Hotel Financing Brokers
Hospitality is a specialty, not a line item. We package hotel, motel, and resort files the way lenders actually underwrite them - normalized NOI, debt service coverage, flag and management structure, RevPAR history - and place them across more than 50 bank, credit union, and private lenders so you can compare competing structures side by side.
Meshesha Robel, Mortgage Agent Level 2 - FSRA M15001135, Mortgage Alliance brokerage 10530. All financing is subject to lender approval, appraisal, and operator/property qualification.
A hotel isn't a building with a mortgage on it - it's an operating business a lender is asked to underwrite.
Generalist commercial brokers treat a hotel like a plaza with more rooms. Hospitality lenders don't. They look at whether the flag is staying and what the franchise agreement requires, whether a property improvement plan is coming due, how occupancy, average daily rate, and RevPAR have trended against the submarket, whether the operator has run a property of this size before, whether management is in-house or third-party, and how much of the appraised value is real estate versus going-concern business value. Every one of those answers changes the loan amount.
That's what a broker with hospitality depth is for. Not access to a rate sheet - anyone can send a rate sheet. The value is in presenting the operating story credibly, knowing which lenders will look at an unflagged property or a transitional year, and being honest about the leverage before you spend money on reports.
The file is built the way lenders read it
Normalized operating statements, a management fee and FF&E reserve applied, occupancy, ADR, and RevPAR trended, and the DSCR case made explicitly - before a single lender sees the deal.
50+ lenders, approached in parallel
Banks, credit unions, mortgage investment corporations, and private lenders each price hospitality differently. Competing term sheets are how you find out what the property is really worth financing.
Honest read before you spend money
Appraisals, environmental reports, and legal work cost real money. We tell you what leverage and pricing are realistic first, including when the answer is that the deal needs more equity.
Timelines you can put in an agreement
Institutional, secondary institutional, and private lenders move at different speeds. Knowing which tier your file sits in is what keeps a closing date from becoming a crisis.
Licensed and accountable
Mortgage Agent Level 2, FSRA M15001135, Mortgage Alliance brokerage 10530. Fees disclosed in writing, no guarantees on rate or approval, no surprises at commitment.
One specialist, start to funding
The person who reads your operating statements on day one is the person negotiating your commitment and coordinating with your lawyer at closing.
From first conversation to funded, with no handoffs.
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Discovery call
Property, flag or independent status, ownership structure, operating history, and what you're actually trying to accomplish - purchase, refinance, renovation, or a maturity coming due.
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Underwriting the property
We normalize two to three years of statements plus year-to-date results, apply market management and reserve assumptions, and model the debt the net operating income can support at each lender tier.
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Packaging
Executive summary, financial exhibits, franchise and management agreements, borrower experience and net worth, and the exit or business plan - assembled once, properly.
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Placement and competition
The file goes to the lenders whose appetite genuinely matches the asset. Term sheets come back and we compare them on total cost, not headline rate.
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Commitment and conditions
Appraisal, environmental, franchise consent, and lender conditions are coordinated and tracked so the closing date holds.
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Funding and follow-through
We stay on the file through funding and check in ahead of maturity, renewal, and any planned PIP or repositioning.
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Hotel financing broker FAQ.
What does a hotel financing broker do?
A hotel financing broker packages a hospitality file the way lenders underwrite it and places it with the lenders most likely to fund it. That means normalizing the operating statements, building the debt service coverage and loan-to-value case, assembling the franchise, management, and appraisal material, approaching multiple lender tiers in parallel, and then negotiating rate, term, amortization, covenants, and reserves. You end up comparing real competing structures instead of one bank's single answer.
How are hotel financing brokers paid?
On commercial and hospitality files the fee is disclosed in writing before you commit and is typically a percentage of the loan amount, paid at funding - sometimes by the lender, sometimes by the borrower, and occasionally split, depending on the lender tier and the complexity of the file. You will never be asked to pay an undisclosed fee, and you will know the full cost of the financing, including lender and legal costs, before signing a commitment.
Why not just use my own bank for a hotel loan?
Your bank has one credit box, one appetite for hospitality risk, and one view of your operating history. Hotel lending is fragmented: some lenders require a recognized flag, others prefer independents, some insist on third-party management, and others credit an experienced owner-operator. Working the whole market usually changes the leverage, the pricing, or both - and it protects you from the assumption that a single declined application means the deal doesn't finance.
Do you only work on Toronto hotel deals?
Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area are the core of the practice, and that local depth - submarket knowledge, appraiser and lender relationships, comparable transactions - is where a specialist earns their fee. We also arrange financing on hotels, motels, and resorts elsewhere in Ontario, including highway and cottage-country properties, through the same lender network.
What size of hotel loan do you arrange?
We work on files from smaller independent motels and roadside inns through to multi-property portfolios and larger full-service hotels. Very small loans and very large syndicated financings both have limited lender pools, so the honest answer on any file is that we tell you upfront which tier of lender is realistic for your loan size and property before you spend time on an application.
How long does a broker-arranged hotel financing take?
A conventional institutional hotel loan typically funds in six to ten weeks once the appraisal, environmental review, and financial underwriting are underway. Credit unions and secondary institutional lenders are often quicker. Bridge and private lenders can close in one to three weeks. We tell you at the outset which timeline your file realistically sits in, so a closing date isn't built on optimism.
Are you licensed?
Yes. Meshesha Robel is a licensed Mortgage Agent Level 2, FSRA licence M15001135, working through Mortgage Alliance, brokerage licence 10530. All financing is subject to lender approval, appraisal, and operator and property qualification - no broker can guarantee a rate or an approval.
Can you help if another broker or lender already declined the file?
Frequently. A decline usually reflects one lender's credit policy or a weak presentation rather than a fundamental problem with the property. We re-underwrite the file from the operating statements up, identify what actually caused the decline - leverage, coverage, flag, management, or operator experience - and either restructure the request or take it to a lender tier where it fits. That may mean a lower loan amount or a higher rate, and we'll say so directly rather than run you in circles.
Tell us about the property and we'll tell you what's realistic.
Operating statements, occupancy and ADR history, and either the purchase agreement or the current mortgage statement are enough for a first read on leverage, pricing, and lender fit. No credit pull to start, and fees disclosed in writing before you commit.
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