Tim L. Edgar is the Founder and President of Hotel Innvestor, the first web-based, hotel specific investment banking platform in the country. Through this platform, Hotel Innvestor raises debt and equity capital for high quality hotel projects nationwide and originates solid risk-adjusted returns for Accredited Investors.
Mr. Edgar started his career in hotels in 1991 working at the Beverly Hilton while studying at the University of Southern California. After graduating from USC, Edgar went into hotel property brokerage, where he underwrote hundreds of hotel projects and personally consummated over $1.1 billion in hotel property sales. Tim has also been involved in the ownership of various debt and equity hotel investments and is currently an active officer in a 200-room hotel in San Francisco, California.
Tim is a recognized industry expert in crowdsourcing for hotels and has been quoted in publications such as the Orange County Business Journal, the New England Real Estate Journal, Hotel Business, Boston Hospitality Review, Hotel News Now and Real Estate Fund Manager. Edgar has also been a featured speaker on the subject at various conferences including the North American Tourism & Hospitality Investment Conference (NATHIC) in Chicago, Hotel Equities and Lender’s Perspective conference (HELP) in Boston, Meet the Money Conference (MTM) in Los Angeles and The Lodging Conference (TLC) in Phoenix.