I tried the latter--Home Advisor (formerly ServiceMagic).  Filled out my project details, but they ignored my explicit decision to NOT be immediately submitted&#x2F;sold as a lead to contractors and instead chose to see their list to read reviews.<p>Unfortunately, they ignored that, and I got pestered by a contractor who was very push on the sales side without answering questions, etc. Very unpleasant experience.<p>It highlighted for me an issue which is that I&#x27;m not sure I can trust a provider like that if they are selling the leads.  They might have an interest in selling me to whomever pays more, or to new contractors to get them hooked, when I just want to go with those that have the most happy customers at a fair price.<p>Still haven&#x27;t found a solution to this that I&#x27;m happy with.