All emotion (around real estate investing) is bad and will lead you to making mistakes. 

Just be upfront with the lenders you speak with about your intentions and they'll lead down the right road.

I am a Florida Realtor and I am hiring my first un-licensed assistant and needed know if he can call my internet leads to see if they want to sell or buy and then set up an appointment? 

So if a fax comes through for me, my team lead doesn't have a problem with forwarding items to me. 

Contact Me with any leads you'd like to sell.  

I think it comes down to your goals which leads into the business plan question. 

I'm a hard money lender in Texas so I've been involved in thousands of projects and can tell you what makes them lead to success and what doesn't.

Sean,Not that I have actually quit Investor Carrot, but if you stop paying they will take your site and leads will be permanently be deleted.https://help.oncarrot.com/tutorial/how-to-cancel/So if you have written any content for the site yourself, make sure you have backups so you don't lose that stuff.  

Making an exception for one will only lead to exceptions for all and your loss of control over your business.

If you have a little bit of height below that doorway, how about a nice deck covering up that sidewalk leading to the door and the grass to the left of it?