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Good morning! I'm a first time renter, and am in the final steps to renting a timeshare directly from the owner. He has furnished me a short term rental agreement to sign (he has already signed it), and has asked that I sign and deliver it back to him along with a check for the full amount of the rental. Everything seems legit, but as this is our first time we are still nervous. I don't have any evidence that he legitimately owns the timeshare, and the address he asked us to send the payment to is a PO Box. To anyone here that has rented before, is the standard process to pay in full first, and then wait to receive a confirmation email? Is there anything I can ask for as evidence of ownership that would be considered the normal course of business? Or would it be normal to ask the owner to have a short phone conversation? Any suggestions or insight would be much appreciated!