For her, it is like winning a lottery and she wants to take advantage of this situation.

The Lithonia deal may have a higher cap rate (as it should) where the Peach tree corners may be higher appreciation following rent raises (commercial does not appreciate for any other reason but by cap rate compression PLUS NOI increases).Is the syndication debt only, cash flow only or a mix of appreciation (at the end) and percent of cash flow as it increases..Lots of syndications benefit the syndicators mostly, some are balanced and are win-win for the investor as well. 

Excellent school district was also a bonus.

Not a slam dunk for landlords unless a serious amount is owed - then almost an automatic win.

I gathered the numbers from the banks on both and she inputted everything into her excel sheet.  

That's a win win for them...and unless you pay them off in full, your purchase gets wiped out.

It's a win for both of us because he gets under-market rent and my equity begins to grow.

We always win :)

With your background, @Joy VanAssche, you will have a competitive advantage in whatever market you decide to work in, I'm sure you will discover excellent ways of leveraging that.

Or learn to use Excel or a similar application.