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Buying a Small Multifamily Property in Austin: What Investors Should Know

Most of the investor conversations I have start with duplexes, triplexes, or fourplexes, not big apartment complexes. Small multifamily is where a lot of first-time investors actually get started in this market, and it comes with its own set of questions that a typical single-family purchase doesn't

Hutto vs. Pflugerville: Which Suburb Fits You Better?

Hutto and Pflugerville come up together constantly in my conversations with buyers, two fast-growing suburbs on the northeast side of the metro, both pulling people priced out of Austin proper or Round Rock. I get why they're lumped together a lot, but I've shown homes in both, and they're not the s

Living in Georgetown, TX: A Local Broker's Guide

Georgetown is one of those towns clients ask me about almost apologetically, like they're worried it's too far from Austin to make sense. Then I tell them about the square, the rivers, and the fact that it's been one of the fastest-growing cities in the country for the better part of a decade, and t

How RSUs and Equity Compensation Affect Buying a Home in Austin

I've worked with a good number of clients moving to Austin from California, New York, and Seattle whose pay package includes RSUs, and almost every one of them asks some version of the same question. How much of this stock can I actually count as a down payment, and does moving to Texas change what