Member Admistration.
You don't have to use either a lawyer or a broker. I would call Member Administration (NOT MS) and get the details, and then use a reputable title company that deals with DVC. We've used Magic Vacation Title several times with excellent service.
Same phone number (different option on menu) as Member Services (which you friend should already have).
That would violate Florida law. I don't think I'd want to risk five years in prison to get a slightly better deal on a DVC contract.
I'd have your friend email DVC and get the information for transfer. Since you don't need title or a full service closing, you could do it yourself or get a company like LT transfers to do it, depending on whether you wanted to fool with the deed. As noted by Jim, putting something different than the agreement on the contract to pass ROFR is a violation of state law (and all states I know of). If you include other items that are not reproducible such as a barter situation, they normally just require you put a value on it and use that info to make the determination. It's really not that difficult to do it yourself. Maybe $40 if you do it all including a quit claim deed, add another $150 or so for some of the timeshare specific companies, assuming it's a FL deed.
The ROFR process is best imagined as a blindfolded monkey throwing darts at contracts to determine which get taken. There is no defined rhyme or reason. We've seen SSR pass at $64/point and get taken at $78/point in the same week.
If DVD (Disney Vacation Development) exercises their right of first refusal (ROFR), they purchase the contract at the agreed upon terms. There is no way to modify the offer if DVD decides they want the contract.
Nope. Disney becomes the buyer at that point. What does the seller care? They get exactly what they bargained for. It's just one of the reasons that buying from an individual really doesn't come with any benefit for the buyer.
They have done this in the past but I haven't heard of it happening in a long time. My suggestion is to look at the ROFR thread and decide what level you are confident it will go through then pay that. You're still saving on closing and the seller is still saving commissions. One way to get added value is to take a trip ahead before the closing that is free to you as a bonus. That way you have an advance discount that's not reflected in the price. Another is to try to include things that couldn't be reproduced. I'm the only one I recall hearing about that has done that (trading one timeshare for another, one DVC) and they wanted us to put a value on each. I considered calling their bluff but we both wanted to get it moving so we put a value on each that was fair and accurate.
