Timeshare brokers should:

1. Maintain the following licensing, membership and timeshare experience:

    a. licensed with their state/country department of real estate
    b. adhere to industry related association code of ethics
    c. have a minimum of 1 year active timeshare RESALE experience
    d. licensed as an active real estate broker for at least 1 year and have 
        successfully opened, processed and closed at least 24 individual
        resale timeshare sales transactions with in the last 12 months

2. Maintain a business location available to the general public.

3. Provide full service broker services including sales and listings of  
    timeshare resale properties.

Transaction Guidelines

1. Brokers should make all appropriate real estate disclosures and   
    use a written contract in the execution of any listing and/or sales
    transactions.

2. Brokers should use 3rd party escrow companies.

3. Brokers should use 3rd party title companies for all deeded properties 
   and non deeded when title insurance is available.

4. Brokers should cooperate with other brokers in order to obtain the
    maximum exposure for all sellers and buyers. 

Disclosure Guidelines

1. Brokers should give all sellers, buyers, and/or prospective clients a
   written information package explaining their programs and services.

2. Brokers should not imply any guarantees or knowingly convey any false
    untrue, deceptive, inflated or misleading information to buyers, sellers or
    prospective clients.

3. Brokers should disclose and obtain seller written agreement regarding
    the terms of using seller occupancy rights prior to using such
    occupancy rights.

Compliance with Applicable Law

1. Brokers should comply with all applicable real estate brokerage and
    licensing regulations.

2. No advance fees should be collected unless a signed, written agreement
   with seller outlining refund policy, trust account arrangement for fees,
   full accounting of services to be provided, and how funds will be
   disbursed exists prior to collection of any fees.  This advance fee should
   be optional and not a condition of accepting the listing.

3. Brokers should not require an appraisal of the timeshare interest as a
    condition of accepting a listing. 

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