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Plain-language guidance on timeshare cancellation, consumer protection, and how to protect yourself from the industry's sharper edges.
Here at Finn Law Group, we’ve had significant success in protecting the rights of our clients from companies who use unfair and deceptive trade practices against consumers. While much of our focus is concentrated around timeshare and real estate disputes, we’re always interested in learning about other trends in the world of consumer protection. We […]
Timeshare maintenance fees are part and parcel of timeshare ownership, and they tend to rise year over year, regardless of the rate of inflation. For many timeshare owners, high maintenance fees are a key factor pushing them away from the industry altogether, as industry surveys have indicated. This unhappiness with fees – which are piled […]
A Colorado-based timeshare sales company recently settled a lawsuit filed by the state for $325,000, according to reports from the Vail Daily and BusinessDen. Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman brought the suit against Highlands Resorts at Christie Lodge and its head, Edward “Todd” Herrick, along with another salesperson and vendors, for employing tactics that the […]
Because of the active suppression of the timeshare resale market on the part of major resort developers, the aftermarket that consumers face is often quite daunting. Besides the ever-present threat of scam artists and schemers looking to make a quick buck, owners looking to exit or cancel their timeshare obligation – having already accepted that […]
For timeshare owners looking to extricate themselves from their lifelong obligations – which come complete with rising annual maintenance fees and other financial commitments – the road to freedom is often fraught with dangers, from a sparse secondary market to the ever-present threat of scam artists. We have long advocated that the best route for […]
Randy Meier writes consumer protection advice columns for Iowa’s Clinton Herald, with a particular emphasis on “seniors versus crime.” So we were grimly unsurprised to see, in a recent article, that Meier claims to receive “one or two complaints every month on scams involving timeshares,” typically with losses that are “high dollar, involving thousands or tens […]
We wrote recently about the various ways in which your resort developer can impact your timeshare “resale,” including a right of first refusal and, of course, the severe restrictions that have historically been placed on the growth of any sort of timeshare aftermarket. Because of these constraints on resale value – the sort of thing […]
The Better Business Bureau Serving Canton Region & Greater West Virginia has issued a warning to timeshare owners – stay vigilant in the face of a new timeshare scheme, one that may have already bilked one consumer out of more than $22,000. This news comes to us from Ohio’s Canton Rep, which recently covered the […]
news In all but a handful of states (Kansas, Maine, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas and Virginia) state licensed real estate agents (either brokers or salespersons working under a broker’s license), must actively participate in the timeshare sales process for all developer generated sales. […]
Looking for information regarding the outcome of Reeves, et. al v. Zealandia Holding Company, Inc? Here is the latest on the status of the settlement – as well as some guidance on how to obtain the necessary information to answer any further questions you may have. District Judge John Antoon approved the settlement agreement on […]
Whatever your political affiliation, you’ve probably heard of – and groaned at – the idea of “fake news.” It was the political buzzword of 2016, and it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere in the months ahead. For anyone wondering what we’re talking about, here’s a handy primer on the “fake news” phenomenon from Vox.com. […]
The timeshare resale market has long been rife with scammers looking to make a quick buck on desperate consumers. Fortunately, some important watchdogs have recently taken a big action against one particular scheme – one that has allegedly taken as much as $15 million from timeshare property owners. As Ashlee Kieler reports for Consumerist, the […]
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