I've stayed at Tahiti village a couple of times and thought that it was okay. Otherwise I'll stay at Marriott's Grand Chateau which I prefer.
Tahiti Village can trade with either Interval or RCI. They have two restaurants (a Denny's in front and one of their own inside) plus a lazy river and sand entry pool. They also have a bar and a pool side bar. It is on the lower end of the "strip" but they have (or had) hourly shuttles and there is also a bus stop in front. So, it is a nice-enough place. And my perception is that the Maintenance Fees (MF) are fairly low (check out listings on ebay or Redweek). And I think that most or all ownerships are probably weeks 1-49 or 1-50.
When I look on ebay, I see these units sometimes going for a dollar and often with all closing costs paid for by the seller. If you sign up with RCI, you'll be assigned TPU's (kind of like points) for exchange purposes. Maybe someone with more knowledge can provide info on the number of TPU's you'd be assigned and compare it to the Grandview. If you sign up with Interval you can exchange your week for someone else's week.
Exchanging? Although there is a learning curve, it isn't all that hard IMHO. I have about 80 successful exchanges under my belt. If you read various TUG posts you'll understand the "best practices". (reserve the highest demand unit you can, be prepared to exchange into a lower demand season, put it a request a year or more in advance, be flexible, be realistic, manually check frequently on RCI or II, etc.). If you are acquiring a 1 BR, the one with the full kitchen should trade better than the smaller one with a limited kitchen. A 2 BR has (according to a couple of listings on ebay) a MF of around $1100 a year and will trade better than the one BR units.
One downside of Tahiti Village is that when you eventually want to dispose of it, you'd probably have to pay all of the closing costs and essentially give it away for free.
