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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.2


                           APPLE SUITES SPE III, INC.

                                     BYLAWS


                                   ARTICLE I
                            MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

          1.1  Place and Time of Meetings.  Meetings of shareholders shall be
held at such place, either within or without the Commonwealth of Virginia, and
at such time, as may be provided in the notice of the meeting and approved by
the President or the Board of Directors.

          1.2  Annual Meeting.  The annual meeting of shareholders, shall be
held on the second Tuesday in August of each year, or on such date, as may be
designated by resolution of the Board of Directors from time to time for the
purpose of electing directors and conducting such other business as may properly
come before the meeting.

          1.3  Special Meetings.  Special meetings of the shareholders may be
called by the President or the Board of Directors and shall be called by the
Secretary upon demand of shareholders as required by law.  Only business within
the purpose or purposes described in the notice for a special meeting of
shareholders may be conducted at the meeting.

          1.4  Record Dates.  The Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a
record date to make a determination of shareholders entitled to notice of, or to
vote at, any meeting of shareholders, to receive any dividend or for any
purpose, such date to be not more than seventy (70) days before the meeting or
action requiring a determination of shareholders.  If no such record date is set
then the record date shall be the close of business on the day before the date
on which the first notice is given.

          When a determination of shareholders entitled to notice of, or to vote
at, any meeting of shareholders has been made, such determination shall be
effective for any adjournment of the meeting unless the Board of Directors fixes
a new record date, which it shall do if the meeting is adjourned to a date more
than one hundred twenty (120) days after the date fixed for the original
meeting.

          1.5  Notice of Meetings.  Written notice stating the place, day and
hour of each meeting of shareholders and, in case of a special meeting, the
purpose or purposes for which the
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meeting is called, shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty
(60) days before the date of the meeting (except when a different time is
required in these Bylaws or by law) either personally or by mail, courier,
facsimile, email, or other form of wire or wireless communication, to each
shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. Each such notice shall
be deemed effective on: (a) the fifth (5th) business day after being mailed by
United States certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid; (b) the
day when delivered by hand; (c) the first business day after being deposited
with a national overnight courier; or (d) the day when transmitted by facsimile
or email with confirmation of receipt or successful transmission.

          If a meeting is adjourned to a different date, time or place, notice
need not be given if the new date, time or place is announced at the meeting
before adjournment.  However, if a new record date for an adjourned meeting is
fixed, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to shareholders as of the
new record date, unless a court of competent jurisdiction provides otherwise.

          1.6  Waiver of Notice.  A shareholder may waive any notice required by
law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws before or after the date and
time of the meeting that is the subject of such notice.  The waiver shall be in
writing, be signed by the shareholder entitled to the notice, and be delivered
to the Secretary of the Corporation for inclusion in the minutes or filing with
the corporate records.

          A shareholder who attends a meeting waives any objection (a) to lack
of notice or defective notice of the meeting, unless the shareholder at the
beginning of the meeting objects to holding the meeting or transacting business
at the meeting, and (b) to consideration of a particular matter at the meeting
that is not within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice,
unless the shareholder objects to considering the matter when it is presented.

          1.7  Quorum and Voting Requirements.  Unless otherwise required by
law, a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on a matter constitutes a
quorum for action on that matter.  Once a share is represented for any purpose
at a meeting, it is deemed present for quorum purposes for the remainder of the
meeting and for any adjournment of that meeting unless a new record date is or
shall be set for that adjourned meeting.  If a quorum exists, action on a
matter, other than the election of directors, is approved if the votes cast
favoring the action exceed the votes cast opposing the action, unless a greater
number of affirmative votes is required by law.  Directors shall be elected by a
plurality of the votes cast by the shares entitled

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to vote in the election at a meeting at which a quorum is present. Less than a
quorum may adjourn a meeting.

          1.8  Action Without Meeting.  Action required or permitted to be taken
at a meeting of the shareholders may be taken without a meeting and without
action by the Board of Directors if the action is taken by all the shareholders
entitled to vote on the action.  The action shall be evidenced by one or more
written consents describing the action taken, signed by all the shareholders and
delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation for inclusion in the minutes or
filing with the corporate records.  Action taken by unanimous consent shall be
effective according to its terms when all consents are in the possession of the
Corporation, unless the consent specifies a different effective date, in which
event the action taken shall be effective as of the date specified therein
provided that the consent states the date of execution by each shareholder.  A
shareholder may withdraw a consent only by delivering a written notice of
withdrawal to the Corporation prior to the time that all consents are in the
possession of the Corporation.

          If not otherwise fixed pursuant to the provisions of Section, the
record date for determining shareholders entitled to take action without a
meeting is the date the first shareholder signs the consent described in the
preceding paragraph.

                                   ARTICLE II
                                   DIRECTORS

          2.1  General Powers. The Corporation shall have a Board of Directors.
All corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the
business and affairs of the Corporation managed under the direction of, its
Board of Directors, subject to any limitation set forth in the Articles of
Incorporation. Notwithstanding any provision of these Bylaws to the contrary,
the Corporation shall comply with all provisions of its Articles of
Incorporation regarding the Board of Directors, including any provisions
relating to the composition thereof or approval thereby.

          2.2  Number, Term and Election.  The number of directors of the
Corporation shall be a minimum of one (1) and a maximum of five (5).  The number
of directors may be fixed or changed from time to time, within the minimum and
the maximum, by the shareholders or by the Board of Directors.  Only the
shareholders may change the range of the size of the Board of

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Directors or determine whether the Board of Directors shall have a fixed or
variable size. No decrease in number shall have the effect of shortening the
term of any incumbent director. Each director shall hold office until his death,
resignation, retirement or removal, or until his successor is elected.

     Except as provided in Section 2.3 of this Article, the directors (other
than initial directors) shall be elected by the holders of the Common Shares at
the annual meeting of shareholders, and those persons who receive the greatest
number of votes shall be deemed elected even though they do not receive a
majority of the votes cast.  No individual shall be named or elected as a
director without his prior consent.

     2.3  Removal and Vacancies.  The shareholders may remove one or more
directors, with or without cause, if the number of votes cast to remove him
constitutes a majority of the votes entitled to be cast at an election of
directors.  A director may be removed by the shareholders only at a meeting
called for the purpose of removing him and the meeting notice must state that
the purpose, or one of the purposes of the meeting, is removal of the director.

     A vacancy on the Board of Directors, including a vacancy resulting from the
removal of a director or an increase in the number of directors, may be filled
by (a) the shareholders, (b) the Board of Directors or (c) the affirmative vote
of a majority of the remaining directors though less than a quorum of the Board
of Directors, and may, in the case of a resignation that will become effective
at a specified later date, be filled before the vacancy occurs but the new
director may not take office until the vacancy occurs.

     2.4  Annual and Regular Meetings.  An annual meeting of the Board of
Directors, which shall be considered a regular meeting, shall be held
immediately following each annual meeting of shareholders, for the purpose of
electing officers and carrying on such other business as may properly come
before the meeting.  The Board of Directors may also adopt a schedule of
additional meetings which shall be considered regular meetings.  Regular
meetings shall be held at such times and at such places, within or without the
Commonwealth of Virginia, as the President or the Board of Directors shall
designate from time to time.  If no place is designated, regular meetings shall
be held at the principal office of the Corporation.

     2.5  Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be
called by the President or a majority of the directors of the Corporation, and
shall be held at such times and at such places, within or without the
Commonwealth of Virginia, as the person or persons calling

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the meetings shall designate. If no such place is designated in the notice of a
meeting, it shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation.

          2.6  Notice of Meetings.  No notice need be given of regular meetings
of the Board of Directors.

          Notices of special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be given
to each director in person or delivered to his residence or business address (or
such other place as he may have directed in writing) not less than twenty-four
(24) hours before the meeting by mail, courier, facsimile, email, or other form
of wire or wireless communication or by telephoning such notice to him.  Any
such notice shall set forth the time and place of the meeting and state the
purpose for which it is called.

          2.7  Waiver of Notice; Attendance at Meeting.  A director may waive
any notice required by law, the Articles of Incorporation, or these Bylaws
before or after the date and time stated in the notice, and such waiver shall be
equivalent to the giving of such notice.  Except as provided in the next
paragraph of this section, the waiver shall be in writing, signed by the
director entitled to the notice and filed with the minutes or corporate records.

          A director who attends or participates at a meeting waives any
required notice to him of the meeting unless the director, at the beginning of
the meeting or promptly upon his arrival, objects to holding the meeting or
transacting business at the meeting and does not thereafter vote for, or assent
to, action taken at the meeting.

          2.8  Quorum; Voting.  A majority of the number of directors fixed in
these Bylaws shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at a
meeting of the Board of Directors.  If a quorum is present when a vote is taken,
the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present is the act of the
Board of Directors.  A director who is present at a meeting of the Board of
Directors or a committee of the Board of Directors when corporate action is
taken is deemed to have assented to the action taken unless (a) he objects at
the beginning of the meeting, or promptly upon his arrival, to holding it or
transacting specified business at the meeting; or (b) he votes against, or
abstains from, the action taken.

          2.9  Telephonic Meetings.  The Board of Directors may permit any or
all directors to participate in a regular or special meeting by, or conduct the
meeting through the use of, any means of communication by which all directors
participating may simultaneously hear each other

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during the meeting. A director participating in a meeting by this means is
deemed to be present in person at the meeting.

          2.10 Action Without Meeting.  Action required or permitted to be taken
at a meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if the
action is taken by all members of the Board.  The action shall be evidenced by
one or more written consents stating the action taken, signed by each director
either before or after the action taken, and included in the minutes or filed
with the corporate records reflecting the action taken.  Action taken under this
section shall be effective when the last director signs the consent unless the
consent specifies a different effective date, in which event the action taken is
effective as of the date specified therein provided the consent states the date
of execution by each director.

          2.11 Compensation.  The Board of Directors may fix the compensation of
directors and may provide for the payment of all expenses incurred by them in
attending meetings of the Board of Directors.

                                  ARTICLE III
                                    OFFICERS

          3.1  Officers.  The officers of the Corporation shall be a President
and a Secretary and, in the discretion of the Board of Directors, such other
officers as may be deemed necessary or advisable to carry on the business of the
Corporation.  Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

          3.2  Election and Term.  Officers shall be elected at the annual
meeting of the Board of Directors and may be elected at such other time or times
as the Board of Directors shall determine.  They shall hold office, unless
removed, until the next annual meeting of the Board of Directors or until their
successors are elected.  Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice
to the Board of Directors, and such resignation shall be effective when notice
is delivered unless the notice specifies a later effective date.

          3.3  Removal of Officers.  The Board of Directors may remove any
officer at any time, with or without cause.

          3.4  Duties of Officers.  The President shall be the chief executive
officer of the Corporation.  He and the other officers shall have such powers
and duties as generally pertain to their respective offices as well as such
powers and duties as may be delegated to them from time

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to time by the Board of Directors. The President, if present, shall be chairman
of all meetings of the shareholders and the Board of Directors, as well as any
committee of which he is a member.

                                   ARTICLE IV
                               SHARE CERTIFICATES

          4.1  Form.  Shares of the Corporation, when fully paid, may be
evidenced by certificates containing such information as is required by law and
approved by the Board of Directors.  Any share certificates shall be signed by
the President and the Secretary and may (but need not) be sealed with the seal
of the Corporation.  The seal of the Corporation and any or all signatures on a
share certificate may be facsimile.  The validity of a share certificate that
has been duly signed by an officer of the Corporation shall not be affected in
any way in the event that such officer, subsequent to such signature, ceases to
be an officer of the Corporation.

          4.2  Transfer.  The Board of Directors may make rules and regulations
concerning the issue, registration and transfer of certificates representing the
shares of the Corporation.  Transfers of shares and of the certificates
representing such shares shall be made upon the books of the Corporation by
surrender of the certificates representing such shares accompanied by written
assignments given by the owners or their attorneys-in-fact.

          4.3  Restrictions on Transfer.  A lawful restriction on the transfer
or registration of transfer of shares is valid and enforceable against the
holder or a transferee of the holder if the restriction complies with the
requirements of law and its existence is noted conspicuously on the front or
back of the certificate representing the shares.  Unless so noted a restriction
is not enforceable against a person without knowledge of the restriction.

          4.4  Lost or Destroyed Share Certificates.  The Corporation may issue
a new share certificate in the place of any certificate theretofore issued which
is alleged to have been lost or destroyed and may require the owner of such
certificate, or his legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond, with
or without surety, or such other agreement, undertaking or security as the Board
of Directors shall determine is appropriate, to indemnify the Corporation
against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss or
destruction or the issuance of any such new certificate.

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                                   ARTICLE V
                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

          5.1  Corporate Seal.  The corporate seal of the Corporation, if any,
shall be circular and shall have inscribed thereon, within and around the
circumference the full name of the Corporation.  In the center shall be the word
"SEAL" or a substantially similar term.

          5.2  Fiscal Year.  The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be
determined in the discretion of the Board of Directors, but in the absence of
any such determination it shall be the calendar year.

          5.3  Amendments.  Except as otherwise provided by law, these Bylaws
may be amended or repealed, and new Bylaws may be made at any regular or special
meeting of the Board of Directors.  Bylaws made by the Board of Directors may be
repealed or changed and new Bylaws may be made by the shareholders, and the
shareholders may prescribe that any Bylaw made by them shall not be altered,
amended or repealed by the Board of Directors.

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