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Timeshares, Ownership you can Afford

A timeshare deals with possession of a piece of property without actual ownership of said property. It gives a person the opportunity to use a piece of property without having to purchase it outright or pay taxes on it, but instead, just enjoy staying there for a vacation or holiday.

These properties are often times condominiums (i.e., apartment-like buildings in which the tenant owns his or her room, but the hallways and facilities inside the building are accessed equally by everyone else in the building). In the timesharing agreements, all parties involved agree that everyone has certain rights to the timeshare, and each person sharing the property is given a length of time (i.e., usually one or two weeks once a year during the same time frames) where they may utilize the property. Because of this freedom from actual ownership, buying or selling a timeshare may be important for individuals from all walks of life.
Timeshares themselves are used in a number of different ways. For example, owners can do many things with their timeshares. They can use their allotted time for their own purposes (e.g., staying there for their time allowed), or rent their property to others during the time that they own it. Timeshare rentals can help cover maintenance fees and make ownership more tolerable.  They may choose to allow other people whom they know or do not know to use it (e.g., a boss lets one of his workers utilize the condominium during the week in which he [i.e., the boss] has possession of it), or trade the timeshare for another one inside the same allotment. They may even trade for another one outside the allotment, or sell it completely.

Critics are quick to note that timeshares have some problems in and of themselves, such as their relative high costs, high maintenance costs, and problems with fixed payment plans. Thus, although owners of timeshares have a plethora of options from which to choose when it comes to how they use them, there are problems associated with owning timeshares that individuals need to familiarize themselves with before making a purchase.