Lowes--lets talk Lowes for a minute--if you order about $2500 at a time you can get great discounts but you need to go through the PRO reps (this is relatively new as they are aggressively going after the pro market). 

Recently, we hired a new rep in the Port St.

And sat down with my own personal Rep.

I was told from a rep that if I could get someone to sign a lease agreement for about $3,200 - $3,600 per unit, I would qualify.

STR loophole is different than qualifying for REPS.

The new customer service rep is more responsive and more responsible, which makes a big difference.

The builder rep represents the builder, not you.

I spoke with a sales rep from the Propstream team and they said that their sale price estimates (for non MLS users) are usually within 1% accuracy, but they didn't provide any way to verify that claim.

Some I can think of off the top of my head would be salaried sales reps, basic record of past performance, proper offering documents, back office procedures, policies and procedures for proper vetting of investor accreditation. 

If you’re working a full time W2, it’s unlikely you’d qualify for REPS.