This Paper summarizes eight fundamentals to guide a successful financing effort.

Readers of this space may recall that the author is a former Wall Street lawyer, who has written frequently on financing for fractional developments. He is working in conjunction with a major financial institution to create a template defining the requirements for a financeable deal.

The downturn of the real estate and financial markets has spurred the repositioning of existing projects and emergence of new and creative product structures which are likely to enter the market in 2010/2011. This article, written by one of the leading lawyers in this area, covers these emerging new products.

The economic tsunami of the past few years has affected everyone. At this weeks conference, Richard Ragatz highlighted ten factors that are "out" and fifteen factors that are "in" for any fractional or residence club development. These factors are driven by the societal changes that have taken place and so should be part of your consideration in planning, developing and positioning a fractional or private residence club project.

Arguably the most valuable service provided by any reputable real estate consultant is the ability to prevent costly mistakes for their clients. Not only does this apply to the fractional consulting industry, it's magnified.  Our industry is still relatively young compared to its predecessor, the timeshare, and the majority of real estate developers have yet to embark on the development, sales and marketing of any type of fractional ownership real estate.

If I had a nickel for the number of times I've heard this: "We're going to sell this project out through the local real estate community", I could retire and buy fractional interests around the world! This brings me to the list of most common mistakes made by new fractional real estate directors.