The builders rep works directly for the builder and should treat you fairly but don’t represent the buyer.

How do you find someone good to represent you?  

Disclosure - Director of PR for DoHardMoney@Jonathan SchoapI'm sorry you had a negative experience speaking with a representative of our company.

@Lavada Lindsey This is an "ask your broker" (or your agent's broker) situation.Here in MA, our MLS rules prohibit an agent from contacting a person who is represented by another agent. 

.: looking through MLS, contacting certain people, sending direct mails, etc.)What % does screening the MLS (+other websites such as Zillow, etc.) represent compared to other strategies you may use to find deals (such as direct marketing, etc.), both in terms of # of analyzed properties and # of purchased properties?

I represent both owners and GCs in TX; I often only see penalty clauses as opposed to incentive clauses.

Also make sure you are answering the questions correctly on their forms --- I once saw an operating agreement generated from a similar service stating that the member will represent the membership interests in the LLC using a certificate.

@Adam Gleve, I am pretty much a NOOB investor, so I don't want to represent myself as anything I am not.

When representing others, I am straight up about my W-2 position to my clients and all tell me they appreciate it.

Not that i am too experienced in this field but depending on how they plan on selling it, i'd just make sure that you get some clarification in writing as to their intent - for example, are they going to treat you as a wholesaler, or are they going to treat you as if you were their real estate agent representing them.