32 SBA loans have financed Howard Johnson by Wyndham locations since 1997, written by 26 different lenders across 17 states. Half were approved for $2.5M or less, the mix is a mix of 7(a) and 504, and 28% 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.