I think your plan sounds reasonable, but let me give you one warning.

I warned John about his posting, he's lucky he didn't get his account deleted. 

They instead used a disreputable contractor that I warned them not to use.  

@Michael Fanoni I understand the reason behind it, I just want to warn you with the risks, there's nothing wrong with helping people out, and you need to do what you need to do.

@Steve Vaughan - My sister is an agent and she warned me going in that it's a bit of high school mentality with a lot of agents/brokers.

WARNING – just spent too much time building rapport, you are there to get a job done and go through all five steps properly.There comes a point where some new investors find themselves wasting hours of their time making friends with people BUT not closing any sales.There need to see if it’s a fit for you and your company fairly quickly use within 15 minutes.

Deliver formal written notices after a verbal warning.

@Bill GulleyPeople are on a public forum here and if you're in Ohio saying that you don't need a license in Wholesaling maybe just a phone call to the department real estate in Columbus might be in orderWhat bothers me the most is when the state is being stubborn about getting licensed to do brokering activities, not just agency relationships like listing agreements but brokering activities, then their name gets into a list of people acting as a real estate agent on the state watch list, get a cease-and-desist notice that black lists their ability to get a license in the future, Well you been warned huh?

I would warn against going with hard money the first time just because it creates so much pressure.

They will then investigate if there was negligence on the property owner's part, in most states that would be an undisclosed hazard (meaning something you knew about but didn't think to warn the contractor).