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My First Hotel

An online course about buying hotels

Introducing the world's first course about buying hotels

Learn stuff that

Owners won’t share

Family secrets, best practices and time-tested formulas

Colleges can’t teach

People who make management courses don’t run hotels

Jobs don’t reveal

Day to day operators don’t know what’s behind closed doors

Meet your instructor

Amit Patel

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Theory

Real-world lessons

1.

Why should you buy a hotel?

Top 5 reasons to buy a hotel

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Hotels vs Apartments, Airbnb, etc.

2.

How does the hotel business work?

3.

Choose your strategy

4.

Finding the perfect hotel

5.

Creative ways to make deals

6.

Fundraising & splitting the pie

7.

Due diligence

Case Studies

Why should you buy a hotel?

Top 5 reasons to buy a hotel

Hotel Valuation Calculator

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Annual Revenue
$
$500K $5M $10M
Revenue Multiple
4.0x
2.0x 3.5x 5.0x
OPERATING EXPENSES 50.0% • $2,500,000
Payroll
$ (25.0%)
Franchise Fee
$ (15.0%)
Utilities
$ (5.0%)
Other OpEx
$ (5.0%)
DOWN PAYMENT & FINANCING 35% Down ($7,175,000)
Down Payment
% ($7,175,000)
10% 50% 100%
%
Yrs
Financial Summary
Total Capital Required $20,500,000
Valuation: $20,000,000 PIP: $500,000
Net Operating Income (NOI) $2,500,000
NOI Margin: 50.0% Cap Rate: 12.5%
Annual Debt Service $1,337,468
Down (35%): $7,175,000 Debt (65%): $13,325,000
Debt Coverage (DSCR) 1.9x
Exceeds 1.25x lender threshold
Gross Revenue $5,000,000
- Payroll (25.0%) $1,250,000
- Franchise (15.0%) $750,000
- Utilities (5.0%) $250,000
- Other OpEx (5.0%) $250,000
= Net Operating Income (NOI) $2,500,000
- Debt Service (8%, 20y) $1,337,468
= Leveraged Cash Flow $1,162,532
CASH FLOW AFTER DEBT SERVICE $1,162,532 Cash-on-Cash Return: 16.2%

Amit Patel

Your future is the sum of your decisions

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Winners
take action

not excuses

Launching May 2026

Early Bird sale $199 $49