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          Lisle received total distributions of $384,840 from FPC                     
          Subventure.  Kanter and Lisle reported on their tax returns their           
          respective distributive shares of the FPC Subventures'                      
          partnership's income and losses.                                            
          D.   The Schnitzer Arrangement:  Sale and Repurchase of Property            
          Management Systems Stock.                                                   
               During the 1960's and 1970's, Schnitzer was a major real               
          estate developer in the Houston, Texas, area.  Schnitzer met                
          Ballard and Lisle when they worked in Prudential's regional                 
          office in Houston, probably in the late 1960's.                             
               Schnitzer had been involved in developing and managing high-           
          rise office buildings through Century Development Co., Inc.                 
          (Century Development), a subsidiary of Century, Inc. (Century),             
          Schnitzer's family holding company.                                         
               The real estate development business, however, typically was           
          cyclical.  In 1974, to diversify its operations and to secure a             
          steady source of earnings, a subsidiary of Century acquired for             
          $1.3 million the assets of a small real estate management company           
          called Fletcher Emerson Co., Inc. (Fletcher Emerson).13  Fletcher           
          Emerson managed office buildings and other commercial real                  
          estate.  A relatively small portion of its business included                




          13                                                                          
               The $1.3 million purchase price was roughly based on a                 
          multiple of five times net earnings.  At the time, the company              
          had before-tax net income of $250,000.                                      





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