A few valuable lessons and resources straight out the gate, thank you both very much!

With no experience and no/little up front money, all I have to offer is the property and I'm not sure if that is enough to be valuable to a partner.

It is hard for a new platform to draw consumers, and I fear that once/ if they do they'll start selling premium features to agents that will more or less make the free version less valuable. 

Hopefully with the experience I gain on my journey will make me a very valuable agent.

Don't string anyone along if you think you have no intention of working with them, your time and their time is valuable, respect that.

That's highly valuable and I'm definitely copying that into my notes for future reference.

I'd continue working on education, market research, and networking because those skills are valuable when you're older. 

It's going to depend on your personal decision though, are you going more for the monthly cashflow to escape the rat race, or are you wanting to build a larger, more valuable portfolio buying into areas that are more likely to appreciate, or doing some value add? 

Given the exact same two properties, the one where no one can build next to me, is more valuable.3. 

Assuming the houses are in somewhat central Austin, the dirt just keeps getting more and more valuable, so it's a nice place to hold some wealth.