Agencies ensure legitimacy of time-share sales

By Andrew Gomes

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Apr 15, 2012

~~<p>Question: Time shares have been big business in Hawaii for decades and were a major part of resort development during the last real estate market boom. With the economic slump in recent years, has there been a problem of scams extracting upfront fees — as much as several thousand dollars — from people who want to sell their time shares but end up receiving no such service?</p>
<p>Answer: Fortunately, Hawaii's people have not been victimized by so-called "scams" as much as others have been on the mainland.</p>
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Question: Time shares have been big business in Hawaii for decades and were a major part of resort development during the last real estate market boom. With the economic slump in recent years, has there been a problem of scams extracting upfront fees — as much as several thousand dollars — from people who want to sell their time shares but end up receiving no such service?

Answer: Fortunately, Hawaii's people have not been victimized by so-called "scams" as much as others have been on the mainland. Login for more...