A solid agent will understand that there is a financial gain, but this is a relationship, so if it isn't the right deal, they can be honest with you and you are more likely to use them again and refer.

@B RyansRecommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

For reference I would have only been able to rent the space for about $900/month.

For reference though, ours is 9.55% and in 1st/ only position.  

The OP is referring to transactional lenders charging 2 to 12% of the loan amount, not 12% interest on an annual basis.

For reference sake, the approximate value of the existing portfolio is $2B, and the annual net rental payments after expenses returned to investors are approximately $108M in 2024.

For reference, we are Accent Property Management, in Tulsa

Essentially, when they send the leads, there is no reference to where they came from or the URL to the lead source, making it difficult on our end to track. 

I am happy to refer you to some

That's like a company that does software development giving employees a bonus for referring other good programmers automatically makes the company a "scam".