I think you need to accept the fact that it is in fact not any other rental and decide if you are able to see your plan through (treat it like any other rental). 

I personally could not see an arrangement where I put up all of the money in the project and take on essentially all of the risk (other than your opportunity cost) and accept less than 50%. 

And with that what rewards you will accept for each achievement hit. 

And start thinking about assembling a procedure manual - will you accept pets, how will you recognize a strong candidate, how will you establish the rent amount, that kind of stuff.

I did not accept the inspector recommendations of anyone in the deal.

You should know what the rehab cost will be BEFORE offer acceptance and you should know what the ARV is...plus what it will rent for.

Unless there was a lien recorded in the public records I doubt the insurer will accept liability for the matter. 

Our offer was immediate and accepted the next day when the sellers were overwhelmed with offers and viewing requests.

I went with a 5% down conventional loan, which will allow me to continue to purchase house hacks if I want to in the future (assuming DTI is acceptable).How did you add value to the deal?

Acknowledge failures as failures and accept them and encourage continued effort when what the kid is trying to do really is something he can work to achieve.