Hotel Innvestor is a hotel investment banking platform that utilizes an equity crowdfunding model to raise debt and equity capital for high-quality hotel projects nationwide. Our firm is capitalizing on this emerging growth market that has only legally existed since September 23rd, 2013, when the SEC enacted regulations implementing Title II of the JOBS Act. Not only is Hotel Innvestor the first nationwide, web-based hotel investment banking platform, it is the first platform to identify the strength of specialization in a specific commercial real estate property type. This new marketplace will revolutionize how capital is raised for all commercial real estate property types.
Our Founder and President, Tim L. Edgar, has been active in the hotel industry since 1991 in hotel operations, brokerage and ownership. During his 19+ year career in hotel brokerage, Tim sold over $1.1 billion in hotel properties and underwrote several billion dollars’ worth of additional projects. He has partnered with Chris Tychsen CRPC – EVP Investments & Business Strategy. Chris brings 20+ years of extensive business experience working with start-up & venture capital firms in the environmental, technology, and financial-related industries. Our Vice President of Operations, Saundra Edgar, has been involved in the management of multi-million dollar commercial projects for the last 17+ years. These projects have averaged +/- 150 employees under her management. All of our founding members are graduates and friends from the University of Southern California.
Our goal is to secure exceptional hotel projects sponsored by best in class operators and developers, and to provide them with the necessary debt and equity capital to make their projects a success. Our target customers are 1) operators with outstanding track records and the highest ethics and character and 2) passive accredited investors. Hotel Innvestor’s primary focus is select service, extended stay and premium limited service franchised hotels in the top 75 MSA. In general, we will look to raise equity capital for hotels with a minimum $75 RevPar (revenue per available room) and focus on raising debt for properties with a minimum $50 RevPar. Hotel Innvestor is prepared to engage in a variety of quality hotel projects; we believe in our operators and their proven track records, and we will bring our success to them – one Innvestor at a time.
Hotel Innvestor uses existing hotel industry relationships, market- and brand-specific knowledge, and methodically sound underwriting utilizing our proprietary model to provide accredited investors the opportunity to invest with the brightest minds in the highest quality hotel projects nationwide. By matching these high quality projects with investors, we seek to provide a cost-efficient source of alternative capital for hotel operators for their projects. In turn, we will provide opportunities to a wider range of passive investors to invest in these pre-vetted offerings.