Inn Brokerage Blog
How does a seller deal with guests knowing their inn is on the market?
This is a beautiful example of how the owner of Stonington’s Inn on the Harbor does it: READ CHRISTINA’S STORY… I met with Christina (the owner) last week. She asked me a short while back about how best to answer guests when they confront you about knowing it’s for sale. And she asked my opinion on
Had a great meeting today with Tony Dolceamore with Sotheby’s International Realty
We had a very productive meeting today at our Northeast Harbor, Maine office with key presenter, Tony Dolceamore on marketing and personal branding. Now this topic I can personally relate to; almost as if this presentation was written for me. But Tony gave us some great tools available to us as Sotheby’s International Realty affiliates.
Simplifying Small Business Administration (SBA) Loans…is it possible?
How much time and patience do you have? If you have both, you could save yourself some money. If the business qualifies and the buyer meets the criteria, the buyer could put down as little as 10%. Commercial loans with banks are requiring minimum of 25% down. That’s a substantial savings. But the process
I’ve been running around like a chicken with my head cut off and I love it!
Ask me what I’m up to these days and I’ll tell you this is what I look like!! But in real estate, that’s a good thing. Sellers realize this is a buyers market and many are really pricing their properties to sell. Recently, Captain Briggs House came down to $775,000; Kenniston Hill Inn came down
PRICE REDUCTION – Rockwood Cottages on Moosehead Lake $950,000
Rockwood Cottages sits on Moosehead Lake facing the beautiful Mt. Kineo, offering 377 feet of lake front property, 8 cabins and a 3 bedroom owners home. There’s a dock, gas pump for boats, storage building for boating equipment, picnic area with large wood-fired grills, and priceless views. A wonderful recreational business, family compound, retreat spot,
My blog subscribers are back, thanks to the crafty work of my go-to-techies!
Darin & Lisa McClure rock! I have so many sites that were feeding and pushing (tech talk) to multiple sites; then I changed my domain and edited my feeds, lost my subscribers, and basically knew enough to get in trouble. And they fixed it all! Just wanted to thank them. What a relief. It’s like
New site changes to MaineLodgingBroker.com!
I’m hoping that by setting up individual pages, I have streamlined where visitors can find information on my blog. I used to have listings all down the right hand bar of the blog, but along with all of the other information and links on my site. Now, the home page contains the blog posts; listing
Price Reduction – Lake House Inn, Waterford, Maine
Lake House Inn is now being offered at $750,000. There are 8 guest rooms with private baths, a very spacious commercial kitchen and small restaurant. The Sellers have been running the restaurant successfully for several years; prior owners ran it for about 20 years. But personal health issues are requiring that the sellers downsize the
Broker Open House Luncheon – Kismet Inn and Spa in Bath, Maine
Please join us for a Broker Open House luncheon at Kismet Inn. Prospective clients and aspiring innkeepers are also welcome. Where: 44 Summer Street, Bath, Maine When: Thursday, April 15 11:30-2 A nice, casual lunch will be served Kismet Inn and Spa is being offered at $1,175,000 as a lodging business (with restaurant license) or $975,000 as a private
Early Spring in Maine…a boost for tourism?
Who really knows what our tourism season will look like this year. What I have noticed is busier hiking trail lots over the past couple weeks. March into April is often mud season in Maine. But with our relatively manageable and well paced snowfall and rain and warmer than normal weather, is tourism getting a
MaineInnBroker.blogspot.com is now MaineLodgingBroker.com!
That’s the good part. However, in the process of redirecting my blog to the new web address, I lost several hundred subscribers to my posts/feeds. And I suppose there’s no way of reaching any of those people other than hoping that they visit my blog on their own and read this post! Don’t do as
Maine Ahead Magazine features Kismet Inn as the “Dream Home” in their latest issue
Maine Ahead Magazine –a mix of business and pleasure. I like that already. The newest issue came out with an incredibly written feature about Kismet Inn in the Dream Home series – flip to page 48 for all photos and to read the entire feature. The writer certainly captured what both the owner and I
Looking for an investment property or second home with rental income potential in Maine?
Each day I post a photo or photo album of the morning on a couple of my photo blogs. Often a blog post is born from a photo blog post. That’s the case today. I was searching through my several thousand photos looking for this morning’s photo and decided to focus on inland Maine. Specifically,
A testament to my efforts from a New England business broker…
This was a nice email to wake up to on a dreary rainy day…The fact that someone I’ve never met took the time to email me and compliment me on my business practices was so very appreciated: “Dana, Your marketing materials for inns and B&B’s are tremendous. This sector of the industry really needs a
Abbington’s Seaview Motel & Cottages, back on the market!
Located just a couple miles from Camden sits this charming property with 8 cottages and 6 motel units with a view of the Penobscot Bay. A nice pool, grounds and most rooms with decks, this property is priced to sell. For the price, Abbington’s offers one of the strongest revenue streams of lodging listings on
