http://www.grandshare.com/blog/2008/04/welcome-to-grandshares-new-blog/ Buy a $1,000,000 Villa for only $250,000 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:39:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.grandshare.com/blog/2008/04/welcome-to-grandshares-new-blog/#comment-125 Don Thomas Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:12:37 +0000 http://www.grandshare.com/blog/?p=3#comment-125 Fractional buying and selling appears, to me, as an overdue and highly viable avenue for both buyers and sellers today. Vacation properties, owned in full, can be overly expensive both to purchase and maintain. We're now in an economy where funds are hard to get. Second home properties are much more difficult both to obtain and to retain, repair and operate when the cash needed to run them is sparse. By splitting the load with three other owners, a quarter share holder is trimmming his/her vacation property commitment to meet the market. As a full time professional, I always encourage my buyers to foresee their exit strategy when making a buy. What better way to prepare an exit strategy than by reducing one's downside risk by such a large percentage? When you add the positive "leveraging effect" on a buyer's lifestyle, it seems compelling. Good documents are the key. Good planning is mandatory. Fractional buying and selling appears, to me, as an overdue and highly viable avenue for both buyers and sellers today. Vacation properties, owned in full, can be overly expensive both to purchase and maintain. We’re now in an economy where funds are hard to get. Second home properties are much more difficult both to obtain and to retain, repair and operate when the cash needed to run them is sparse. By splitting the load with three other owners, a quarter share holder is trimmming his/her vacation property commitment to meet the market. As a full time professional, I always encourage my buyers to foresee their exit strategy when making a buy. What better way to prepare an exit strategy than by reducing one’s downside risk by such a large percentage? When you add the positive “leveraging effect” on a buyer’s lifestyle, it seems compelling. Good documents are the key. Good planning is mandatory.

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