Dollars outweigh calls every day of the week.To me, what appears to be the problem isn't setting the goals, or choosing the goals, but having a plan of how to get there. 

Yea the thing that was confusing was that the listed rentals on Zillow or Redfin had pretty big discrepancies in price while they appeared to me to be of similar quality. 

It is virtually daily that i see purchases or considered purchases that appear to have no path to success.  

The way he addresses it will be the funding will magically appear; it won't.

I can fix any issues we can see and know about right away, it’s the hidden ones that older homes just tend to appear.

His personal name appears almost nowhere in the evidence/exhibits.

We (the buyers) notified our agent that the property must also be move-in-ready.We received images of the interior and exterior which showed the property in move-in ready condition/what appeared to be minimal to no deferred maintenance issues, the listing said "property inmove-in condition/turn-key".

I would also add that most of the small multifamily I see in that area appear to be on the rougher side.

At first glance, it appears that the price you are paying it high.However, it will depent on several factors - How many states are the syndications invested in? 

As indicated the correlation of LCOL cities having high crime rates and HCOL cities having low crime rates appears to not be strong.Ca large cities have lower violent crime rates than many cities in other states that are a similar size.