I'm jealous of you having a paid off house in Austin right now as I'm sure your property value has risen significantly in the last few years. I just graduated

I'm jealous of you having a paid off house in Austin right now as I'm sure your property value has risen significantly in the last few years. I just graduated UT with a CS and got a nice job, but now is the time to buy a house and unfortunately that probably isn't going to happen for a little while.