He can cut his teeth really fast.If he's really motivated, partner with him to purchase a mobile home park or a self-storage facility that includes living quarters.

A nice thing about going to anywhere in AA county compared to Baltimote city or county is you can transfer the water bill hence limiting your potential charge for unreimbursed utilities to a quarter before shutoff vs the city where it can spike. 

DCA meaning not putting it all in at once, but putting in a set portion each month or quarter. 

Also, take into account that property taxes are divided by 4 and then a 5th quarter is added on.  

Here is the breakdown:$500 LLC$100 salesperson bond and broker bond$450 salesperson and broker application fees$450 ZipForms$500 MLS ($125 billed quarterly)$300 BiggerPockets$1200 liability insurance$50 website and e-mail with Bluehost/Wordpress$50 logo design on Fivver

There is a quarterly adjustment to the prepaid utilities.  

Here's one: (48 unit building I turned around and sold 6 years later and made $1M profit on)https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/311/topics/644570-how-i-made-over-1-million-on-1-deal-after-6-years-of-headachesHere's another one: (96 units, sold for a $1.5 Million profit not including the cashflow in just 2.5 years)https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/432/topics/765918-whats-your-most-successful-apartment-deal-everAnd here's a 30-unit townhome that is still on-going and should be complete 1st quarter of 2020 and I project a profit of $2M or a cashflow of $15K/month:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/432/topics/753858-brrr-actual-deal-2m-profit-or-15k-mo-cashflow-with-picturesWe have turned around other apartment buildings over the years and became our specialty.

Flipping a quarter to see who wins is not a good business model.My vote if you have no documentation is rip out the carpet, use some oil-based Kilz on the floor, and go over it with resilient flooring like luxury vinyl plank that is much easier to clean and repair when pets piddle. 

The quarter round trim will save you, but the tighter you start the better the artThe thresholds can be interesting, but its simply another piece of material to buy and its rather ergonomic (just make sure you cut it tight and don't warp the metal base you click the laminate into (too warped and youll never fix it... already cost me money why should it cost you... cut carefully lol) At this point I've bridged the gap where the expansion occurred, and dispute the rather stark change in elevation the forgiving floor has really cleaned it upAfter that you just add the trim... 

Quarter- and trimester-based schools may do it differently.