I see that you are local to the Grand Rapids Area.

If you're just starting, I'd suggest you attend some local meetups and network with some local, established, successful investors.  

Partnerships with people you don't fully know can get messy pretty quickly so in your scenario I would go to a local bank and get a construction loan.

I like to call yellow letter senders to network with whoever is sending them out, and potentially get on their buyers list, but this one wont even get that call.

A lot of out of state rental property investors and even local landlords prefer buying new construction homes that need as little maintenance as possible.

I hope to learn a lot here and maybe meet some local investors. 

I'd personally recommend a local lender for something like this.

With the help of my local partners, I found solutions to these three issues that I’m going to use in my own development.

The heat pump system was installed by a small local contractor. 

I concede that this will be difficult to execute in Charleston (affording a house with STR potential as a FTHB straight out of college), so you may have to take a stair-step approach.In the meantime, get involved with the local REI community.