Investing in real estate projects such as hotels, resorts and office buildings is increasingly easy for anyone and can become a profitable business.

 Extending the Hotel Las Americas in Cartagena, the BD Bacata in Bogota, Mocawa Resort in the coffee, including many real estate projects have been funded with the figure of real estate trusts, but what is it that has driven this model funding? Marquez’s partner and Fajardo, Hernando Marquez, states that the company is currently looking for investors to build a hotel in the Coffee Triangle, 115 rooms, sustainable, architecturally typical Antioquia.

 “Resources are managed through the marketing of 690 trust rights, the amount for each is $ 55 million, but I think a plan in which each person can pay 50% today to 50% in July 2014, when which begin to operate the hotel, “said Marquez.
The manager explained that this is an alternative investment in an area that increasingly positions itself more as a tourist destination, has tax exemption for 30 years for being a tourism project, a monthly income for all life, is an independent fund, there Always a trustee overseeing the business, the hotel will be operated by one of the largest hotel chains in the world (Best Western), the investor has 5 free nights in the year to be an investor in the hotel, while redeemable for any other hotel in the world in the same chain.

The project owner said that providing a conservative figure for the first year of 47% occupancy (Quindío The hotels have an average occupancy of 55%), the investor would receive an annual income of 8.44%. “When the hotel is positioned, the return can be 13% in five years and could talk up the 16%,” says Marquez.

The official described the fiduciary duty is one of the best alternatives because it is the purchase of a stake in a real estate project. “It’s an investment in real estate, which is valued as such and is managed by experts in real estate, you are giving an income and, in the case of Mocawa Resort, you can enjoy”.

According to Marquez, the total sales in this project correspond to $ 35,000 million and the investment would be $ 30,000 million in direct and indirect costs during construction includes generating 200 jobs. When in operation the hotel, there would be room for 80 permanent employees.

Publication: Money Magazine.
Date: 2012-12-18T04: 00
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