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Re: Anyone know anything about Finn Law Group? (by KC):

patg247 wrote:

Has anyone used this company and actually got out of the contract and possibly money back. Thanks for any advice

I have personally met Michael Finn on several occasions and he is a very good attorney and a strong consumer advocate. He knows as much (or more) about the inner workings of the timeshare industry as anyone I've ever met in my 35 + years of association with timeshares. The fact that timeshare developers don't like Mike Finn speaks well for him in and of itself; he is willing to expose their "man behind the curtain" practices and take them on in battle when appropriate.

That being said, Mike Finn is an attorney --- not a magician. There are NO magical escapes from a legally binding obligation into which you freely and voluntarily CHOSE to enter.

Mike Finn might represent you if you want to pay him to attempt to negotiate a release from your contractual obligation. His legal services will cost you money and understand very clearly right upfront that you are certainly NOT getting any money back in ANY scenario --- with or without legal representation. The best that you can hope for is a negotiated release from your contractual legal obligation. If there is a unpaid loan involved, all bets are off; legal representation cannot and will not make that debt somehow just magically disappear.

You would be well advised to contact Finn's office in Largo, FL to find out for yourself if he would even be willing to represent you at all in your particular situation. If he can't help you, he'll tell you so. He's a busy guy and he is certainly not hungry for your business.

By the way, if your timeshare is fully paid off and your fees are completely up to date, the FIRST thing you should do is look into the possibility of a "deedback" to your resort by contacting your HOA directly. You don’t need ANY middleman to help you do that. However, if you have a unpaid loan or unpaid maintenance fee bills, “deedback” is not an available option.

Whatever you do, DO NOT get involved with ANY of the (too many) useless upfront fee “exit / relief / escape / rescue” operations. Very few of those parasites even have or use licensed attorneys in the first place. In my opinion, the “exit” parasites are all just expensive and useless opportunists who won’t ever actually accomplish anything —- except to take your money and then just let you ultimately be foreclosed upon. If you are already willing to let foreclosure occur, then you don’t actually have to pay anyone a penny anyhow. Foreclosure is inevitable at some point after you stop paying maintenance fees. Be smart. Good luck.