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What should you watch out for if you find yourself in a timeshare sales presentation? Timeshares have evolved since their initial appearance long ago as vehicles for real estate ownership.  Initially, timeshares were often very straightforward – i.e., an owner might own a particular week (say, the first week of April), in a particular building. …

It might sound too good to be true. You are about to buy a timeshare but you are concerned about the cost. The timeshare agent says not to worry, that if you don’t use all of your points, you can rent or sell them to help earn money and offset the cost. Has the agent…

In my last few blog posts, I have discussed a few of the protections that the Tennessee Timeshare Act affords to consumers.  In my last blog post I discussed one of the remedies that consumers have in certain circumstances – the right to cancel the transaction.  But the Timeshare Act goes much further than cancellation. …

The Timeshare Act provides a buyer with the unequivocal right to cancel their purchase contract in two circumstances.  That’s right, in a typical timeshare purchase in Tennessee, the buyer can change her mind, as long as she is aware of the deadlines to do so.  As I discussed in a prior blog post, Tenn. Code…

In my prior blog entry, I discussed the Tennessee Timeshare Act’s statutory prohibition on certain types of misrepresentations.  The Act, though, takes this topic one step further.  Not only is a sales agent prohibited from making certain misrepresentations, anyone involved in the sale of a timeshare is prohibited from making certain kinds of statements entirely. …

A timeshare sales agent can’t lie to a consumer.  A lie can, in some circumstances, support a claim for common law fraud.  But the Tennessee Timeshare Act takes this one step further, and creates statutory prohibitions on certain types of misrepresentations.  Specifically, Tenn. Code Ann. §66-32-131 expressly prohibits “any person” from participating in an advertisement…

Chances are, you would not spontaneously decide to buy a house while walking down the street on the way to lunch.  If you were going to buy a house or piece of property, think of all the steps you might go through.  You might search the internet or hire a real estate agent.  You might…