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Job brief

Turn owner questions into a one-page answer

How and who for the hotel job—verified when attested.

When the owner texts five questions on a Sunday, I want one page Monday morning so I am not rebuilding the P&L in the lobby.

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Scoped brief

Five numbers and one decision. Ledgerlight-shaped accounting can emit it after audit. Ashcroft will tell you which three lines actually move the year. The GM still writes the risk in English.

Outcome
A Monday one-pager: occupancy, ADR, GOP bridge, the one risk, the one decision. Arrives the morning after audit.
Catalog budget band
$8k–$8k/month retainer or a ledger shape. A worksheet range, not a quote.
Catalog timeline
2–4 weeks to a trusted Monday. Not a promise.

  1. Step 1

    Pick the five numbers

    Occupancy, ADR, pickup vs last year, GOP vs budget, cash. Not forty.

  2. Step 2

    Add one risk and one ask

    The owner should know what can break and what you need. That is the whole letter.

  3. Step 3

    Time it to the audit, not the 20th

    A pack on the 22nd is an archaeology report. Morning-after is a steering wheel.

  4. Step 4

    Keep reimbursables visible

    Hidden reimbursables are how owners stop trusting the pack.

Provider shortlist

  1. People

    Ashcroft Asset Advisors

    Owner asset management

    Catalog score 8.8. A post-job shape, not a verification. Stable id ashcroft.

  2. Software· demo

    Ledgerlight Accounting

    Hotel accounting & night audit export

    Catalog score 7.8. A post-job shape, not a verification. Stable id ledgerlight.

  3. People

    Meridian Ops Partners

    Demand recovery & occupancy

    Catalog score 8.7. A post-job shape, not a verification. Stable id meridian-ops.

  4. Software

    Folio One

    Owner one-pagers from PMS + bank

    Catalog score 8.1. A post-job shape, not a verification. Stable id folio-one.

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    A metric, before and after, and the dates. It is shown as reported until a person checks the evidence. Verified Outcome is not insurance.

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AdviceIf the owner cannot read it on a phone, it is not a one-pager.

Name a verified-outcome priceSit a 30-minute pilotHow ranking works

Situation

What is actually on fire

The owner packet is 18 slides. The Monday call is archaeology. PMS and the bank disagree in a footnote.

Approaches

Two or three paths — with the give

One page: occ, GOP, cash, three questions

When. Night audit closes and a human will reconcile the fight

You give. No investor portal

Brand deck

When. The operator wants theater

You give. The owner will not read it

Hold and list the three questions they actually ask

When. You do not know what the owner opens first

You give. One call of listening

Who to involve

  • · Owner
  • · GM
  • · Controller
  • · Night audit

First 7 days

YAML-shaped: day / theme / tasks / owner / risk / exit. Advice until a case is verified.

  1. day: 1

    Write the fail in one sentence

    • · Write the fail in one sentence. Job: Turn owner questions into a one-page answer.
    owner:
    Owner / asset manager
    risk:
    The exit is not written down
    exit:
    A note the next shift can open

  2. day: 2

    Pull the last 7 days of the live number

    • · Pull the last 7 days of the live number. If it is missing, that absence is the finding.
    owner:
    Owner / asset manager
    risk:
    The exit is not written down
    exit:
    A note the next shift can open

  3. day: 3

    Name who owns the workaround today (desk,

    • · Name who owns the workaround today (desk, HK, night audit, owner).
    owner:
    Owner / asset manager
    risk:
    The exit is not written down
    exit:
    A note the next shift can open

  4. day: 4

    Walk one peak hour

    • · Walk one peak hour. Write what the system claims vs what the floor did.
    owner:
    Owner / asset manager
    risk:
    The exit is not written down
    exit:
    A note the next shift can open

  5. day: 5

    Ask vendors the worksheet questions

    • · Ask vendors the worksheet questions. Discard anyone who cannot answer with a caveat.
    owner:
    Owner / asset manager
    risk:
    The exit is not written down
    exit:
    A note the next shift can open

  6. day: 6

    Pick one approach

    • · Pick one approach. Write when-not-to-buy on the same page.
    owner:
    Owner / asset manager
    risk:
    The exit is not written down
    exit:
    A note the next shift can open

  7. day: 7

    Run the smallest test that would change Mo

    • · Run the smallest test that would change Monday. No annual contract yet.
    owner:
    Owner / asset manager
    risk:
    The exit is not written down
    exit:
    A note the next shift can open

Decision worksheet

Questions, red flags, bands

Take this to a vendor call. Budget bands are Advice — a Harbor shape, not a quote.

Ask the vendor

  1. 1. Who types the status / number — a person, or your product?
  2. 2. What would have happened anyway in 90 days without you?
  3. 3. Show a property of this size and stack. Demo-labeled categories do not count as proof.
  4. 4. What can your agent never do (folio post, mark clean, change a rate)?
  5. 5. What is the kill-switch if guest comments move?

Red flags

  • · A dashboard nobody opens.
  • · Hiding incentive fees in ‘other.’
  • · Letting the manager pick the story.

When not to buy. A 40-line manager pack that lands on the 22nd.

Do it in-house

Time and a named owner. No vendor. Use the 7-day plan first.

$8k–$8k/month retainer or a ledger shape

Typical Harbor band for this job — advice, not a quote.

Full program

People + system + 90-day proof. Only if the 7-day plan already failed.

Vendor checklist

Score the call. Keep it on this browser.

Weighted questions — yes/no, scale, or text. Must-pass ids persist on this browser. Pass threshold 70. A no on a must-pass is a walk-away — not a maybe.

Brand
Stack shape — not a partnership

  1. property context · weight 2 · must pass

    Can they name your key count and whether you are independent, soft-brand, or major — without a discovery theater?

  2. property context · weight 2 · must pass

    Do they treat your PMS as a shape (Opera-class / Mews-class / Cloudbeds-class) — not a fake partnership slide?

  3. control · weight 3 · must pass

    Who types the status / number — a person, or your product?

  4. vendor · weight 2

    What would have happened anyway in 90 days without you?

  5. vendor · weight 2

    Show a property of this size and stack. Demo-labeled categories do not count as proof.

  6. vendor · weight 2

    What can your agent never do (folio post, mark clean, change a rate)?

  7. vendor · weight 2

    What is the kill-switch if guest comments move?

Does not clear

0 / 100

must_pass: owner-one-pager-ctx-rooms, owner-one-pager-ctx-stack, owner-one-pager-q1

A must-pass failed. Walk away.

How

The brief

Five numbers and one decision. Ledgerlight-shaped accounting can emit it after audit. Ashcroft will tell you which three lines actually move the year. The GM still writes the risk in English.

  1. Step 1

    Pick the five numbers

    Occupancy, ADR, pickup vs last year, GOP vs budget, cash. Not forty.

  2. Step 2

    Add one risk and one ask

    The owner should know what can break and what you need. That is the whole letter.

  3. Step 3

    Time it to the audit, not the 20th

    A pack on the 22nd is an archaeology report. Morning-after is a steering wheel.

  4. Step 4

    Keep reimbursables visible

    Hidden reimbursables are how owners stop trusting the pack.

Tradeoffs

  1. Morning-after one-pager

    You get. A calmer Sunday text thread

    You give. A GM who must write in English

  2. Full USALI pack only

    You get. Completeness

    You give. An owner who opens nothing

Pitfalls

  • · A dashboard nobody opens.
  • · Hiding incentive fees in ‘other.’
  • · Letting the manager pick the story.

Success criteria

  • · Pack in the owner inbox the morning after audit.
  • · Five numbers, one risk, one ask.
  • · Owner can reply without a meeting.

Who

Ranked for this job

Rank is post-job score, then listed order. Not for sale. Software marked demo is an archetype.

Agencies & contractors

Systems

AI agents

None ranked in AI agents yet. Harbor will not invent a provider.

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When to pick whom

People do the work beside the desk. Software is a system — demo-labeled when it is a category shape. Agents draft; they do not post money or mark a room clean.

ProviderKindScoreFeePick whenWalk away when
Ashcroft Asset AdvisorsPeople
8.8
$25–60k engagement or $8k/month retainerOwners who want a second set of books that is not the manager's.Branded flags looking for a PIP vendor.
Meridian Ops PartnersPeople
8.7
$18–32k sprint, or $4.5k/week embedGMs who need a time-boxed occupancy recovery with a grown-up rate posture.Full-service branded hotels looking for a new management company.
Ledgerlight AccountingSoftware· demo
7.8
Demo · $250–600 / monthOwner-operators tired of a generic bookkeeper file.Multi-brand portfolios with a shared-service finance team.
Folio OneSoftware
8.1
$180–$320 / monthOwners who want the truth on one page, not a deck.Asset managers who need a branded investor portal.

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Evidence

Peer case studies

Owner / asset
8.9

A 3.2-point incentive, reset

Eastbound · 178 keys · Kansas City, MO

Claim.
Incentive reset without firing a GM the owner liked.
Evidence.
24 months of fees vs owner cash; redline on hurdle and pack date.
Caveat.
This was not a sale. A different operator was not the product.

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Verified
Owner / asset
8.6

Two GOP points, sleeping product untouched

The Annex · 164 keys · Chicago, IL

Claim.
Two GOP points without cutting the sleeping product.
Evidence.
Owner pack vs energy, mix, and rooms-labor lines; comment watch held.
Caveat.
Not 4 points. The attendant-cut slide would have made the number and broken the house.

Read the case

Verified
Owner / asset
8.2

Monday, one page, no lobby rebuild

Lakehouse · 52 keys · Traverse City, MI

Claim.
A Monday page the owner will open.
Evidence.
Inbox timestamps vs audit close for six weeks.
Caveat.
Needs a clean night-audit close. Garbage in is still a novel.

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