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Some thoughts... (by Pat W.):

Donate for a Cause if a legitimate service company able to assist in getting your timeshare. I submitted my timeshare in June of last year. Took a while (and I did have to pay I believe $1900 or something like that) for the closing cost, but my timeshare in Maui was tranferred over. They were able to get my appraisal of the property back to me. I was able to successfully write off the closing cost, the appraised value (which was $9000, and $299 which we paid for the appraisal. In total, I was able to deduct a little over $10,000 from my charitable donation. Before I committed to DFAC, I did a lot of research - Called my personal tax rep, Called Austin Income Tax Services to make sure it was legit. Contacted American Heart Association, Kidney Assoc, and Cancer Center to inquire about their involvement with DFAC, read several reviews regarding DFAC to see what other people were saying. So yes DFAC is legit, you can write off all monies donated for this charity. In an earlier posting however, someone mentioned 'Donate for a Cause Now'. I can't say that's the same as Donate for a Cause. Also initially I didn't have to pay anything but they couldn't sell it, so I went the guaranteed way, which means you pay something up front. It was worth it for me - my maintenance fees were $1148 and going on. We've owned the timeshare for over 10 years so we got our money worth. Hope this helps. Sorry it was so long.