> I just looked at new home price in Austin though and it’s $2m for 4k square foot house. That seems like a bad idea The old saying "don't buy the biggest hou

> I just looked at new home price in Austin though and it’s $2m for 4k square foot house. That seems like a bad idea The old saying "don't buy the biggest house in the street" still rings true. Austin's median home size is 1800-2000 sqft. Unless you are looking to house a lot of people (i.e. a big extended family) a 4k sqft house is usually a bad idea from an investment perspective because, should you ever want to sell, the pool of potential buyers interested in a house that large is smaller. That's true whether in Austin or Houston.