Verifying ownership with the resort

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Verifying ownership with the resort (by Nora V.):

I want to rent a timeshare from a redweek ad. I have contacted the owner and have a rental agreement in my hand as well as a copy of a document stating that they own the unit specified in the ad(dated 2006-when purchased).

So I wanted to make sure they STILL owned the unit and called the resort. They told me that they cannot even verify the information that I have(the owners name, address and unit number) because of privacy laws. They said, the owner has to give the resort written consent, in order for the resort to verify ownership with me. So I've asked the owner to do this for me. Hopefully she doesn't mind jumping through another hoop for me.

Thought I would pass this bit of information along, since everything I have read on this forum regarding safe renting practices, says to verify ownership with the resort.