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Closing company recommendations (by KC):

In a separate post within this very same forum, with a subject topic of "Elite Resort Transfers" (or some such similar name close to that) I have identified three separate closing companies I would recommend. All of them are independent, competent, long established and respected. (I have no personal affiliation with ANY of them, just for the record). All of them also use an attorney for legal review. JRA Services SEEMS to be the least expensive at $275, but since they charge separately for the county recording fees (which Timeshare Transfer does not), JRA usually ends up being just slightly MORE expensive than Timeshare Transfer (at a fixed $300). PCS Closings is a bit more expensive than either of the other two, but is nonetheless eminently honest and competent.

Transfer fees which might be imposed by a resort for an ownership change (...a cost which varies and which can be anywhere from zero to several hundred dollars) are, understandably, NEVER covered within a closing company's fee, regardless of which particular closing entity you utilize. Usually, this is a cost paid directly to the resort by the new owner, although sometimes the buyer will pay it to the resort via the closing company, which will forward that payment to the resort along with the new owner deed copy . "Transfer fees" are a completely unnecessary ripoff, essentially charging a fee to merely change the owner identification information in the resort records. Nonetheless, some resorts and resort "chains" routinely charge such a fee anyhow --- simply because they CAN.

Most closing companies identify at least some specific states in which they will NOT handle closings (usually because of time consuming tax or other paperwork requirements by the state, or other bothersome nuisance requirements). Of the six New England states, for example, I believe that Massachusetts is the one and only state for which TT will handle closings. The "state" of determination for the closing company is the state in which the timeshare itself is physically located, regardless of the state of residency of either the buyer or the seller.

Hope this helps you.