Those two issues conflict with each other.

There's a big conflict of interest.

You would need to find a Realtor who has a lot of investor knowledge, who has contractor referrals, property management referrals, closing, insurance, and knows how to structure these deals all while it not being a conflict of interest for that Realtor. 

He also has attended our local BP meetup with me when it didn't conflict with school.I'm not going to lie, I think the treat of Starbucks is part of the draw but whatever it takes to stoke that enthusiasm is fine with me.  

Galveston (where I'm currently sheltering in place) decided to close the beaches and its creating a lot of conflict locally. 

If you want the listing agent to represent you and the seller, both parties have to agree to it, but it creates a conflict of interest when it comes to confidentiality.

Renting by the room usually will bring in more, but there can be more problems as you may have conflicts with roommate that you get dragged into. 

I wouldn't want to have the inspector be the person who is going to be doing the work, that is a bit of a conflict of interest.  

@Jacob BarnhartJacob, if you did not sign a Buyer's Agreement Contract with your Agent's Brokerage, then it's up to the Seller to know what is in his Exclusive Right to Sell Listing Contract (Listing Contract).Generally, once the Seller's Contract expires, he can sell the property to whom ever he wants EXCEPT for  Buyers who were already introduced to the Seller, which is your case.There is usually a protection period in the Contract which would state the length of time after the Listing Contract Expires in which during this cooling off period, the Seller is still obligated to pay the Commission to the Listing Broker if the Seller sells to a Buyer that was already Introduced.I'm not sure how State specific this might be, so your Seller should check his Listing Contract for this information.If time has passed which included both the Contract Expiration Date AND the protection period, I see no conflict of interest here.I just received my Broker's License so I may not be entirely accurate and perhaps other Brokers can confirm.

I think they see this a "typical" of a TK provider (and have a conflict of interest based on the commission they receive from the TK provider for marketing them...