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Re: Considering to Buy a Timeshare (by Lance C.):

albert8 wrote:

And I would repeat a previous question. How does one know that a resale or rental posted on Red Week is a scam or not? Does Redweek have some kind of screening process to screen out the scams?

I wouldn't know the answers to your other questions but as for the scam, chances are between very slim and nil that ads posted on RedWeek are a scam. Anyone who posts an ad has to pay a $14.99 annual membership fee plus $60 to post a For Sale ad. I don't think anyone is going to go to those lengths to scam someone. Besides, anyone posting an ad here on RedWeek has to provide a credit card number. Any scam from any member can be traced back to his credit card info so that's a big risk for anyone trying to pull a scam here.

For added protection, if you're the buyer, you pay the closing company which is usually a licensed real estate broker. Then after the closing company completes all the legal documents, it sends the funds from the sale to the previous owner.

So using RedWeek and a licensed closing company will likely help you avoid any scam.