I'm looking to intern for someone down in the Sarasota, Fl region.

You're just sacrificing other parts of your Internal rate of return you'd get at the sale in 5 years to make the cashflow look better upfront with interest only payments.

What conflicts do they have internally?

Believe it or not, TREC is actually in place to protect consumers, and we have plenty of legislation to protect them.Back to your earlier point that real estate brokerage isn't competitive, that's not my experience.  

What conflicts do they have internally?

In a residential lease, would not the type of tenancy typically be defined by legislation?   

I've been soaking up the massive wealth on information on here and I must say I'm quite impressed with how knowledgeable most of the members of this forum are.I graduated college last May and currently work in marketing at a financial planning firm that I interned with during school. 

Last summer I Interned with Marcus & Millichap a commercial real estate brokerage.

BNI is Business Network International a referral based group of professionals in my area that I meet with on a weekly basis.

Beautiful location, beautiful weather, good schools if you pay attention to school districts, and...Immigration lawyers are plentifulBanks understand what you are doing as they are used to dealing with international banking, and are willing to help you get setup quickly.We support about 30 investors now as an authorized HUD Brokerage.