Wow, r/e taxes are high in Texas or is that particular to Houston?
Inside the City of Houston limits is crazy expensive.
Most of rural Texas is pretty cheap.
Which is why Houston is growing outward at a record pace.
People would rather commute and live in an affordable house than live in town and pay more in property taxes.
My parents have a $500k house 45 minutes outside Houston that is paid off, their yearly tax bill including school taxes is around $5000 a year.
That same house in the City limits would be around $18k a year just in property taxes.