Round Rock recently found itself on Money Magazine’s Best Cities to Live in the US in 2019, coming in at #2. Austin area residents have known Round Rock’s merits for some time. It has even gotten some national recognition, named one of the safest cities in America. But, this overall “best city to live” nod […]
Planning Your Trip: Austin Visitors Guide
Planning your first trip to Austin can be a bit overwhelming, especially if you are evaluating Austin as a potential place to live. When we relocated to Austin, there was not too much info out there about things to do, places to see or a checklist of what do to learn about the city. This […]
Best Time to Visit Austin
If you’re considering relocating to Austin, we always encourage you to visit at least once before you have to find a house. The first trip is to find out if you could see yourself living in Austin and to narrow down the area of town you prefer to be. This way, when you go back […]
Top 10 Things to Do on Your First Visit to Austin
When you Google top things to do in Austin, you’ll get 100 different results of the fun things to do and the exciting places to see. If you’re relocating to Austin and you’ll want to visit the city before you make your decision. If you want to know what it’s like to be a real […]
Tackling Your Home Search When Relocating to Austin
Relocating your family is tough duty with a multitude of tasks and decisions. A major decision is where to live and what to buy. If you are moving to an unfamiliar area, along with life’s daily challenges (e.g., jobs, family, pets, cars, medical services), finding the right home can seem overwhelming. This 3 part series […]
Austin Street Guide & Pronunciation Cheat Sheet
When we relocated to Austin, it took us a while to figure out alternate names and proper pronunciation of some of Austin’s well traveled roads, most of which you’re just supposed to know. Not pronouncing the streets properly is the fastest way for Austinites to know you’re not from here and its most certainly followed […]
Top 10 Reasons We Relocated to Austin
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, […]
What to Look for in a Realtor When Relocating to Austin
When you’re relocating to Austin from another city, you’ll have lots of questions. Where are the best neighborhoods to live? Where are the best schools in Austin? Will I like living in a certain area of Austin? How’s traffic? Though you can find the answers to these questions, it will take months and months of […]
Relocating to Austin from San Francisco
Over 160 people a day are relocating to Austin. Though we don’t have exact figures as to how many of those come from the Bay Area, we can’t tell you how many people we’ve met since relocating to Austin from San Francisco who are from the Bay Area. Why Relocate to Austin from San Francisco? […]
2014 Austin Relocation Report
Is there any truth to all Austinites being from California? Where do Austin residents really move from? What Austin area counties attract the most number of residents? All of this and much more can be answered in The Texas Association of Realtors’ (TAR) 2014 Texas Relocation Report with statistics on who is moving in and […]