Fat chance she didn't know.

I suggest you start with1) reading books on syndications, like the one by Gene Trowbridge and another one by Theo Hicks/Joe Fearless2) listen to podcasts.

The title company gathers and verifies all the important papers from the lender and county, and mails a fat packet to me.

That and a fat dep. sweetens the offer. 

My point is sandwich l/o are fraught with risk, you need to have a bank roll fat enough to cover evictions, they are just tenants until they buy, and enough time with the seller to get a new buyer if the term ends and they dont close.

You may just want to pony up some $ and go to one of Gene Guarino's events. 

Gene, we will be there!

One of the carry-over tenants was not paying rent, so we learned real fats how to deal with eviction process, small claims, changing locks, etc.

: The how-to book of syndicated investment real estate by Gene Trowbridge

My answer would be a big fat YES!