Furthering speculation, I can’t help but wonder if these large contracts were bought for rental purposes and the updated DVC policies for renting have thrown this seller a gut punch? Whatever the reason for selling, it is certainly a unique situation to watch.
This.
This is what I want to hear! Keep the good news coming!
Yes, my Aulani sub contracts are used mostly for SAP even though I love Aulani and do go there. If traveling with a lot of people and you want to go for more than a couple days owning there will make it much easier to book. Aulani doesnt really ever get ROFR even the sub contracts.
When you look at listings, be sure to look at when the breakeven point will hit for subsidized vs. none subsidized. From what I figured, in my case, it would have been year 12 when paying more for subsidized would be worth the higher buy in. I was also using numbers that were lower than the most recent sales because I would only buy at lower than the going rate.
I've been thinking about this as well. I'd love to do a family trip with myself, husband, two adult kids, and one significant other. That will take a lot of points for this trip. However, I don't need that many points on an ongoing basis. So for me, I'm considering getting a large points transfer in the future so I can make this one trip. I'm not in favor of rental unless I'm really familiar with the owner, like a regular on here. In your situation consider if you actually need more points in general before making an Aulani purchase.
Update: 13 days for me this time!The ROFR timeline appears now to be 18+ days.
This is news to me. I don’t think I’m putting in unreasonable offers. I’ve put in about 8 of them and have heard back from 4 maybe, all rejected.
I had this happen more than once 10 months ago.
Wow, that’s interesting.
Just saying Im not sure it's a clear sign of a poor economy, since I have been contacted more than once after being rejected. But there are far less contracts being sold that may or not have something to do with the economy, Im unsure. Personally I think less contracts actually makes buying/selling harder. I feel like when there are robust selection of listings people tend to browse resale and shop more.
Maybe it’s just a new tactic by brokers?
I had one contact me to buy a completely different contract. I actually really liked that they did that, made me feel like they needed/wanted my business even though I was rejected with my lower than average offer. I would say the name of the broker on that one but they are filtered.
“cheaper than direct”— uh, hopefully nobody here is thinking of paying above or at direct for resale, but if you are, I may have just the points for you!
