of houses are sold for more than they are purchased for each year without any work being done to them -- but I've never read about anyone being prosecuted for it. 

I am an attorney working in criminal litigation, prosecution, but I also have experience with landlord tenant law and real estate law.  

Mostly, we terminated their employment the day it was discovered and on occasion (when enough evidence was there not to cause a lawsuit to the company) we prosecuted the former employee.Again, this is not about me or my history.

Also, there is a plan to coordinate with the Attorney General’s office to use to Texas Nuisance Abatement Statute to prosecute repeat offenders.

If you are acting as both owner AND property manager, a clever prosecuting attorney will hold you and not your LLC as liable.

They have prosecuted repeat offenders before.

At least out west the FBI and the US AG's office has been very active the last few years prosecuting "collusion" on the courthouse steps.

It would be even worse twenty years down the road, as they can go back to the beginning of the rule extension and prosecute for every transaction.

Don't fix it, bad news, criminal prosecution!

This case law has been used over and over again successfully to prosecute many different types of companies successfully.