; and (ii) except for a financial institution, may not be— (I) an attorney; (II) a certified public accountant; (III) a broker, as defined in section 3(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ( 15 U.S.C. 78c(a) ); or (IV) an investment advisor. (3) Extension of assets being placed in qualified blind trusts If a covered person is unable to place a covered investment in a qualified blind trust by the date described in paragraph (2)(A), the applicable Member of Congress may request, and the supervising ethics office may grant, 1 or more reasonable extensions, subject to the conditions that— (A) the total period of time covered by all extensions granted for the covered investment shall not exceed 150 days; and (B) the period covered by a single extension shall be not longer than 45 days. (4) Communications regarding existing qualified blind trusts (A) In general Any direct or indirect communication relating to a qualified blind trust in existence on the applicable effective date described in subsection (j) between a trustee of the qualified blind trust and an interested party shall be permissible for purposes of this title if the communication— (i) (I) is made— (aa) in writing; and (bb) not later than 60 days after that effective date; (II) is filed with the applicable supervising ethics office by the person initiating the communication not less than 5 days before the date of the communication; (III) relates to a direction or request to the trustee— (aa) to sell all initial property placed in the qualified blind trust by any interested party; or (bb) to convert all of an asset in the qualified blind trust into an investment other than a covered investment; and (ii) is otherwise permitted under section 13104(f)(3)(C)(vi). (5) Communications between covered persons and trustees relating to all qualified blind trusts (A) Notification A trustee of a qualified blind trust shall not notify a covered person if— (i) the value of the initial property of the qualified blind trust is less than $1,000