel Couture, Sr. Director of Product Improvement at Choice Hotels International, join Charlie Fritsch, president of Hotel Brokers International to discuss the PIP process from inspection and negotiation to budgeting and execution.

The Hotel PIP

Presentation featuring the most up-to-date and recent hotel performance trends data as tracked by Smith Travel Research. Join Charlie Fritsch, president of Hotel Brokers International, and Jeff Higley, vice president of digital media & communications for STR/STR Global/HotelNewsNow.com, as they discuss the hospitality real estate industry market and opportunities for investment.

Hotel Industry Trends & Projections

This year, HOTEL BROKERS INTERNATIONAL conducted their annual HOTEL FINANCING SURVEY in partnership with HOTEL BUSINESS magazine.  The survey – now in its 19th year – was distributed to nearly 200 hospitality industry lenders and examined the types of loan products available in the market, requirements for generating hospitality loans and opinion on the status of the lending industry this past year and through 2013. During this Webcast, Dennis Nessler, editor of Hotel Business, will join HBI President Charlie Fritsch to discuss the hotel financing market and share the results of this survey with the hospitality investment community.

19th Annual Hotel Financing Report

As the economy continues its recovery, hotels are reporting an upward trend in operations.  How long before this pick up in hotel demand and occupancy is reflected in valuations? Where are the greatest opportunities today for hotel investment?  What is the outlook for the hospitality industry in 2011 and beyond?
 
Join us on September 1 as the Hotel Investor’s Marketplace Webcast welcomes Jeff Higley, vice president of digital media & communications for HotelNewsNow.com/STR/STR Global, who will take look at the 2010 performance of the U.S. hotel industry.  Jeff will share hotel trends data tracked by Smith Travel Research.

PANELISTS:
Tony DeGeorge, CHB
President, Hotel Brokers International
President, Greene, Canfield, DeGeorge, Ltd.

Jeff Higley
Editorial Director, Digital Media/Director of Communications
HotelNewsNow.com/STR/STR Global

Sponsored by: Choice Hotels International

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