Market Differences between Timeshare and Real Estate

Article of the Timeshare-Insider Newsletter: "Market Differences

Aside from the obvious, there are two major differences between traditional real estate ownership and resort vacation ownership. First, traditional real estate is a necessity item and vacation ownership is a luxury item. Second, in traditional real estate, the consumer seeks the product, and in timesharing, the consumer is enticed to the product. These two facts alone allude to the difficulties of selling timeshares."

Timeshare...its only a matter of time

International Timeshare Council

Article of the Timeshare-Insider Newsletter: "Conroe, Texas – Conroe, Texas – June 15, 2005. Wayne A. Stroman, President and Broker of Stroman Realty, Inc, dba Rii.
Stroman, who is also the 2005 Chairman of the Houston Association of REALTORS©. International Council, organized and attended the Council’s one-day gathering of REALTORS© on June 9, 2005. The purpose of the symposium was to explore new marketing opportunities -- with a primary focus on “Marketing to First Time Hispanic Home Buyers.”

Topics discussed at the meeting included demographics, trends, cultural nuances and new techniques in marketing to reach the fast-growing Hispanic market. A panel of representatives from the two local chapters of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP) gave overviews of their association. The event was enthusiastically received by the REALTORS© in attendance."

Mr. Stroman has developed a series of seminars to help the Houston Association of REALTORS© learn about the diverse populations within the Greater Houston Area. The Houston Association of REALTORS© International Council exists “To help our HAR members increase their knowledge and profitability in the international real estate arena.”

The future has positive growth.