We sold our AKV contract last July to free up quick cash for home renos to sell our house. Almost a year later, we regret it. We planned to just go to BC or trade via RCI or get a points transfer (still have small contract). But I'm really not interested in paying $ up front for transfers, and it's close to $18-20/point for points that don't expire soon ($10 more than annual fees each time). So, we decided to buy again! We'd likely need at least 100 points/year in the next 5 years, which is $50 per point total over annual fees--and a lot of transfer transactions.
With the kids in college, DH and I plan to take more trips to FL to visit my Mom (at least 1x/quarter). Tagging on 2-4 days at DVC is fun for us. We don't even have to go into the parks. We only need a full week at WDW when kids come, so I'd still trade in via RCI. Looking at WDW hotel pricing (we want to stay at DVC or WDW hotels), we get good value out of DVC studios. Plus, unlike when our kids were in our household, they rarely can commit 6 months out. DVC is so easy to swap out reservations vs. RCI where I'd lose the exchange fee. So, I'm buying back at $20 more than I sold (yikes), but getting 50 free points, which we need, so I'm really paying $15 more as opposing to getting a transfer @$20. I made $25/point when I sold. My fuzzy math says that's OK. I've been looking at AKV contracts from the major brokers and most are either too big a contract, no points until 2022, or points expiring too soon.