Do contracts go this fast?

[Missyrose]

Originally Posted by puffkin

I just signed a contract with Shawn Ray today and was made aware of the admin fee from the first offer. It doesn't bother me too much as I am looking at total contract price. I felt of all the big brokers she/Fidelity were the most willing to help the buyer negotiate.

Is Shawn Ray Rachel's replacement?

[Breyean]

Originally Posted by Missyrose

Is Shawn Ray Rachel's replacement?

Yes.

[fmer55]

Originally Posted by rojen

I'm no expert, so take my opinion with a grain of salt. From researching buying resale, it seems like they're the ones to go through. They have a reputation of being more willing to let you low ball offers in to sellers, and they're more flexible with negotiations. Is this all true? I don't know, but it's definitely the consensus of the posts I've read on the subject.

I know they're supposed to do all this in order to earn the seller's commission. But I've only been looking for the last three days and I've already had 20 emails between me and S. I'm planning on trying to get the best deal available, and I figure I'll hear a lot of no's before I get a yes. That's gonna be a lot of work for the broker. If she can assist you in putting in low bids, and you end up paying $5-10 less per point, the fee seems very reasonable. As long as they're upfront about the fee, seems they earn it.

Did you see this one rojen?

Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort

$8,640.00

160

$54.00

Feb. 13-160 14-160

1354540

[rojen]

I didn't see that one.

Do you guys put a time limit on your offers? I put in an offer yesterday, then saw another contract I liked, had to wait for a rejection before I put in an offer on a different contract. Should I request a 24 or 48 hour window for accept/reject?

I've also been offering to pay MF and closing. I figure that this will make the offer look more attractive, since seller won't have to bring money to closing. Is this a good assumption? I just lower my per point offer to accommodate the MF I'm paying.

[puffkin]

Originally Posted by rojen

I didn't see that one.

Do you guys put a time limit on your offers? I put in an offer yesterday, then saw another contract I liked, had to wait for a rejection before I put in an offer on a different contract. Should I request a 24 or 48 hour window for accept/reject?

I've also been offering to pay MF and closing. I figure that this will make the offer look more attractive, since seller won't have to bring money to closing. Is this a good assumption? I just lower my per point offer to accommodate the MF I'm paying.

It is a mind game with the sellers. Basically what I did was decide what my overall end price should be and then I worked backwards from there to craft my offer. I ended up paying closing and offering a lower per point cost because I felt it looked more attractive. Either way, my end result is the same.

I can say that I usually offered to split MF for current year points with the sellers and offered a lowish but fair per point cost and every single one of those offers got rejected. The contract I just got accepted I offered a very low price per point and offered to pay all closing and that offer was accepted. My end cost was the same either way, but take what you will from that.

[fmer55]

Originally Posted by rojen

I didn't see that one.

Do you guys put a time limit on your offers? I put in an offer yesterday, then saw another contract I liked, had to wait for a rejection before I put in an offer on a different contract. Should I request a 24 or 48 hour window for accept/reject?

I've also been offering to pay MF and closing. I figure that this will make the offer look more attractive, since seller won't have to bring money to closing. Is this a good assumption? I just lower my per point offer to accommodate the MF I'm paying.

They shouldn't have to bring money to closing either way, dues should be paid already unless they are on the monthly plan.

[kenly777]

Originally Posted by puffkin

It is a mind game with the sellers. Basically what I did was decide what my overall end price should be and then I worked backwards from there to craft my offer. I ended up paying closing and offering a lower per point cost because I felt it looked more attractive. Either way, my end result is the same.

I can say that I usually offered to split MF for current year points with the sellers and offered a lowish but fair per point cost and every single one of those offers got rejected. The contract I just got accepted I offered a very low price per point and offered to pay all closing and that offer was accepted. My end cost was the same either way, but take what you will from that.

And on my offer, I origanally offered low pp, paying all costs, was counter-offered a little bit higher pp, but then had my offer accepted at their pp, but seller paying mf, so........ every deal is different, a game of going back and forth. Good luck to all of us!

[shwn]

Originally Posted by rojen

I'm no expert, so take my opinion with a grain of salt. From researching buying resale, it seems like they're the ones to go through. They have a reputation of being more willing to let you low ball offers in to sellers, and they're more flexible with negotiations. Is this all true? I don't know, but it's definitely the consensus of the posts I've read on the subject.

I just had two contracts go to ROFR (one through the company that gets starred out on this site and one with DVC by Resale), but I made many offers using all four main companies over the past two months.

I agree with this too- Fidelity seemed really great about taking any offers to the seller no matter what. I also have also had really good luck with the company that can't be named on this site (they are my favorite to work with) and Shontell at DVC by Resale. But I have to say that I did not feel that way at all about the Timeshare Store. They seemed almost reluctant to take some offers, which seemed very odd to me- they are very seller friendly. I personally would not try to offer through them again, unless it was the exact contract I wanted at a great price.

[kenly777]

As a newbie, can I ask why one company gets starred out? Would love to know all options to buy through that are used by other members.

[CarolMN]

Originally Posted by kenly777

As a newbie, can I ask why one company gets starred out? Would love to know all options to buy through that are used by other members.

This Sticky Thread should answer your question:

A word about DIS advertisers

[kenly777]

Originally Posted by CarolMN

This Sticky Thread should answer your question:

A word about DIS advertisers

Thank you

[MickeyFan612]

Hi Rojen- Have you had any luck finding a contract?
I noticed an attractive 150 VWL listed at Fidelity!