If things work out reasonably well I hope to procure additional properties in the same market, though, so ideally once I build a team up I won't have to worry so much.If you haven't already, maybe pick up "Long-Distance Real Estate Investing: How to Buy, Rehab, and Manage Out-of-State Rental Properties" - I believe it's available from the BP store and elsewhere.

They might claim the buyer broker/agent is parachuting in on the deal when they have procuring cause for the full fee. 

If it sells after June you will not owe the realtor but if the realtor can prove that he/she was the procuring cause for the transaction then that is different too.

Yes, sign a Buyer/Agent agreement so the agent knows you are serious about working with them and not just using them to see homes (procuring cause) then going to another agent to make an offer.

What is the best way to go about procuring, contacting, and determining whether or not to try and form a partnership with the various service providers?

You should carry $1 Million on your property policy and another $2 Million as a liability umbrella.What every body is parroting may not always be the best choice.

Everything that you asked above.And sometimes it makes more sense to build than to buy, so we also have a 3-Day Developer's Academy that focuses on ground up and conversions too.So part of this may be a shameless plug (of course hopefully within the guidelines of BP) but also to preempt and let you know that there is a wealth of information available - a lot here can be procured on BP, and reaching out to folks like Mike Wagner, or on the internet like Inside Self Storage Investors, both the national & your state Self Storage Association, and folks like myself too - you tube videos, podcast, etc.So you'll not be in lack of information, but be sure that you're best able to simplify it, categorize it, & then action upon it. 

I have 100+ hours into this property and she was actively procuring, and hiding, the offer I initiated as we were discussing my resignation. 

Here's what it says (you can research the other 49 states if you wish):''Real estate broker'', hereinafter referred to as broker, any person who for another person and for a fee, commission or other valuable consideration, or with the intention or in the expectation or upon the promise of receiving or collecting a fee, commission or other valuable consideration, does any of the following:sells, exchanges, purchases, rents or leases, or negotiates, or offers, attempts or agrees to negotiate the sale, exchange, purchase, rental or leasing of any real estate, or lists or offers, attempts or agrees to list any real estate, or buys or offers to buy, sells or offers to sell or otherwise deals in options on real estate, or advertises or holds himself out as engaged in the business of selling, exchanging, purchasing, renting or leasing real estate, or assists or directs in the procuring of prospects or the negotiation or completion of any agreement or transaction which results or is intended to result in the sale, exchange, purchase, leasing or renting of any real estate.That's air tight.The only legal way to wholesale is in MA to double-close. 

How much does this NV based Seed Capital company charge for procuring business Credit for you?