Trying to find a way of leveraging my teams strengths and relationships now (construction, design, engineering, etc.) and build smaller (12-50) unit multi-family or town home developments. 

My goal for this post is to connect with other people and form symbiotic professional relationships if the professional chemistry is right.

I have used property managers in the past, but the relationship inevitably sours as they fail the very basic industry standards for managing property.

Not only have I met so many cool people and enjoyed the relationships I've built, it's also led me to clients, potential partners, and people I've learned so much from.

Building a relationship with a smaller bank can definitely have its benefits.The rates are a bit higher for 203k but the ability to do a 100k renovation for 3500 down and 4-5% interest incl PMI made it very worth it for us.

Joined BiggerPockets in order to find local meetups in order to network and develop relationships with other investors/lenders

So why obligate yourself to a long-term relationship with someone with less than a perfect application?

I've developed some great relationships and also a business partner from these meetings.

There are plenty of benefits associated with building strong realtor relationships, but you will be sent a ton of "land development" opportunities and most will trip you up if you aren't careful.

You should be building relationships and not worried about a referral fee.If you are in the business, like real estate agent to real estate agent, or lender in one state to lender in another, a referral percentage is expected, but I don't see any of that.