Depending upon whether they are a bank or a trust company, custodians are heavily regulated by the IRS, DOL, possibly the FDIC, State Banking Commissioner, and the Comptroller of the Currency.

It relied heavily on that industry, so when handcrafted furniture fell out of favor during to mass production people started leaving and it hasn't quite found it's new calling. 

We're investing heavily outside of Charlotte in more rural areas within about an hour or so from the city.

I'd start with one or two properties, but if it works out, would like to invest more heavily (10-15 sfr). 

Syndication is a great way to build massive wealth to fund my hopeful future endeavors and I also think its one of the best "curriculums" to learn all about business basics that underpin success in every industry.I'm very close to my next milestone now and my company is heavily pursuing marketing opportunities and our network to find potential partners for a ~$10M purchase in Kansas City for a ~7 year exit plan deal shooting for 16-18% IRR and 8-9% CoC returns.

I am pretty heavily invested in the STR space.

I happened to start learning about private equity funds, stakeholder capitalism, and the housing crisis last week and also started getting more active on the BP forums.I posted about struggling with finding investors for syndication and got some good comments about why this is the case for many syndicators right now.One comment referred to something about FEMA flood insurance rate maps and that rang a bell in my head about a random old piece of land I got a few years ago when I was heavily into tax deed auctions in Florida.

I have spoken extensively with Taz and other team members on this so I am sure I am heavily influential on this own personal biases. 

I am looking to get more heavily involved in real estate and have an eagerness to learn.

This subjective and heavily pushed idea seems driven by a real sense of fear.