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Steep increases in maintenance fees in 2024 and more anticipated next year due to new Florida laws regarding condos.
Great points...This is why we moved from grand vista to willow ridge.

Thanks for keeping the rofr info updated. I reviewed it before we purchased & knew a EOY had a good chance of passing.
 

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it is a great resource but it could be better. The easy thing going forward would be to give instructions on the entry page to include closing costs and any fees as part of the price listed. For high end options it isn't a big deal but it's make or break for things like GC, WR, GV, HL, etc.
You are 100 percent correct that total cost is very important with the lower priced resorts and especially for EOY’s. There are two dynamics going on, passing ROFR and paying the least amount including all other items to get the first use year. I just purchased an EOY even 3 br GC. I paid 1500 which is in ROFR. I paid escrow fee, transfer fee, recording fee and fee to closing company. This would be relatively consistent across GC purchases. The big difference maker is what MF gets reimbursed to the seller and for the first use year. I paid 2024 MF and I am getting 2024 use. I would not have done this deal any other way. My cost all in was 3300, more than 100 percent about what is in ROFR. Though I would not do this deal, they could have asked for both 2023 & 2024 MF for me to get 2024 use. The seller could have kept 2024/ and use could have started in 2026. Personally, I care about the all in price and justify the purchase by considering the MF of the trades I will go after the first use year and likely get, plus trading costs to get it. If I get a 2 br GO and 2 br Aruba Surf in 2025, places I will go in 2025, I look at this as a 1 year break even.
 
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You are 100 percent correct that total cost is very important with the lower priced resorts and especially for EOY’s. There are two dynamics going on, passing ROFR and paying the least amount including all other items to get the first use year. I just purchased an EOY even 3 br GC. I paid 1500 which is in ROFR. I paid escrow fee, transfer fee, recording fee and fee to closing company. This would be relatively consistent across GC purchases. The big difference maker is what MF gets reimbursed to the seller and for the first use year. I paid 2024 MF and I am getting 2024 use. I would not have done this deal any other way. My cost all in was 3300, more than 100 percent about what is in ROFR. Though I would not do this deal, they could have asked for both 2023 & 2024 MF for me to get 2024 use. The seller could have kept 2024/ and use could have started in 2026. Personally, I care about the all in price and justify the purchase by considering the MF of the trades I will go after the first use year and likely get, plus trading costs to get it. If I get a 2 br GO and 2 br Aruba Surf in 2025, places I will go in 2025, I look at this as a 1 year break even.
I would never pay the previous years fees on an EOY and often that first year's week, and even the next in some cases, tend to have a reduced value due to lack of lead time and frequently inability to get the week desired. The way I interpret it is the fees for an EOY is that year and the next, not the preceding year's fees.
 

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I would never pay the previous years fees on an EOY and often that first year's week, and even the next in some cases, tend to have a reduced value due to lack of lead time and frequently inability to get the week desired. The way I interpret it is the fees for an EOY is that year and the next, not the preceding year's fees.
I agree but some owners believe that if you use an EOY the full MF should be paid. The point isn't if you or I would do this. The point is one doesn't know what the new buyer did when reporting ROFR.
 

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I agree but some owners believe that if you use an EOY the full MF should be paid. The point isn't if you or I would do this. The point is one doesn't know what the new buyer did when reporting ROFR.
Since I know that the fees for an EOY are that year and the next, I'd only agree to such an options for a deal that was screaming overall. It would be illegal in most states to submit ROFR different than the actual agreement but I do know it is done.
 

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I guess there are different views on this, but for our EOY week we pay 50% of full week MFs every year.
So for a resale, I would only expect a buyer to pay the 50% not the 100%?
 

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I guess there are different views on this, but for our EOY week we pay 50% of full week MFs every year.
So for a resale, I would only expect a buyer to pay the 50% not the 100%?
Depends on if you get 100% of the EOY points.
 

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Depends on if you get 100% of the EOY points.
You do not get points on a resale, only if you buy resale or pay to enroll a week with an additional retail purchase. Abound points would be tied to the week so it the EOY week was eligible for points and you had not passed the election window, you'd get the full points regardless of what fees one paid. If one were buying an EOY week retail ,say this year for an odd year week (next week in 2025), you'd pay no fees this year and then half fees in 2025 & 2026. I am not aware of an EOY points package.
 

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Please direct me to the most current list/ sheet of ROFR by property/ size/ season. I see a chart at the beginning of the thread that has a date of 2015…that’s not “it” as of May ‘24 is it??

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Please direct me to the most current list/ sheet of ROFR by property/ size/ season. I see a chart at the beginning of the thread that has a date of 2015…that’s not “it” as of May ‘24 is it??

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I am not sure which list you are looking at, but with
entering Marriott
I get 2024 data (and strangely one showing 2025?!)

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I just lost a 3 bedroom platinum ocean vista week at Marriott Surfwatch to ROFR at $22,000. Looks like Marriott is being aggressive lately. I was really hoping it would pass.
 

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I just lost a 3 bedroom platinum ocean vista week at Marriott Surfwatch to ROFR at $22,000. Looks like Marriott is being aggressive lately. I was really hoping it would pass.
For a 3 BR OV I couldn't imagine that would go through in today's environment.
 

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I had a Marriott Grande Ocean platinum OV ROFR at $21250 plus closing cost.
 

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Seems a TON of high-value weeks (which have lower MF/point ratios) are failing ROFR now - doesn't that bode well for the trust maintenance fee calculations?

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