However, after leaving the class and thinking long and hard, I decided it was better to have the resident permit, even though it was more money, due to some restrictions with the non-resident one.
With the resident permit you get the Gun Free School Zone waiver, the NICS bypass and also less confusion if stopped when showing your ID. Also, several states will only recognize your permit as reciprocal if it is the resident permit; non-resident permits are not accepted (Florida and Colorado for a couple of examples.)
Luckily, Linda makes you go through the whole class for Texas, so I paid them the extra $$ for the additional paperwork and am now in 'application processing' status for both permits!
I want to mention that Linda and Marty do an EXTRODINARY job with their classes. They really make it fun and I learned a lot (even though it was 580 degrees on the range in August!)
I highly recommend them!