Condotels don't pencil out

Flickr photo by Tomás Fano.

Despite the oversized ego, I've been a big fan of Donald Trump. After all, how many real estate developers have created a "brand" out of a family name? Once, when I interviewed him, he told me putting "Trump" on a building created a huge premium as compared to, for example, an equivalent apartment unit built by someone else.

So it was with some dismay as I watched him over the past few years try to carve his way through the world of condo hotels, now often advertised as "condotels." This product has been on my watch list as one of the worst real estate investments ever created for the simple reason ...

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