I'm more on the software and cloud applications side

May be irrational exuberance @Russell Brazil, however, this company is unlike any other RE company and given it's cloud-based office, it not only saves on overhead costs but also is COVID-compliant! 

There are a million reasons for everything, but this type of investor is definitely clouding the waters in a lot of ways.

On top of that it's heavily fragmented and being threatened on several fronts by disrupters and other external forces.Glenn Sanford's goal was to redesign the model in the cloud-based era to minimize overhead costs (brick & mortar, redundant staffing, etc) while improving services & compensation  to provide a value proposition for agents that is so strong it would be "irresponsible" (his words) to hang your license anywhere else. 

The big companies here are all focused on cloud offerings, which has only gotten more demand with the newly emerging WFH culture.  

The examiners who look over properties before issuing title policies may want to see your trust agreement to ensure there aren't any issues that could cloud the title, and this can defeat the trust's ability to protect your privacy.

We just recently tried to buy a property on Hubzu and found out there was a $72k cloud on the title in the form of a first mortgage. 

This is probably on the high end of the institutional side. http://nreionline.com/industrial/growing-demand-data-centers-drives-ma-activity-sectorAnyone have any experience in these kind of deals? If so, I want to hea...

The lien business will require a great deal of education as well, you'll need to understand the neighborhoods of the properties you're acquiring the liens on, you'll need to learn different State and locals laws since they will determine your ability to collect, the various ways the owners can get out of having to pay the liens which will vary by state, and county, what your numbers really look like if the Title is clouded causing you to pay off others before being free and clear, etc...