See which is lower, this is what I suggest to all people in this situation.

Few people want to “unload” a house, but have other issues that only selling might solve. 

And really, a step further, I could care less whether people believe it or not!

My recommendation if you are starting out with limited funds is while you are saving start networking with people in your local market.

Pretty rare from what I see that cities allow or want this....turns single family neighborhood into multi family and most of the zoning people don't like this.Plenty of issues from their point of few of why they don't like it.....parking is one...now no one parking in garage, and potential for more cars...so now 3-4-5 cars in the street.More taxing on the water/sewer/trash/police/fire/city services.I wish you the best of luck with this. 

I've done this with my properties because I'm well known in my small town and don't want people to know what I own.LEGAL PROTECTION: By placing your assets in an LLC, you are legally separating them from your personal assets.

The first sentence alone is something that 99% of people need to hear and internalize. 

Can anyone from Texas tell me if you have partnered up and what you have experienced 

But I'm okay paying something (within reason) for an experienced partner who knows what to build for resale in this price range and will manage the entire process

You don't need to establish business credit ahead of time for the A-paper great commercial mortgages, we do them all the time without any established credit.So you wind up, fast forward a couple years, with a bunch of different LLCs that you share ownership of with different people.