Marilyn Bushnell is the Broker and owner of https://www.inns.forsale and Bushnell & Bushnell Services, a real estate brokerage and consulting company dedicated to helping aspiring and current innkeepers achieve their goals in the independent lodging industry.
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Meet Marilyn
She and her late husband, Scott, owned and operated The Lafayette Inn in Easton, PA for 10 years.
Upon selling their bed and breakfast inn, they opened their consulting and real estate business, staying in the industry they loved. Marilyn holds brokerage licenses in several states, working exclusively in the unique lodging industry, nationwide.
During her 25+ years in the innkeeping industry, Marilyn has served as volunteer staff for the Professional Association of Innkeepers International (PAII), the Association of Independent Hospitality Professionals (AIHP), and the Association of Lodging Professionals (ALP). In appreciation of the generous work she and her husband performed for the innkeeping industry, ALP created an endowed innkeeper’s scholarship. She has also served on committees of various Realtors’ organizations.
Marilyn currently lives in Baltimore, MD, where she grew up. Prior to entering the innkeeping trade, she held Human Resources Management positions at McCormick & Co., Gilroy Foods and Procter & Gamble.
Marilyn enjoys traveling, cooking, reading, and great movies when not working at her true avocation in the hospitality industry.
Meet Chuck
Charlotte (Charlie) Anderson and her husband, Chuck have become associates with Marilyn’s brokerage business through their own company, Restoration Hospitality, Inc.
Prior to that, they owned and operated Lucille’s Mountaintop Inn in Sautee, GA, from 2015 – 2020. During that time, they were able to increase both revenue and the property’s overall value by 50%.
After selling their inn and moving around various parts of the country, they returned to the north Georgia mountains and began working with their broker, Marilyn Bushnell, as consultants and later as associates within her organization. Their focus is to help potential buyers (aspiring innkeepers) pursue the dream of inn ownership, and to work with current owners that are ready to sell and move on to other opportunities.
Charlotte focuses more on operations, guest experience, and interior design. Chuck focuses more on finances, marketing, and technical issues. In addition to their significant hands-on experience from Lucille’s, both bring an additional wealth of business and technical acumen from working in a variety of other industries for almost 30 years prior to their time as innkeepers.
When not actively involved in home renovation or hospitality-related projects, they are most often found walking with their dogs somewhere out in the woods or on the beach.
