Timeshare and partial ownership, also called fractional ownership, feature different ways for people to their resources together to make a vacation home or condo a much less expensive venture. While the two do share many similarities, some very important differences exist that investors should know about when deciding the best option.
Partial ownership vacation homes tend to pop up in the more aesthetically pleasing and remote places of the world. Timeshare usage exists more commonly in places such as Orlando or Cancun. Because of this fact, partial ownership vacation homes tend to offer more one of kind accommodations. Timeshares often offer cookie cutter home and condos and don't come as luxuriously equipped.
Timeshare and partial vacation ownership share some similarities which include: the option to buy as deeded properties, rented out to others when not in use, shared among friends, both give you option to sell at any time, and or left to kin wills.
Broken down into weekly intervals of availability, timeshare properties tend to cost less than partial ownership properties. Usually split up between owners by month makes partial ownership properties more expensive especially for those who don't have the option of months of vacation time.
While partial ownership properties often tend to cost more than timeshares, the possibility of making money by selling these properties during an inflated market exists. Timeshare property buyers don't have this option since they only own the rights to the time they use the property and not the property title.
Banks look at partial ownership properties as a second home which makes obtaining loans for them easier than for timeshare properties.
