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A theory... (by KC):
jayjay wrote:I've never heard of a transfer that took 12 months.
Based on the limited information provided, one possible scenario / explanation which I can envision here (..and I readily admit that it's nothing more than an educated guess) is that the "marketing company", much like the practices common to some "PostCard Companes", may have actually *intended* to find a buyer (on eBay or elsewhere), knowingly and willfully declining to record the quit claim deed in the meantime(showing THEM as grantee) UNTIL such time as that new buyer was (hopefully) found. At that time, the OP "quit claim" deed could be promptly recorded and then be (virtually immediately) followed by a warranty deed recorded in the name of a new buyer / grantee. Writing the "...up to 12 months" time period into the contract was likely consciously and deliberately done by the marketeers NOT because it ever takes that long to actually record a deed (it certainly doesn't --- not anywhere), but instead to "buy" themselves plenty of time to go out and find a new owner / buyer / grantee. By this strategy, the cagey "marketing company" would keep itself legally detached and "off the hook" from any and all maintenance fees, etc. which would accrue. However, maybe when tough economic times (and an increasingly cautious and skittish timeshare buyer populace) perhaps "starved" the marketing company out of viability, perhaps they simply decided then to just give up, close their doors and walk away.
Imho, once again, competent legal counsel should be sought before concocting any creative "self-prescribed solutions" --- some of which could potentially constitute outright fraud. No need to create bigger problems than those already sitting right there on the table now. Creating more "wrongs" won't magically make this matter "right".....