| Timeshares over time have received a bad rap. | | | | caveat emptor. Do your research into similar |
| When you go to Hawaii you can get 50 to 75% | | | | accommodations in the same area before you |
| off the price of most activities by attending time | | | | buy that timeshare. |
| share sales presentations. | | | | After you buy the timeshare there may come a |
| And then it becomes a number game, which the | | | | day that you may want to sell the timeshare.And |
| time share sales people know by heart. 1 in 100 | | | | nobody wants it. |
| attendees probably buys and has to pay for all | | | | What now? You try Ebay, but your timeshare is |
| the discounts given to the other 99 attendees | | | | not during high season but during low season and |
| and the salesman's commission. | | | | it is in Brampton Missouri. |
| That's why it is not a good idea to buy a | | | | When you try to sell it you find out that there |
| timeshare at these presentations. You can buy | | | | are 945 other timeshares for sale on Ebay. |
| good timeshares at resale timeshare companies | | | | So there you are with a timeshare you are bored |
| and there are quite a few available on the Web | | | | with after 10 years and you can't give it away |
| today. | | | | and you are still saddled with the annual |
| You can buy them at 50 to 30 cents on the dollar | | | | maintenance costs.. |
| and even at those discounts you have to be very | | | | Most people at this point will just walk away. Pity! |
| careful that you get value for your money. | | | | Just give it away. |
| Because; | | | | Yes you can, there are now charitable |
| You now have a fixed place to go to every year. | | | | organizations that will take your timeshare. |
| If that turns you on, good for you. | | | | So why donate your timeshare? |
| There is a yearly maintenance fee that can be | | | | No Cost to You |
| fairly steep. You may be able to get similar | | | | Fast and Easy Process |
| accommodations in the same area at a hotel for | | | | Get a Tax Write-off |
| the same amount as the maintenance costs for | | | | Save Money in Broker's Fees |
| the timeshare WITHOUT BUYING A TIMESHARE. | | | | No More Maintenance fees, Taxes or Special |
| To make timeshares more palatable to the | | | | Assessments |
| general public there are some new twists such as: | | | | Why should you donate rather than sell? |
| A timeshare that you can only use one week | | | | There are literally thousands of timeshare owners |
| every 2 years. | | | | eager to sell their timeshare. |
| That way the annual maintenance fee does not | | | | Listen to this scam, it's a real doozie. |
| seem so high. | | | | Many owners have been roped into paying a |
| And then there is the rotating timeshare so | | | | listing company an upfront fee of $300 to $1000 |
| you're not bound to a specific time every year. | | | | to list their timeshares for sale. Typically, a listing |
| But you don't find out how much of a hassle it is | | | | company representative is able to talk the seller |
| to get your desired week until you try to fill out | | | | into the listing price by saying the timeshare has a |
| the paperwork. | | | | resale value many times the actual amount. |
| How about the new "Destination Clubs"? | | | | Some people cannot believe that their timeshare |
| At first, they seem like time shares, but the "club" | | | | is actually worth so little. Once the seller pays the |
| says they're completely different. Most prices are | | | | listing fees, the timeshare does not sell because |
| sky high, up to $1,000,000 -- but there are clubs | | | | of the unbelievably inflated price. At the end of |
| offering memberships from $4,000 to $20,000 a | | | | the one-year listing contract, the agent calls the |
| year. They say if you decide to leave the club, | | | | seller and attempts to get them to re-list for |
| you'll get 80 percent of whatever the current | | | | another $300 to $1000. |
| membership sells for, thus gaining equity. | | | | In the meantime the seller has not made |
| They have many names, but in actual fact you're | | | | arrangements to use the timeshare, expecting it |
| still buying into a program that qualifies you to use | | | | to sell. In addition to listing fees the seller has also |
| a hotel room, resort, condo, home, airplane or | | | | been paying maintenance fees and taxes on the |
| houseboat or other domicile for a set period of | | | | property. |
| time every year, ranging generally from one | | | | Often times a seller will spend $4000 trying to sell |
| week to several weeks. | | | | a property that will eventually sell for only $1,000 |
| In Cabo San Lucas Mexico a 1500 sq foot 1 week | | | | to $4,000. |
| oceanfront timeshare with all the bells and whistles | | | | By making the timeshare a charitable donation |
| sells for $35,000 which will give you the use of | | | | donors can get rid of their property in a matter |
| the timeshare for 20 years. On top of that you | | | | of weeks at no cost to themselves while getting |
| pay another $1200 per year maintenance. | | | | a tax write-off. By donating, timeshare owners |
| So for 20 weeks use of this oceanfront property | | | | capitalize on their profits while also assisting |
| you pay a total of $59,000 being $2950 per | | | | charitable organizations. |
| week. | | | | Before you give away your timeshare spend half |
| The question then becomes; can I get a 1500 sq | | | | an hour with an accountant or a tax lawyer. |
| foot oceanfront condo for $2950 a week? So | | | | It will pay for itself. |