An article in Cape Cod Life notes "At the Cape Codder Residence Club, for example, for $99,999, you can take fractional ownership of a one-bedroom condo. Not only can you sell and make a buck if its value goes up--as it might when the resort completes plans to add two new restaurants and an indoor water park--but you can also deed the investment to your kids. As Francisco DaFonte, who purchased a fractional unit at the Hyannis club late last year, explains, "It's not a lot of money as compared to committing three or four hundred thousand dollars for a home, but it is still an investment." In addition, DaFonte has been able to renthis three secured weeks when his family isn't using them. "We had some folks from Tennessee come in, and some folks from Sweden," he says. "The whole thing is exactly what we're looking for, coupled with ownership."

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