• The TUGBBS forums are completely free and open to the public and exist as the absolute best place for owners to get help and advice about their timeshares for more than 30 years!

    Join Tens of Thousands of other Owners just like you here to get any and all Timeshare questions answered 24 hours a day!
  • TUG started 31 years ago in October 1993 as a group of regular Timeshare owners just like you!

    Read about our 31st anniversary: Happy 31st Birthday TUG!
  • TUG has a YouTube Channel to produce weekly short informative videos on popular Timeshare topics!

    Free memberships for every 50 subscribers!

    Visit TUG on Youtube!
  • TUG has now saved timeshare owners more than $23,000,000 dollars just by finding us in time to rescind a new Timeshare purchase! A truly incredible milestone!

    Read more here: TUG saves owners more than $23 Million dollars
  • Wish you could meet up with other TUG members? Well look no further as this annual event has been going on for years in Orlando! How to Attend the TUG January Get-Together!
  • Sign up to get the TUG Newsletter for free!

    Tens of thousands of subscribing owners! A weekly recap of the best Timeshare resort reviews and the most popular topics discussed by owners!
  • Our official "end my sales presentation early" T-shirts are available again! Also come with the option for a free membership extension with purchase to offset the cost!

    All T-shirt options here!
  • A few of the most common links here on the forums for newbies and guests!

Selling timeshare in FL, live in SC, buyer in Canada

rothbear

newbie
Joined
Apr 28, 2008
Messages
6
Reaction score
0
Location
South Carolina
I'm hoping I can get some guidance on a rather complicated timeshare sale.

We currently own a week in St. Pete Beach, FL. While there I mentioned we were considering selling our week and was immediately approached by a woman from Ontario, Canada interested in buying it. It's a very lucrative week, apparently, for Canadians who work for the school district and there are no other units for sale in the resort for this week. Anyway, we live in SC (near Charlotte NC) and we are wondering who we would use for closing. Do we need to have someone in FL do this? Or can we use someone near us? Does the fact that the buyer is from Canada make it more complicated? Should we be using a closer experienced in timeshare sales, maybe in FL? And if so, can this be done through the mail or by email? Really don't want to have to drive the 12 hours back down to St. Pete to do this. And if should use someone specializing in this, who would you recommend in the Tampa/St. Pete area?

Help!!!! This unit was deeded to us by MIL about 18 years ago and we have decided that being very close to retirement we really don't need this yearly expense since we rarely stay there, mostly exchange which costs us about $900/year to do with all the RCI/II fees.
 

theo

TUG Review Crew: Veteran
TUG Member
Joined
Mar 21, 2007
Messages
9,117
Reaction score
2,408
Location
New England Coast
Maybe / maybe not...

We have used Lisa @ http://legaltimesharetransfers.com/ for several transfers, they can handle this for you. Greg

I have also utilized this entity several times and echo the recommendation.

That said however, it is my belief that they do not handle any escrow of funds if escrow of money is something which your transaction will require. If I'm mistaken on that point, I'll stand to be corrected.

If you will need escrow of funds, I'd instead suggest either JRA or Timeshare Transfer, Inc. Both are based in FL, both are honest and competent, and both cost essentially the same (about $300, when all is said and done). In any case, the whole matter can be easily handled via mail and Internet.
 

BM243923

TUG Member
Joined
Jun 12, 2006
Messages
524
Reaction score
129
Location
Innisfil, Ontario
Resorts Owned
Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort-Weeks 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 44
I am from Canada and have both sold and purchased timeshares units. Nothing is different, most of the paperwork is handled through email or fax so there should be no problem.

I have used Janet from JRA and everything went smoothly.
 

MaryH

TUG Member
Joined
Jun 9, 2005
Messages
1,485
Reaction score
1
Location
Ottawa, Canada
When I bought a Hyatt Beach House from a broker based on an eBay auction, the closing agent was Janet from JRA. I think she might have charged a few extra dollars due to the fact I am Canadian to cover the additional postage but it was overall a fairly smooth process.
 

M&JJ

TUG Member
Joined
Nov 12, 2007
Messages
95
Reaction score
0
Location
Lethbridge
I am also in Canada and have used Legal Timeshare Transfer for transferring 2 weeks to others and 1 week transferring to myself from someone else. These were all in Las Vegas so not sure if the laws are different in Florida regarding this. My transactions have all been given away so no money changed hands other than the transfer fees.

All of these transactions were handled by email or snail mail for the documents that require original signatures.
 
Top