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Re: Diamond Interval Services (by Henry V.):

I was just contacted by Diamond Interval Services yesterday claiming they had an interested buyer. The person on the phone claimed they are a broker. I then asked to speak to the buyer personally. A lady by the name of "Angelina" called me and although she has never been to my resort she is interested in it. She then proceeded to go through a very complicated loan sale back procedure she was involved in. Since I'm not interested in her financial scams I told her if she is interested in the unit she should make an offer. Of course, I thought this was the end but today I received a call from the broker by the name of "Tracy Wilson". She reiterated that her buyer was interested and if I took their offer whether I would chose to close with them. I've handled enough real estate transactions to know only to close through First American Title - a reputable national title firm that does business with RedWeek. She then said that the buyer had to agree to this too. So I said that I would only do the sale if the closing was with a national title company whose name I recognized. I'm assuming now I won't hear from them again. I'm posting this experience so other buyers can be aware of scams like this where there is a lot of danger of disclosing financial information to a third party that you know nothing about and the dangers of wiring money to these fake companies. Also, if you are speaking to a broker get their broker number because then you can check if they are truly licensed to do business as they say.