The Hotel Investor Playbook · 2026-05-19 · 36 min
Most people assume you need outside investors, a big budget, or a prime location to build a profitable hospitality brand. This episode proves otherwise. In this episode, you'll learn exactly how one builder went from working as a contractor to owning a luxury micro resort that nets over half a million dollars a year, with no syndication, no partners, and no fancy market. A builder and founder who bootstrapped a five-cabin luxury brand from $90,000 out of pocket joins the show to break down how he did it. Chris Broomfield built Evergreen Cabins in a town of 3,000 people in rural New York, starting with a piece of land bought from a friend and materials scraped from his contracting jobs. Today, the brand has a couple of hundred thousand Instagram followers, a 40,000-person email list, and a portfolio valued at nearly $6 million.
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