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      <title>Hotel construction loans: how a new build gets financed</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>How lenders finance a new hotel: the budget they test against the brand's Item 7, equity, projections, SBA 504 and 7(a) construction rules and draws.</description>
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      <title>Hotel refinance loans, and when refinancing a motel pays</title>
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      <description>When refinancing a hotel or motel makes sense, how lenders size a refinance or cash-out, what prepayment penalties cost, and SBA refinance rules.</description>
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      <title>How lenders size a hotel loan: RevPAR, NOI and DSCR</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The arithmetic a hotel lender runs, step by step, with a worked example, and the adjustments that make a bank's number smaller than yours.</description>
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      <title>How to buy a motel, from first look to closing</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The order a motel purchase actually happens in, what the seller, the brand and the lender each want from you, and where deals fall apart.</description>
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      <title>PIP financing for hotels, and how a PIP changes your loan</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>What a property improvement plan is, why brands require one when a hotel sells, and the ways owners pay for it, from SBA loans to brand key money.</description>
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      <title>SBA 504 loans for hotels and motels, with 15% down</title>
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      <description>How SBA 504 finances a hotel: the bank, CDC and owner split, why hotels need 15% down, the October 2026 debenture rate, FY2027 fees and the job rule.</description>
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      <title>SBA 7(a) loans for hotels and motels: rules for 2026</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>How SBA 7(a) finances a hotel or motel purchase under SOP 50 10 8.1, with the current rate cap, FY2027 fees, 10% equity, 1.25x DSCR and citizenship rules.</description>
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