Real estate developer involved in Jeremy Durham deals has colorful past


              FILE - In this April 20, 2016, file photo, Rep. Jeremy Durham, R-Franklin, left, listens to a debate in the House of Representatives in Nashville, Tenn. Durham could become the first sitting lawmaker to become the subject of an ouster vote in the Tennessee General Assembly when a special legislative session kicks off on Monday, Sept. 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
FILE - In this April 20, 2016, file photo, Rep. Jeremy Durham, R-Franklin, left, listens to a debate in the House of Representatives in Nashville, Tenn. Durham could become the first sitting lawmaker to become the subject of an ouster vote in the Tennessee General Assembly when a special legislative session kicks off on Monday, Sept. 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

At the center of three unusual and complicated development transactions involving former Rep. Jeremy Durham investigated by The Tennessean is Don Russell Cameron III, an at-times controversial real estate developer.

Public records reviewed by The Tennessean show Cameron sold land to Durham and others in a set of housing transactions that real estate attorneys have described as very unusual compared with a typical pattern used by large-scale developers.

In a brief interview, Cameron refused to answer questions for this story about the transactions and about Durham.

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