What is a better relationship type to hold- commission, flat fee, something else?

Continue to use Texas legal counsel (because that's where you live).If you think the marital relationship can take the strain, get a separate property agreement for the LLC and all income/assets it has/receives.Don't take any advice received here (including this) at face value.

I would point out that there is a big difference between a owner occupied client to contractor relationship as opposed to an investor/flipper one.

The biggest part of real estate is relationships, so keep networking and learning and you should be good to go!

That builds a LOT of goodwill into the relationship.

However, unless you have a really good relationship with your GC, it’s going to be difficult to get them to come to every site walk.

As soon as we learned just how much damage her broken relationships caused we got her family out ASAP.

Or is this because of the relationship?  

Cash Flow is positive immediately, basic self managed updates with trimming and cleanup while developing relationship with tenants.

I used a business credit card and line of credit to build a relationship with one of the larger banks that is known for being harder to work with.