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Re: Successful Resales & Rental Feedback Wanted (by Linda N.):

ken1193 wrote:

janetr197 wrote:

how did you sell?? did you use an on-line firm, a real estate brokeage, sell yourself??

any details would be helpful

I will offer you my two cents' worth and personal experience. First and foremost, do everything YOURSELF. No one is going to help you like you can help YOURSELF and you'll save a lot of money, even though some time and effort is going to be required on your part. Specific details and recommendations follow:

1. Craigslist is free to advertise, but the spammers, scammers and "phishers" are much too numerous there (and seem to be in endless supply). Time is money too --- don't bother with Craigslist , unless you want to waste a lot of time weeding through such chaff (and contacts from fictitious "Nigerian Princes", UK Lottery Winner notifications, and other such nonsense, all looking to somehow steal your money).

2. eBay has essentially become the "global dumping ground" for timeshares of low demand and/or low value. If you are prepared to basically GIVE your timeshare away (and pay eBay lising fees to do so), this is an avenue to at least consider. eBay prices are as low as low can possibly go. However, with at least 1,000+ timeshares advertised on eBay each and every day, yours can still very easily get "lost" in the sheer volume of "offerings" there.

3. I sold off two of my weeks in the past year or so. I sold one week on RedWeek and one week on MyResortNetwork. Yes --- BOTH sites cost money to advertise, but if your timeshare actually DOES have any demand or any significant resale value, the advertising cost is worthwhile. Personally, these are the ONLY two sites I would utilize (or have ever used in the past) to advertise a timeshare which has any real value at all. If it has no real value, you can just offer it as a "bargain basement" giveaway on TUG and/or RedWeek.

Hope some of this input helps you. Good luck.