If the answers to your two fundamental questions conflict then maybe there's a third path that acccommodates.3.  

I feel bad for little Rupert with his little, small $80k downpayment blowing it on a third ward airbnb and asking why his occupancy rate is sub 60% being managed by someone who has 10 units in the area and 4 are theirs, so obvious preference and conflict of interest.

I take a dozen or more photos of properties for prospective investors and I don't act as the Buyer's Agent in any transaction so as to prevent any conflict of interest.

Sometimes the name is unavailable or it conflicts with the name of a current LLC.

Schedule conflicts during the first meet... but count me in tonight...If its not too late to come

Most Professional Property Managers do everything; collect rent, schedule maintenance, pay taxes, pay mortgages & HOA dues, process security deposit claims, marketing , leasing , on call 24/7, handle landlord-tenant conflict.

Are there any laws that might conflict with your plans.  

It's a conflict of interest when they want more so their commission will be higher but you need to get the price as low as possible so the deal makes sense. 

In addition, we are getting conflicting info on our comps.

Maybe they have safeguards in place to avoid this potential conflict of interest.