EXHIBIT 23.7

                       L.P. MARTIN & COMPANY [LETTERHEAD]

                      Consent of Independent Accountants

The Board of Directors
Apple Suites, Inc.
Richmond, Virginia


         We  consent to (1) the use of our report  dated  November  7, 1999 with
respect  to the  balance  sheets of the  Homewood  Suites  Hotel - Jackson as of
December 31, 1998 and 1997 and the related  statements of income,  shareholders'
equity and cash flows for the years then ended,  (2) the use of our report dated
November 7, 1999 with  respect to the  combined  balance  sheets of the Homewood
Suites  Acquisition  Hotels (as  described  therein) as of December 31, 1998 and
1997 and the related  combined  statements of income,  shareholders'  equity and
cash flows for the years then ended,  (3) the use of our report dated August 23,
1999  with  respect  to the  combined  balance  sheets  of the  Homewood  Suites
Acquisition  Hotels (as described  therein) as of December 31, 1998 and 1997 and
the related combined statements of income,  shareholders'  equity and cash flows
for the years then ended,  and (4) 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 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 a  Post-Effective  Amendment on Form S-11 filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission by Apple Suites,  Inc., and to the references
to our firm as "experts" therein.



                                            /s/ L.P. Martin & Co, P.C.

Richmond, Virginia
September 20, 2000