A BUILDER'S FIELD NOTE
Where Hotel Owners
Lose Money on a Build
Nine specifics — the numbers, clauses, and billing tells that move real money on a select-service build. From the GC's side of the table, for the owner's.
If you've built before, you know the categories already — overruns, change orders, front loaded draws. The field note isn't the categories. It's the specifics underneath them: the percentages, the contract language, and the billing tells that decide whether the money actually holds.
Most of it is decided before you sign and felt long after. I wrote it because I watch owners sign deals all the time that quietly cost them more than they had to — not because they did anything wrong, but because nobody on their side read the deal the way a builder would.
The field note — all nine, in writing
Yours to keep. No email required.
FROM THE DESK OF MIRZA BAIG
Building a hotel right now?
If you've got a hotel project you're working on — choosing a GC, reviewing bids, or in construction — allow me to give it a builder's read before you commit or fund the next draw.
Tell me where you're at and I'll reach out.
I read every one of these personally and reach out directly. No automated calendar, no sales sequence.