Create columns for Name, Street Address, City, State, Zip and then contact info: Last Contact, Relationship, Status, Email & Phone.IMPORTANT: do NOT ask people for THEIR business, ask for referrals!

Were they all new or you were still on the promotional rate?

Forums like these tend to open the flood gates for real estate agents to promote the cities where they sell.

Any affordable referrals would be appreciated. 

The sponsor's largest source of revenue is in the promote, which in most cases isn't realized until the sale. 

For people in the Brooklyn area, do you have any cement/concrete professional that you'd recommend? My tenant informed me that a staircase and surrounding backyard porch is in bad shape and I'm looking for someone to ...

BP hosts have promoted it, but I can't say why.Other platforms out there too.

Search 'pm horror stories' with one hand while your other pumps up and promotes getting one.

@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.

This was despite my explaining that I would be making a cash purchase and already owned residential rentals in the area.Eventually, I found one or two agents who were enthusiastic to work with me although not after first promoting their own noncompetitive pocket listings.