FL Attorney General Makes the Right Moves

Bill McCollum, Florida's Attorney General, has stepped up his focus on consumer education, targeting scams in timeshare sales as among the top ten most problematic areas. His timely actions have drawn the support of the timeshare resales and timeshare rentals advertising company, Sell My Timeshare NOW.

"Timeshare resales offer a great way to own affordable vacation property and they give timeshare owners better control of when and how they buy, rent, or sell timeshare. But people must make informed decisions about the companies they use to help them sell", says Jason Tremblay, CEO of Sell My Timeshare NOW.

The Attorney General of Florida (the state that leads the nation in both timeshare units and timeshare sales), in conjunction with National Consumer Protection Week, identified timeshare sales as an area in which better consumer education is essential. Recommendations from the Attorney General's Office for improving consumer transactions when selling timeshare include selling timeshare by-owner or selling through a licensed real estate broker. McCollum's recommendations are intended to protect timeshare owners who want to sell timeshares from potentially dealing with unethical companies that promote themselves as timeshare sellers but do little or nothing to market the sale of individual timeshare units or weeks.

A recognized leader in timeshare resales and timeshare rentals, Sell My Timeshare NOW, recommends that people who prefer to handle their own timeshare sale work only with an established timeshare advertising and marketing company that can prove its ability to attract a large number of prospective timeshare buyers and timeshare renters. They suggest when selling timeshare by owner that you use a timeshare resales advertising and marketing company that can clearly identify for you: what steps it takes to attract timeshare buyers; how it matches buyers and sellers and what services the timeshare seller pays for and which ones fall to the timeshare buyer.

Sell My Timeshare NOW points out that when working with a licensed real estate broker, you gain the advantage of a broker who is commission motivated and that you pay no fee until your timeshare actually sells. "Different solutions are needed for timeshare sales, depending on the circumstances of the particular property. A licensed timeshare broker, such as our sister company Timeshare Hot Deal, is the best choice for some transactions, while others can successfully be by-owner timeshare sales where a timeshare advertising company assists the seller. Either way, the consumer must be sure he is working only with reputable timeshare companies that have a proven track record," explains Jason Tremblay.

Sell My Timeshare NOW is an internet based marketing and advertising company that offers timeshare owners a way to advertise their timeshare resales or timeshare rentals, attracting over 1.7 million visitors per month to the company's website and more than $274 million in 2007 in offers to buy timeshare or rent timeshare.