My tenants are decent people and I let them know that I hate these kinds of conversations and if other people are complaining then clearly there is a pattern here that is wrong on their end. 

Nothing wrong with it in your guidebook as well though for a small page or section!  

So, it's either get your real estate license or have a really good friend who will list them for you who wants to look them up (but most agents don't know what they are doing and do it wrong).

I’m sure you can’t go wrong with either — good luck with Multifamily !!

2)  Is every syndication wrong?

When you say professional quote do you recommend just paying a trusted contractor to do a walkthrough or do you first recommend getting an inspection to figure out what’s fully wrong/needs to get fixed before bringing in a contractor?

After thirty years of flipping houses I can tell you that the second you trust the subs completely, things go wrong.

Don't get me wrong I'm happy to help get you some estimates if that's useful hahah but still not something I'd recommend. 

Lots of experience, has some reserves, good market and flipper has a healthy income to recover if things go wrong (probably Not a problem in this situation)4.

As for the Balloon, there is nothing wrong with that, if you are doing this wisely.