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Gophesjo

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If I buy an EOY 2BR lockoff at Palace View, my MF's for what effectively becomes an annual 1 BR trade deposit is $300 per year. The MF's for my South African 1 BR annual are the same. Assuming that I have no desire to visit Branson, and that I don't use RCI or II - so deposit power issues don't come in to play - but rather get like for like trades through the independents, does anyone have any arguments about why one of the two purchases is better? Up front costs (basically transfer fees) on the Palace View Unit are perhaps a tad bit higher than on an SA unit. Looking forward to your comments!
 

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If I buy an EOY 2BR lockoff at Palace View, my MF's for what effectively becomes an annual 1 BR trade deposit is $300 per year. The MF's for my South African 1 BR annual are the same. Assuming that I have no desire to visit Branson, and that I don't use RCI or II - so deposit power issues don't come in to play - but rather get like for like trades through the independents, does anyone have any arguments about why one of the two purchases is better? Up front costs (basically transfer fees) on the Palace View Unit are perhaps a tad bit higher than on an SA unit. Looking forward to your comments!

Will all of the independents "take" the SA week? I have a marginal week in the backwoods of Idaho and neither SFX or VRI will touch it.

So it seems like Branson might be better that way - but wait dosn't the Palace View have that nasty $1500 closing "deposit" requirement?
 

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Yes, it does have that transfer requirement. Some of the pcc's will fund part or even all of it if you buy their inventory, but it would certainly be a resale issue.

Both Platinum and DAE will take the SA weeks.
 
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