I would also like to own boarding homes so that people can rent rooms from me.I came to Bigger Pockets after I was researching Success Path.

By the time you are eligible to own property when you turn 18, maybe you can have enough capital saved up to buy a house that you can live in it at college and rent out the other rooms so that your housing is "free".

The Grand Parkway (99) is being built in stages on the far west loop, connecting The Woodlands, down to Sugarland.  

Welcome to BP @Kirk RobertsHitting that grand slam happens from time to time, but most here would suggest the slow and steady route instead.

I could have the studio portion of the property (now functioning as the living room/kitchen) maintain its shared entrance with another unit in the property.

There's room to get better if other folks are already achieving better numbers.  

Why not use the 80 grand as a down payment on a smaller place so you can have something of your own to move into if you have to short your townhouse?  

Typical guru always comes back with claims of a room full of attorneys blessing their system or product and denying any unethical or illegal aspects.  

That's a pretty skinny deal, not much room for error especially for someone new.

Is enough room to subdivide into two lots and build two homes, therefore you may be able to get more bang for your buck and not have to push the prices in the neighborhood.