If you saw the April 18, 2007, Sell My Timeshare NOW Hot Property List, then you may recall that New York’s Manhattan Club ranked #5 on the list. One of the great urban timeshares in the world, it is no surprise that Manhattan Club timeshares are always in demand. In keeping with the fast pace of change in New York City, at any time you will find both people seeking to rent or buy Manhattan Club timeshares and people looking to sell the Manhattan Club timeshares they already own, or use it as rental property.

Many people don’t realize the Manhattan Club is a timeshare property; they just don’t think of elegant, urban venues that cater to business travelers as well as leisure travelers, as timeshare resorts. In fact, everything about an urban timeshare makes sense, from ensuring that you always have great accommodations during that tradeshow, convention, or exhibit you attend each year, to providing cost-stable lodging for vacation and holiday travel.

Here are some of the many reasons that Manhattan Club timeshares are so appealing:

1. Concierge staff
2. Private Lounge
3. Valet parking
4. Fitness center
5. On-site business center open 24/7
6. All suites are equipped with generous work areas and voice and data lines
7. Enough in-suite space to accommodate small meetings or strategy sessions
8. Meeting rooms and a private lounge offer space to talk business, make plans, or just relax
9. Luxurious marble baths for unwinding at the end of a busy day of business or sightseeing, complete with plush terry robes and plenty of toiletries
10. Kitchenettes.
11. Perfect location for visiting the Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Central Park, the Javits Center, Times Square, MOMA, Restaurant Row, the Guggenheim Museum, Radio City Music Hall, and much more
12. Member of RCI vacation exchange system, and ranked as a Gold Crown property.

To find out what is available now in Manhattan Club Timeshare resales and Manhattan Club Timeshare rentals, as well as, Manhattan Club penthouse suites timeshare resales, visit www.sellmytimesharenow.com or call 877-815-4227.

As the third round gets underway today at the PGA Tour’s Buick Open, golf fans will be watching to see who makes the greatest strides on moving day, putting themselves in position to play in the final group on Sunday.

Once again, the beautiful Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club is host site for the tournament. Located in southeastern Michigan, (south of the city of Flint) Warwick Hills has hosted the Buick Open for 48 of its 49-year history. Which brings me to the special significance of the Buick Open to those of us at Sell My Timeshare NOW.

PGA Tour lifetime member, Bobby Cole, still occasionally tees it up on Tour and when he does, wears the logo of Sell My Timeshare NOW. And while Tiger Woods’ name may stand out at the Buick Open with two victories (2002 and 2006) or Vijay Singh with three victories (1997, 2004, and 2005), Bobby Cole has set his own records at this historic tournament. As some golf writers have said, Bobby Cole is the answer to more trivia questions about the Buick Open than any other pro golfer.

For example:

• Name three professional golfers who earned their only US PGA Tour win at the Buick Open: Robert Wrenn in 1987; Jack Newton in 1978; and Bobby Cole in 1977.
• Name the first Buick Open Champion who was not born in the United States: South African born, Bobby Cole.
• Name the Buick Open Champion to set a tournament record of 17 under par for the 4-round event, with a record that remained unmatched for 7 years: Bobby Cole.
• Name the only Buick Open Champion winner who did not win on the course at Warwick Hills? Why, Bobby Cole, of course. The 1977 tournament was played at the Flint Elks Country Club.

A lot of things have changed in 30 years. When Cole won the Buick Open in 1977, his prize money was $20,000. This year’s winner will take home $882,000 and a new Buick.

Things have also changed in timesharing over the past 30 years. In 1977, the concept of timesharing was just getting started. Timeshares were few and far between and almost always meant a fixed week at a fixed resort.

Today timeshares offer the greatest flexibility in vacation ownership available. And timeshare resales and timeshare rentals mean excellent values. Before you plan your next golf vacation, visit the Sell My Timeshare NOW website and look into the outstanding opportunities to buy, rent, or sell timeshare.

I know you’ve heard it before, the admonishment that one should, “Never pay upfront fees when trying to sell timeshare.” Unfortunately, this advice always comes from people who work in timeshare resales businesses that are based on being able to extract money from timeshare sellers through one add-on fee after another before ultimately hitting the timeshare owner up for a hefty commission when, and if, they ever sell the timeshare unit.

Dollar by painful dollar, some timeshare resales companies, (and some unethical timeshare brokers) charge timeshare owners fees for services the owners do not really need. Property appraisals are a perfect example of an unnecessary service used to generate an add-on and unnecessary fee. Under most circumstances, resale timeshares simply do not need a property appraisal.

When you buy residential real estate, you pay for an appraisal, typically because the mortgage lender requires you to do so. When you buy a resale timeshare, there is no need for an appraisal, unless the timeshare unit itself collateralizes a loan (very rare with resales) and the lending company requires the appraisal as a condition of the loan.

Yet over and over again, you hear warnings directed to people with timeshares they wish to sell, to never pay an upfront fee to sell, advertise, list, or market their timeshare. The warning should be, “never pay an upfront fee unless you know specifically what the fee covers and that the company to whom you pay it has a proven track record of helping timeshare sellers successfully connect with timeshare buyers.

If you have timeshare you want to sell, visit the website of Sell My Timeshare NOW. Read the information offered there to help you understand more about your options for selling timeshare. No one answer is right for every situation, but I can tell you that Sell My Timeshare NOW averages six hundred thousand dollars per day, in offers made to timeshare owners who are trying to sell or rent their timeshares. Obviously, sometimes, paying an upfront fee for the right services is a pretty good idea.

One Nevada developer has finally received government approval to commence constructing six timeshare units at Homewood, Nevada, in the Lake Tahoe area. The West Shore development received the go-ahead earlier this month after the developer agreed to downsize the plan from nine timeshare units to six timeshare units. The proposed timeshare vacation homes will be constructed on Highway 89, across from Homewood Mountain Ski Resort approximately twenty miles north of South Lake Tahoe and six miles south of Tahoe City.

Conditions of the approval, according the website for Placer County, California government, include demolition of an existing property known as the Marina Lodge; constructing a facility for washing boats; building screens to block views of existing boat racks; and contributing $100,000 to the Homewood Home Owners Association for public beach access.

This particular project is one more instance where local government officials agonize over whether an area should be zoned for use as residential property, traditional hotel property, timeshare units, or as fractional ownership. I think it is the concept of fractionals that has really added to the justifiable confusion and concern of planning boards.

Residential property has predictable patterns for use, density, and the type of traffic, tax revenue, and demands on government services it will create. The pros and cons of hotel use are equally predictable. In both cases, a zoning or planning board can realistically project what an area will be like in five, ten, or even fifteen years, based on its zoning. But when you add timeshare vacation property—most especially fractionals—to the mix, neither the standard projections for residential property or for hotel property accurately apply.

As developers of fractional properties or timeshare units often explain, fractional ownership (whether it is one week at a time or a thirteen-week increment) creates more business for area restaurants, attractions, and other businesses and services that benefit from tourist trade. On the other hand, fractional owners generate less business for services such as dentists, hardware stores, or computer repair shops, which are all good examples of places a vacationer is less likely than a resident to spend money. And from a third perspective, some restaurateurs argue that timeshare units (because so many of them have kitchen and dining areas) and fractionals (which essentially offer all the features of a private home) hurt their business by comparison to hotels, where guests often have little choice but to dine out three times per day.

It’s always a tough call for those who carry the responsibility of planning our cities’ futures, but this past year, I have definitely seen more instances like this one. City planning boards are compromising and permitting developers to intermingle small developments that have a limited number of fractionals or timeshare units, into areas that are traditionally zoned for residential use only.

To learn more about other Lake Tahoe timeshare resales and rentals, or Nevada timeshare resales and California timeshare resales, visit the website for Sell My Timeshare NOW.