I won an Ebay auction from a seller called timeshareconnection_0. The contract they sent me was from Timeshare Connections in Tennessee and I think the closing company is VP Title. The price was only $1.00 but my usage doesn't start until 2019 and the seller said that the 2018 maintenance fees have been paid but I've learned that fees have only been paid through 12/31/2017. Has anyone had any experience with Timeshare Connections or VP Title? The BBB gives VP Title an F rating with lots of complaints.
I believe that VP Title is the closing entity which was / is utilized by PostCard Company (PCC) GroupWise, among others. Family member had a low cost Groupwise transaction 6-7 years ago in which VP Title handled the closing (without any problems, iirc). However, this single observation about VP Title admittedly provides no useful info regarding "Timeshare Connections" --- I've never even heard of them.
Is this maybe a EOY (odd years) interval? If so, seller could be playing word games by claiming that "2018 maintenance fees have been paid", when it
might actually be (in a EOY odd years ownership) that no 2018 maintenance fees are due or collected at all in the first place. Otherwise, it's unclear to me how the 2018 maintenence fees could already be paid, since most 2018 mf bills have not even been issued yet --- mine haven't, several different resorts.
I would demand an estoppel of recent issuance, prepared and signed and dated by the resort (i.e., not something "manufactured in house" by the seller).
Estoppel should verify ownership details and current owner account status (although seller may understandably redact owner name and details).
Without estoppel documentation, I'd personally be inclined to just walk (or run) away, since the account status facts seem to be in question here. YMMV.