My father owned a motel business and then was done.
- I was the one that inherited the business.
I saw the issues our father dealt with on a day to day basis. The people renting motel rooms were awful and constantly causing damage. There was a main bar that required so much licensing, papers and hiring of employees. It seemed like the bar was more work than it was worth. When I took over I switched the business. There is no more bar, instead it is a huge apartment that our property director now lives in. The motel rooms are now efficiency apartments. Typically these are apartments of people that the state pays for. They are either on disability or have drug issues. The home has a small home office, bathroom and one home office. I changed 16 motel rooms into 8 efficiency apartments. The business now makes way more cash than what it used to as a motel… Every home is filled and it more than pays for our property director. My dad used to go to the business everyday doing bookwork or talking with the maids. Now I just rest at home while someone else handles it. There are no cleaners, bartenders or other workers to worry about either. My property director is worth her weight in gold. She only handles hiring plumbers, electricians, Heating and Air Conditioning workers or any other needed handyman service. I just need to say it’s fine to hire them first. That is all. I now make quite a bit of cash on a business that I spend little time and brain power on. It is the best.