78 SBA loans have financed Clarion Inn by Choice Hotels locations since 2015, written by 48 different lenders across 30 states. Half were approved for $2.7M or less, the mix is almost entirely 7(a), and 27% went to owners whose business was under two years old.
A lender that has already underwritten this brand knows the unit economics, the build-out costs, and the franchisor. That is worth more to you than a bigger bank starting from scratch.