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Austin Named #1 on Best Large Cities to Live List

August 5, 2015 By Rebecca Jacks

WalletHub, known for compiling data on cities in the US and determining which cities are best in each category recently released their 2015 Best Large Cities to Live In report. Austin is no newcomer to the “best cities” lists and is one of the reasons we relocated to Austin from San Francisco about five years […]

Filed Under: Living in Austin Tagged With: Austin Accolades, Cost of Living, Growth, Researching Your Move

Top 10 Reasons We Relocated to Austin

June 27, 2015 By Rebecca Jacks

If you’ve read our blog, you know we are not native Texans. We relocated to Austin from San Francisco about five years ago and couldn’t be happier. Many of you who are reading our blog might be contemplating the same type of move. I’m sure you’ve read all the articles naming cities like Raleigh, Austin, […]

Filed Under: Relocation Tagged With: Cost of Living, Growth, IMHO, Relocation Tips, Small Business, Small Towns, Top Rated Schools

Austin Named Best City Poised to Be the Next Silicon Valley

February 19, 2015 By Rebecca Jacks

I was reading Forbes recently and saw an article that echoed what we’ve been saying and experiencing for a couple of years now. Having grown up the heart of the Silicon Valley, and witnessing the birth and explosion of the tech industry there, we are familiar with the stages of the growth process. When we […]

Filed Under: Living in Austin Tagged With: Austin Accolades, Cost of Living, Growth, Job Market, Researching Your Move

Austin Named One of Top 10 Real Estate Markets for Investors in 2015

December 5, 2014 By Rebecca Jacks

In a recent report by US News and World Report, Austin was named one of the Top 10 real estate markets for investors to watch in 2015. For those who read Trulia’s recent article about Austin being the most overvalued market in America, this new report confirms what we’re actually seeing in our market, not […]

Filed Under: Investors Tagged With: Buying Investment Property, Cost of Living, Housing Market, Interpreting the Market, Predicting the Market

Austin Named 9th Best Place to Retire on Social Security

October 17, 2014 By Rebecca Jacks

In an article dated October 14, 2014 by US News and World Report, Austin was named #9 on the list of Top 10 Best Places to Retire on Social Security Alone. This is yet another “best places list” Austin finds itself on and it is no wonder people of all ages are relocating to our […]

Filed Under: Living in Austin Tagged With: Austin Accolades, Cost of Living, Growth, Retiring in Austin

San Francisco vs Austin Cost of Living

February 1, 2013 By Rebecca Jacks

How does Austin compare to San Francisco with cost of living? Having moved from San Francisco ourselves, we have been noticing the differences as we go out and shop, but wanted to put some real numbers to it. So, we headed over to our favorite cost of living comparison website, BestPlaces.net. First a bit about […]

Filed Under: Living in Austin Tagged With: Cost of Living, Relocating from San Francisco, Relocation Tips, Researching Your Move

Why Move to Austin?

January 16, 2013 By Rebecca Jacks

Why move to Austin? When we were looking for a place to relocate from the San Francisco area, we visited several cities and researched all sorts of locations. But, the one thing we found was Austin made almost every single list of top places to live. We’d visited Austin a few times and decided to […]

Filed Under: Relocation Tagged With: Austin Accolades, Cost of Living, Growth, Job Market, Relocating from San Francisco, Relocation Tips

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