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	<img align="right" alt="" src="~url~/uploads/image/islander-lopez-marina-resort.jpg" style="margin: 10px 0px 10px 20px; float: right;" />Islander Lopez Marina Resort</h2>
<p>If you are as old as I am you might remember the song, &quot;Never make a beautiful woman your wife.&quot; Sometimes that concept refers to real estate.&nbsp; The Islander is located on beautiful Lopez island, known as &quot;the bicycle island,&quot;&nbsp; in the Northwest&#39;s San Juan Islands.&nbsp; When we purchased the Islander, it was closed; it consisted of 28 hotel rooms, a 300 seat restaurant and a 40 slip marina, all in need of significant repair.&nbsp; Not only did we buy the real estate, we bought the business and the learning curve was dramatic.</p><p>I believe we did a good job on the rehabilitation, our customers loved us, but in the end the Island&#39;s school year population was only 1300 and our season was too short.&nbsp; Not doing our market research was a punishing lesson but I love that project; she remains today a &quot;beautiful woman.&quot;</p>