I admit that my own ignorance of how a syndication is set up may feed into my fear. 

You can get that information from any website that accesses the public records like Zillow or Realtor.com (ignoring non-disclosure states).Agents have to search for homes and decide which ones are comparable.

Ignorance of the law does not get you a free pass.

If you've never done an apartment deal before or you are an unknown to the broker, you may be ignored even if you submit a full price offer.

At the same time, she did reach back to us after several months and I don’t want to ignore the opportunity.

@Cole Hagen my feedback would be: 1) don't commit income tax fraud by purposefully under-reporting your income, I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure the IRS rule is that other/misc. income in excess of $600 must be reported, and 2) if you ignore 1) and do chose to not report it, it's probably not a great idea to post about the fact that you're considering doing so on a site where you have your full name posted, how easy would it be for a Google search to turn that info up or for someone to report you to the IRS based on this post?

Ignore any threates and do not take his calls.Congratulations for making the hard decisions to protect yourself. 

Or frankly, play 007 undercover agent and sit on the house until someone shows up - a waste of time, but they are clearly ignoring your notices.

Several owners ignored the orders, and the city started shutting off the power to the properties. 

You can probably ignore utility payments, but those should be considered as well.And you'll need to know the closing costs to buy and to sell.