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Jim is a great connector of people and resources in the hospitality industry. For more than 30 years, he organized and ran “Meet the Money®”, an annual national hotel finance conference which served as a gateway for consumers of capital to meet providers of capital.&nbsp;

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The Boutique Hotel Investment Conference: Redefining Investment in Boutique &amp; Luxury Hotels, June 4, 2025

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2024 Lodging Conference: Game Plan for Upcoming Loan Maturities, October 9, 2024

myLawCLE: California’s New Junk Fees Law and FTC Proposed Rule on Unfair and Deceptive Fees, July 18, 2024

Midland Loan Services: California Law for Lenders with Distressed Assets, October 17, 2023

The Lodging Conference: EB-5 Is Back! What Does That Mean for Hotel Developers?, September 21, 2022

California Lodging Investment Conference: Hotel Investment: Opportunity Now, March 10, 2022

The Lodging Conference: Luxury and Upper Upscale: Breaking New Ground, September 28, 2021

[CLIC] Connect with Jim Butler of JMBM, June 24, 2021

Why so many are looking at Commercial PACE (C-PACE) financing now, June 22, 2021

BLLA Boutique Hotel Investment Conference: Independent Boutique Hotels: The Keys for Success, June 2, 2021

California Lodging Investment Conference 2021: Hotel Investment In A COVID-19 World, March 4, 2021

Update on Hotels in CMBS Special Servicing: What's Next in Round Two?, February 18, 2021

2021 Special Servicer Meetup, February 10, 2021

Mandatory COVID vaccination for hotel workers: What can (and should) hotel employers do?” January 27, 2021

Hotel Business: Hospitality in the Time of Coronavirus: Solutions for Our Industry, April 2, 2020

West Institutional Real Estate Investor Forum: how to preserve value and make opportunistic investments in the event of a downturn, June 5, 2019

The Lodging Conference: Navigating the EB-5 Landscape, October 30, 2017

EB5 Investors Magazine’s 2017 Convention: Are Hotels Still the Darling of EB-5? How to Structure a Hotel Deal? Are Hotel Projects Still Viable?, July 27, 2017

2016 New York EB-5 Convention, July 17, 2016

NYU Hotel Conference: Hotel Management and Franchise Agreements, June 6, 2016

Hospitality Asset Managers Association: Recent Litigation and Legal Developments Over Termination of Long-Term Hotel Management Agreements, September 16, 2015

2015 California EB-5 Conference: Welcome to the Hotel California: Use of EB-5 in Hotel Projects, Specific Challenges to the Hotel Industry, August 3, 2015

EB-5 Conference: Hotel Development, January 17, 2015

Hospitality Asset Managers Association Fall 2013 Meeting, September 25, 2013

The Lodging Conference: The New Explosion of Hotel-Retail Mixed-Use, September 18, 2013

Urban Land Institute: Back to the Future: The Renaissance of Hotel-Retail and Other Mixed Use, February 20, 2013

Artisan Business Group: The National EB-5 Investment Boot Camp, November 11, 2011

The Lodging Conference 2011, September 21, 2011

The Lodging Conference: Structuring Opportunistic Investments in Troubled Hotels, September 23, 2010

Terranea Resort Case Study, July 22, 2010

The Lodging Conference's Think Tank: Value of a Hotel or Vacation Club in a Mixed-Use Development, September 25, 2009

Bay Area Income Property Lending Conference: Keynote Address, November 18, 2008

Southern California Hotel &amp; Lodging Conference: Panel of Industry Leaders, June 6, 2008

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