I occasionally get requests to manage commercial and love to have a referral source. 

I can send a referral 

These connections can provide insight into reasonable pricing and offer trustworthy referrals for future work.

When you are a new agent you do not have the luxury of referrals from clients you have worked with over the years.

My brokerage is part of Anywhere RE, we have the biggest names under our umbrella (ERA, Caldwell Banker, Sotherbys, BHG, Century 21) and we have a fantastic referral program that I can hand pick an agent anywhere in the country and interview them for you to make sure they have the qualities you are looking for.

Today, @Noah Bacon published an interested article to the blog that got me thinking - large apartment buildings often offer concessions - like first month reduced rent, or sometimes even referral programs.

Independent investor but willing to talk incentive for referral if deal is good.

I’m sure others here are also running into this issue, so any recommendations and referrals would be greatly appreciated!

A PMC is the ONLY one that will deal daily with your property.Here's some copy & paste advice on hwo to screen PMCs:Recommend 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.

We have sent over a few referrals to him and they have given us great feedback when we asked how their experience has been.