322 SBA loans have financed Howard Johnson locations since 1990, written by 142 different lenders across 38 states. Half were approved for $1.0M or less, the mix is a mix of 7(a) and 504, and 32% 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.