Daily Mail News
By MILES DILWORTH, SENIOR REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 08:21 EDT, 7 April 2024 | UPDATED: 09:21 EDT, 7 April 2024
When James, 76, received a call from an estate agent in Atlanta, Georgia, offering to buy his timeshare, he could have bitten his hand off.
James and his wife Nicki, 72, had bought the property in Lake Tahoe, California, in the mid 90s for just shy of $9,000, but only stayed there twice in the last 20 years.
The agent gave a slick pitch and a few days later called back with ‘good news’: he had found a Mexican investor willing to part with upwards of $22,000 for the West Coast retreat.