Just assume every one of them is for sale direct, despite what your guide pushes you to do. I can't stand this. So many people have bought Rivera and before it Copper Creek, when they should have purchased SSR or something else.
If you are not booking at the 11 month window, don't purchase a premium resort.
If you ask for a "sold out" property. Your guide will likely say something like "Well, I can put you on a wait list."
Guess what? Most of the time, the wait list comes back within a few days. Mine came back in less than a half day. There are some properties that have less points in certain use years, which may make the wait longer.
But the only hard or impossible to get resort is VGC. Everything else is available.
They won't, but if they get snippy just say "Well, it's available on the resale market."