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Only thing I know about Austin is that it's one of the fastest growing market (in terms of price) in Texas in the last decade or so, mainly due to all the tech and startups.

We joke and call it the most California city in Texas, and I know people who moved to TX from CA often consider Austin as their first choice.

Leander, TX that someone mentioned above for example, is about 20 minutes drive from Apple's Austin campus, which is also close to Adobe and some other big techs.

With the big techs expanding their Austin campus (Tesla is building new factory and maybe a new office there, and you also have traditional techs like Dell's HQ, etc), you should have no problem renting it out, but I don't think there is much space for significant property value appreciation like it did in the last 5-10 years.

Also stay away from most condo style property near UT Austin/Downtown area, as far as I know (knowledge from 3 years or so ago), the rental to property price ratio is not investment grade.