Make sure the deals are cash flowing, a lot of syndicators are currently trying to sell you snake oil with no yield. 

But at the end of the day - they paid for the emergency plumber to come out and snake the main drain and replaced all of our white towels. 

Snakes, Turtles, Lizards etc...You NEVER get noise complaints from the neighbors.

They don't know how to swap out a garbage disposal or snake a toilet.

I do make and sign offers though but I've learned to watch out for snakes.

There are many snakes in the grass.  

3. try snaking. 

He's going to have to bring out his camera and his 100-ft snake and attempt to unclog it.

Thanks for your response @Austin Youmans I have confidence that there are no safety or health issues (lol one of our first tasks was bagging the leaves and even some dirt between our house and the little old lady next door due to MOTHBALLS and the awful eye burning smell they put off...it seems she had the notion that mothballs scared off snakes - and since  the property had sat empty for several years there were LOTS of mothballs (both whole and partially deteriorated) - but thankfully they are gone and I would know  - turns out I'm very sensitive  to them.  

The notion of having enough to pay the bills from real estate investing within a 30-90 day timeline as a salary to pay bills for a family is from a snake oil sale's message.