Loan Sale Advisory – Abilene, TX

CASE STUDY

Challenges

The asset lost its brand flag, and the borrower allowed the property to fall into disrepair.

The hotel had become an attractive nuisance in town, with numerous on-site crime reports spanning from four years prior to the week before closing.

There was a recent shooting on premises, which was widely reported in the local news.

Potential friable asbestos on-site due to property age and condition.

Solution

Rhenium conducted an intensive marketing campaign, targeting both local and regional investors, funds which provide hard money lending programs, national hotel brokerage firms and owner operators who intended on running the business post-foreclosure.

The marketing period was a 4 week indicative event, with an additional week for buyers to submit best and final bids. Rhenium invited the top regional and national bidders back to participate in the best & final round, and a local investor who bid significantly less than the top offer. The non-local bidders utilized the additional week of marketing to inspect the property and firm up their pricing.

Notable Items

The final purchaser was a local, Abilene-based investor who increased his offer 55% higher than his indicative offer in the best and final round.

The winning offer was 92% of the par value of the loan.

The closing terms were a ZERO day due diligence period and a ZERO day close; the winning buyer wired in the entire purchase price after seller’s LOI acceptance and prior to the full execution of the Purchase and Sale Agreement.

In the buyer’s LOI and subsequent contact prior to offer acceptance, the purchaser stated that he was acquiring the loan in order to take back the property and clean it up to help improve the overall quality of his hometown.

MARKETING STATS

Deal Website Views 1,898
Registered Visitors 230
CA’s Executed 104
OM’s Downloaded 74
Offers 15
Closing Period ZERO DAYS
Status CLOSED
Sale Price to UPB 92%

BUYER PROFILES

  • Local Investor
  • Regional Investor
  • National Investor
  • Owner Operator

Institutional Execution Middle Market Focus