I am interested in investing in Fractional Ownership Property in Nevada, the West Coast and in western Europe.

I'm involved in fractional real estate both in the United States and abroad.

These areas are kindy of shady and because the laws are rather new, there has not been much case law yet around lease option infractions in Texas.

They aren't illegal, but they come with numerous very specific and strenuous parameters to keep from being classified as an executory contract (contract for deed) in Texas, and as an executory contract, be liable for some extreme penalties (up to $250 per day liability from the day of sale).Now you can do 1 lease option per year and not have to worry about being liable for more than $100 per infraction, which at the most would be about $1,000.

The cases I read where penalties were levied are all the result of very obvious infractions of fiduciary duty and not technicalities.

The tenant can request a hearing and the violation will be considered at that time and for such minor infractions by minors, a probationary determination can be made.

CRIME is a big one.The percentage of non-violent to violent infractions and if crime is increasing or decreasing in the immediate area.Intermodal transportation study is another and the future land use map.This will give you an idea of where they are today and what they have planned for the area in the future and how the city and county will be allocating their resources to develop certain areas.Much more items than this but it's been a long day and my brain is out of fuel........ :)

they charge huge penalty fees for minor infractions knowing someone will have to pay.

@John K.Our lease (actually the schedule 'A' to our lease) identifies the tenant is responsible for any by-law infraction fines assessed as a consequence of their failure to fulfill their obligations and responsibilities (put out garbage, clear snow, or mow the lawn, having non-operable vehicles on the property, etc).When we receive such a fine from the City, we pay it and then send the the tenant a letter and invoice for the amount of the fine, plus an administrative fee to cover our bookkeepers time to issue and collect the invoice {though we typically waive the administration fee on first offences}.

From there if there are any deductions that stem from the walk through provide an itemized list of any charges they will incur from their security deposit complete with pictures of any infractions.