This is not necessarily a bad thing, plenty of legitimate companies use this service.

@Josh Stack yes they are a legitimate lender. 

This is a little off-topic but since both @Bob Malecki and @Dave Van Horn were already in here, are websites like The Paper Source University legitimate?

If the sale was not done legitimately, the sale will be overturned. 

The plus version allows for class tracking, which enables you to associate a transaction with its respective property.

Wholesaling without a license doesn't seem to have a legitimate place in the bigger picture other than investors offloading unimproved properties they actually own already.

Smaller flips, time in and out in 1-2 months, will be more profitable over time and allow you to keep quality contractors continuously employed.Spending more on hiring more contractors will effect bottom line on one flip but enables you to do more flips in same time period increasing over all profits.

Taking out a private/hard money loan will generally not damage your credit any more than it will enable you to build it."

Are there things a newbie can do / provide that would be useful to those in a position to provide legitimate mentoring?

If it is a legitimate ESA, you have to accept it regardless of breed