![Earle Wason, CCIM, is president and owner of Wason Associates Hospitality Real Estate Brokerage Group, Portsmouth, N.H.](https://nerej.com/img/wordpress/2015/10/Wason_Earle-HospitalityRE-144x150.jpg)
Many tough transactions but one of my favorite was to broker the 58 room Best Western Hotel in Brattleboro, VT. at a price close to $4 million, to a hotel company with a strong business model to grow their company and then brokering through a 1031 tax deferred exchange the 85 room Comfort Inn in Dover, N.H. for nearly $8 million to the seller of the Brattleboro property.