Anyone here live in the Eastern outskirts of Austin?

Keystone said
Maybe some context of my situation now would help. This is my house at the top of the hill here
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This is my backyard
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And the pole barn where I get to spend some quality time working on the old car. Concrete floor, insulated, wired, lights, and it has a heated/air conditioned workshop inside.
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I've got 12 acres here now. This is my backfield where I get to cut up the trees that come down for firewood. I didn't even have a chainsaw before I bought this place almost 10 years ago, but I found there's something strangely enjoyable about cutting up firewood.
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And for comparison, my property taxes here are $2900 a year. And I have less than 2 years left on the mortgage.

I could realistically expect to get about mid 3's for this place, which won't buy me anything even close down there. The more I think about this, the more it doesn't make too much sense. The job sounds like a dream job, but I don't know if the rest of the deal is worth it.

You have a beautiful place there. Central Texas/Hill Country has been ruined by the influx of companies given massive incentives, not just the tax breaks. Density developments (those sub-divisions) are more than a PITA with the HOAs, there are generally additional taxes built in for what is called a Municipal Utility District (MUD) which generally handle the water/sewage side of things and are often environmental nightmares. I love Texas. I don't want to live anywhere else. Seeing what you've got, if I didn't have to move, I would stay put. That kind of set up here would run you in the millions, unless you were in one of the more remote parts of the state.