address_types.py test seems to fail intermittently on travis

It was mentioned in https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/11991#issuecomment-357922664 that this could be due to sync_mempools failing. A failure I saw looked like:

```
address_types.py failed, Duration: 14 s
stdout:
2018-01-12 23:14:39.513000 TestFramework (INFO): Initializing test directory /tmp/bitcoin_test_runner_20180112_231145/address_types_178
2018-01-12 23:14:48.747000 TestFramework (INFO): Sending from node 0 (['-addresstype=legacy']) without multisig using default
2018-01-12 23:14:51.012000 TestFramework (INFO): Sending from node 1 (['-addresstype=p2sh-segwit']) without multisig using default
2018-01-12 23:14:53.263000 TestFramework (ERROR): Assertion failed
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/travis/build/bitcoin/bitcoin/build/bitcoin-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py", line 123, in main
    self.run_test()
  File "/home/travis/build/bitcoin/bitcoin/build/bitcoin-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/test/functional/address_types.py", line 183, in run_test
    assert_equal(unconf_balances[to_node], to_send * 10 * (2 + n))
  File "/home/travis/build/bitcoin/bitcoin/build/bitcoin-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/test/functional/test_framework/util.py", line 38, in assert_equal
    raise AssertionError("not(%s)" % " == ".join(str(arg) for arg in (thing1, thing2) + args))
AssertionError: not(0E-8 == 1176.25722960)
2018-01-12 23:14:53.263000 TestFramework (INFO): Stopping nodes
2018-01-12 23:14:53.577000 TestFramework (WARNING): Not cleaning up dir /tmp/bitcoin_test_runner_20180112_231145/address_types_178
2018-01-12 23:14:53.577000 TestFramework (ERROR): Test failed. Test logging available at /tmp/bitcoin_test_runner_20180112_231145/address_types_178/test_framework.log
2018-01-12 23:14:53.578000 TestFramework (ERROR): Hint: Call /home/travis/build/bitcoin/bitcoin/build/bitcoin-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/test/functional/combine_logs.py '/tmp/bitcoin_test_runner_20180112_231145/address_types_178' to consolidate all logs
```
https://travis-ci.org/bitcoin/bitcoin/jobs/328318030
throw std::runtime_error(
            "preciousblock \"blockhash\"\n"
            "\nTreats a block as if it were received before others with the same work.\n"
            "\nA later preciousblock call can override the effect of an earlier one.\n"
            "\nThe effects of preciousblock are not retained across restarts.\n"
            "\nArguments:\n"
            "1. \"blockhash\"   (string, required) the hash of the block to mark as precious\n"
            "\nResult:\n"
            "\nExamples:\n"
            + HelpExampleCli("preciousblock", "\"blockhash\"")
            + HelpExampleRpc("preciousblock", "\"blockhash\"")
        );
    std::string strHash = request.params[0].get_str();
    uint256 hash(uint256S(strHash));
    CBlockIndex* pblockindex;
    {
        LOCK(cs_main);
        if (mapBlockIndex.count(hash) == 0)
            throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, "Block not found");
        pblockindex = mapBlockIndex[hash];
    }
    CValidationState state;
    PreciousBlock(state, Params(), pblockindex);
    if (!state.IsValid()) {
        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_DATABASE_ERROR, state.GetRejectReason());
    }
    return NullUniValue;
}
UniValue invalidateblock(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
{