OR keep getting the Jack of all trades types to learn what someone a few more bucks have spent years mastering.  

@Jorge PatinoWelcome to BP, and congratulations on making the decision to invest in your future via real estate.I have written a few blog posts that may help you get started here on BP, and with your investing.

A bit about me: I'm an engineer in the mining industry by trade, originally from southern CA but have migrated my way across the country to eventually land in Alaska, working outside Fairbanks but living down in Anchorage when not at work.

I have been thinking about this decision for about three months now.

Yes...but it is also the best decision we ever made! 

I usually recommend my clients use me for the first one, explain the process, help make decisions. if they want to file subsequent LLCs themselves, they are free to do so.

Landlords issuing 1099s.As we know, the requirement to issue 1099s for landlords who operate rentals that don't rise to the level of trade or business was repealed.

Value the property based on the NOI and make your decision from there.The one thing that jump out at me was the Historic District.

Lastly they did not "confirm that they could not move forward in Texas", they simply made a business decision not to walk away from you and take a loss on your inability to meet your deadlines.

To me the decision seems obvious which one I would want....