EP #25 | 95% of hotels are Designed WRONG! The $1 Million Per Room & Why Generic Hotels Are DYING

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Most people chase finishes.
Smart investors fix layout first.

Bad layouts bleed ROI:
• Spaces feel smaller
• Rents stay capped
• Te

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Luxury Airbnb ≠ expensive décor.
Luxury = how guests sleep, eat, and feel.

Better beds > trendy furniture
Dining tables = holiday bookings
Comfort sells faster than aesthetics
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Most renovations don’t add value. They destroy it.

A $250K repaint did what $100K+ in marketing couldn’t:
🚗 More drive-bys
📉 Less ad spend
💰 Rents above comps

Design isn’t decoration.
It’s leverage.

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What if the reason places feel soulless isn’t bad design, but bad rules?

Zoning codes. Debt pressure. Speed-first development.
Together, they’ve made authentic towns nearly illegal to build.

The places we love most were neve

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