EXHIBIT 24
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L.P. MARTIN & COMPANY
A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
MEMBERS CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS MEMBERS
VIRGINIA SOCIETY OF 4132 INNSLAKE DRIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS GLEN ALLEN, VIRGINIA 23060 CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
LEE P. MARTIN, JR., C.P.A. PHONE: (804) 346-2626 ROBERT C. JOHNSON, C.P.A.
WILLIAM L. GRAHAM, C.P.A. FAX: (804) 346-9311 LEE P. MARTIN, C.P.A. (1948-76)
BERNARD G. KINZIE, C.P.A.
W. BARCLAY BRADSHAW, C.P.A.
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Independent Auditors' Report
The Board of Directors
Apple Suites, Inc.
Richmond, Virginia
We consent to the use of our report dated May 31, 2000 with respect to the
combined balance sheets of the Homewood Suites Acquisition Hotels (as described
therein as the hotels in Boulder, Colorado and Malvern, Pennsylvania) as of
December 31, 1999 and 1998 and the related combined statements of income,
shareholders' equity and cash flows for the years then ended, for inclusion in
Reports by Apple Suites, Inc. on Form 8-K and Form 8-K/A filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ L. P. Martin & Co., P.C.
Richmond, Virginia
July 14, 2000
