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?

Yes, they do give out information, but because no one learns real estate, all those "students" can do is follow step by step what they have been told, pretty much the blind leading the blind. 

However that was only one persons advice so that's what lead me here so I can learn from people much more experienced in this then myself. 

Obviously, I know I need to provide them something of value if they are bringing me potential leads.  

I haven’t had a lot of luck finding buyers to market deals to and wondering if I should wholesale elsewhere.I’ve used lead generation services, such as Zbuyer, ListSource, RealtyStore, and a few others with very little luck.

They can be very handy for drawing up agreements and tracking your leads.