Do I need to be represented by a lawyer before appearing before the judge for this matter?

I seem to be leaning to Penn Mutual, but I see they do not have a sales department; rather, I must first find a financial representative to perform the contract. 

And he actually won because I allowed him to represent me on my purchase so he actually made roughly $15,000 on it, and it was his first transaction as a new agent.

When hiring a Realtor to represent a buyer, the buyer and agent will negotiate the commission beforehand as part of the buyer representation agreement.3.

We made a terrible error when we started calling them leaders and stopped calling them representatives.  

Notably, upon request for references, the contacts provided were associated with Gmail accounts, despite purportedly representing corporate entities involved in real estate transactions.

Along those lines, perhaps you should consider changing your profile name from Real Estate to Block Wall, it would be more representative of you.Your analogy, as Jason pointed out, is ridiculous.

Instead of a plumber the PM or a representative should have responded. 

You should have a transactional real estate attorney represent you when negotiating the Joint Venture Agreement and formation of the special purposes entity (i.e. an LLC) that you'll be a member/limited partner in.

Do you own the properties you represent to be yours on your BP profile?