New confidential listing – full service, classic Maine inn – $2,975,000

This classic Maine inn has been hosting guests for many years. Full service restaurant and events business. Very substantial business between lodging, restaurant and events. Full staff for restaurant and events would allow new owners to transition smoothly.  Financial and property information can be provided with a signed non-disclosure and qualification agreement. Contact me for more […]

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Craignair Inn and Restaurant – SOLD May 19, 2010!!!

Congratulations to new innkeepers Michael and Joanne O’Shea! We closed on The Craignair Inn and Restaurant yesterday after a much anticipated waiting period. They’re such great people and fit right in with “Maine, the way life should be”. And many thanks to wonderful sellers, Neva and Steve Joseph – they made the transition very easy

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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,

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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

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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

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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

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