Original Message:
Good advice, but... (by KC):
rosemaryw8 stated in part: >> If you do decide to proceed, perhaps you should ask for the escrow to be conducted through a closing company of YOUR choice. (and then wait to see if the buyer is still interested..........)<< =========================================
Sound enough advice, but remember that while it's negotiable, the customary and standard practice in timeshare transactions is "he/she who selects the closing company PAYS that closing company" (as it should be). eBay mega sellers are an obvious exception to this rule, since they require use of THEIR closing company, either for "contractual" (kickback) reasons or because the "closing company" is often just people within their own operation anyhow, merely using a different business name and making extra bucks on the transaction by doing the closing themselves, usually at rates about $100 higher than the rates charged by an actual professional closing company.
I agree that this whole "interested buyer" story is likely nonsense and the beginning stages of a scam, so this is probably an academic discussion. I'd simply advise the contact that you are completely willing to sell at that price and that you are also willing to pay the closing costs and that YOU will select and pay a closing company of YOUR choice for all of the assoociated deed and escrow services. Doing so will cost you about $300 out of pocket (if the story is legitimate, which is highly unlikely). If it's a scam, the "contact" with an alleged "buyer" will promptly see no way to pull off a scam of any kind with a third party professional closing company being involved. Reaching that conclusion, lo and behold, the "deal" AND the alleged "interested buyer" will suddenly just disappear entirely...