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SHELLY Yes, indeed, "life is an adventure" A heck of a lot more adventure than we bargained for sometimes!
Years ago my father-in-law, who was usually a very sharp businessman, got talked into a "free" dinner with one of those sales pitches. He and MIL and another couple enjoyed the dinner - with plenty of drinks - and then were informed that they would be taking a short trip by HELICOPTER to Naples, Florida to look at some land. Poor FIL did not enjoy the trip, supposedly told the salesman that he would buy anything, just let him get out of the **** thing and go home. In the end he bought five acres of land, my son Jim inherited it, lots of messy paperwork, but finally make a few bucks on the deal. At one time there were a lot of these "big deals" in Florida, but I think the best land has been bought up and built up over the years.
The time share deals were similar. Had a friend who bought a couple with the idea that if he didn't want to go to Florida during his "time", he could sub-let to someone else. Trouble was that there wasn't always somebody who wanted to sub-let at that particular time. And since he wasn't there to keep an eye on things, there was also some damage done.