The document provides tips for purchasing a timeshare for trading purposes. It recommends buying resale to get a better deal, purchasing a 2-bedroom unit for better trading power, and banking and searching early within exchange systems like RCI to maximize vacation options. It also notes that the location of the owned timeshare does not necessarily limit exchange options, as the author has traded their Arkansas timeshare for desirable locations like Palm Springs and New Orleans. The overall advice is to do research, be patient and persistent, and focus on trading power over initial purchase price to get the most out of timeshare ownership.

1. The Way to Success Timesharing

2. My comments are made on the basis that one is buying
a timeshare for mainly trading purposes. All of the
statements I will make are actual experiences not
something someone said, or I heard somewhere. My
family has been involved in timesharing since 1980. First
my parents then my sisters and myself, now many of my
extended family members own timeshare weeks. I am
average income (work everyday), average intelligence.
So since I did it anyone with patience, a minimum
amount of time, and dedication can achieve the same
results.

3. Before even considering purchasing a timeshare, please
talk to people who have had bad experiences first. This
way you will be leery of everything going on. Better yet
just follow my advice and have no problems at all (just
kidding).

4. After deciding to purchase, remember no matter what
resale is better. My reasoning for this is, there are a lot
of dissatisfied owners out there willing to take a loss just
to get out. So make their mistake your marvel. I have
been and continue to take tours while on vacation just
to stay intuned with the pricing of weeks. I have yet to
find a resort that comes close to fitting into my price
range of $2500.00 - $4000.00. If you are frugal then you
will feel that $8000.00- $2000.00 is way too much to
pay. However if a buyer goes resale through broker or
individual very low prices can be attained. I purchased
my two bedroom, red week/40 at SouthShore Lake
Resort, rated Gold Crown in the RCI

5. exchange system, in HotSprings Arkansas for $2800.00 in
1990. With this week my wife and I have exchanged
within the RCI exchange system without many problems.
Always getting a nice Resort at the desired time. Put a
little time in shopping for a honest broker.

6. Next be sure to buy at a nice resort. This is simple to do
just give RCI a call and ask about the demand for the
resort and week you're interested in purchasing. When
I've done this for family members the counselors have
always been happy to give the information I requested.
You probably already know why, but just in case, better
resorts and weeks give you better trading power.

7. Also get a least a 2brm unit, since only a handful of
resorts offer more than two bedroom anything more is a
waste of money. Getting anything less limits one trading
power depending on the resort, so two bedrooms are
safe.

8. Two more reasons many timeshare owners get disgusted
with their week is banking and searching. First banking,
with RCI which is the only exchange system I'm familiar
with one must bank at least one year in advance to
maximize his trading power. A simple matter, just pay
your maintenance fees and call RCI to space bank your
week. Simple, yes but a great deal of owners wait too
late and that creates disappointment. Next is searching,
this can and has been a small problem sometimes for
working people trying to schedule a vacation. Again
within the RCI system the earlier one starts a search the
better the chance of getting the resort you want. Usually
I can schedule my New Years vacation one

9. year in advance and get a match, other vacations I'm
persistent with RCI on giving me the Resort I want. RCI
says that it dosen't do any good to call back after a
search has been put in however, I've found this to be
untrue on many occasions. There are many counselors
answering the phone at RCI and some will work harder
to get you what and when you want better than others
so I call quite often when I know I have a difficult search
in.

10. A couple of examples are News Years week 1995 I called
until I got the best Resort in Palm Springs, Ca. The Desert
Springs Villas 2/brm. Then New Years 1996 we went to
Hilton Grande Vacation Villas in Las Vegas, Nv another
tough one to match but persistence paid off. Some
people may say this is too much trouble but free phone
calls and a bit of time beats paying hundreds of dollars
per for these accomidations.

11. Just a couple of other things I would like to cover.
Owning in one place and living in another, dosen't
matter. That's how I got my two bedroom week.. The
people I purchased it from moved to Florida and didn't
feel comfortable being away from their home resort,
their loss my gain. Just make sure you get a desirable
Resort, remember a call to RCI will take care of that.

12. Next I am living proof that you don't have to own in Las
Vegas, Hawaii, or Orlando to get outstanding trades. I've
heard for many many years that "you won't always be
able to get trades like that". This may well come to truth
some day but as for now it hasen't. We just recently got
confirmed into the Quarter House in New Orleans for
New Years 1997 week on that cheap ole Arkansas week.

13. Remember to consider these items when deciding to
purchase maintenance fees, deeded property, and fixed
or floating time. So ends my sermon on "KEYS TO
SUCCESSFUL TIMESHARING". Once again all my
suggestions are based on the premise that one is buying
mainly for trading purposes however, they are basic and
should work in most situations.

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