Under the old system, flood zones primarily determined whether a property owner was required to carry flood insurance and significantly influenced the insurance rates.

Hi there :)I'm brand new to real-estate investing but motivated to take action and start gaining momentum on my dreams of building a portfolio of properties. 

While it may not offer as much diversification, at least with a syndication, you can review the specific merits of that particular deal.Also, the fund operator typically has different motivations than the syndicator.

Keep in mind a fulfillment company might rep  Tony Robbins and other motivational speakers and rep your wholesaling guru or fix and flip guru like Tarik and his X wife were doing.. 

Digging into off-market opportunities, networking with wholesalers, and building relationships with motivated sellers can put you ahead of the competition.🔹 Creative Financing – Traditional loans don’t always work for distressed properties.

If that is your primary motivation then I wouldn't encourage that.

Basically just putting a step in the middle of a disallowed transaction that is really only there with no actual profit/business/clean motive except tax avoidance...is not valid. 

Managing 20 STRs is insane, and it’s motivating to hear that the market has strong potential.I’ll definitely take your advice and start browsing Airbnb in my target zip codes to see what’s trending.

Super helpful in finding potentially motivated sellers and calculating ARV quickly.

I would assume a seller "in their right mind" is not a motivated one.