Never pay for work that hasn’t been done.3.Verify Work Regularly: Have an objective third party inspect the quality of the work weekly and provide updates.

I have corporate bookkeeping experience and can see all the money coming in online but there is no one there I can speak with about our account.

He met a lady from Mexico that could not even speak English.

@Chris Blackburn, while I can't speak to this specifically, there are a few red flags I see in your post.1: A Realtor has to be a member of the national association of realtors, an industry trade group primarily focused on your typical home buyer.  

Obviously speak to a lawyer or someone with more knowledge, but I have heard of people leaving their FHA home before the first year is up for much worse reasons. 

No one speaks like that, in real life. 

Days wind down and now they have a (knee jerk) reaction and buy something non-optimal for a property just to avoid tax penalties.Had they been realistic starting out they would have had time to locate quality properties to buy instead of looking for a Unicorn.

I think the problem here is your lumping ALL syndicators, regardless of operational time and quality, into 1 big generalization. 

But there are also some real challenges, like dealing with lower tenant quality on average, the extra red tape, annual inspections, and the longer time it takes to get tenants placed compared to the open market.

Risk assessment and mitigation: Quick analysis of crime rates, school quality, economic stability and environmental risks. 5.