Texas Question

[28Prowler525]

What are the good lakes for sport / performance boating. What lakes are comparable to the Colorado River lakes, ie. Havasu & Mojave.... My wife and I have been talking about getting out of So Cal for quite some time now and think Texas might be the place for us. We have 2 young ones and don't want to raise them in the So Cal environment.
We are looking to live on the water with the lake being at least 25,000 acres. Near a good sized city with good school districts.
Any help would be appreciated.
Are any of you real estate agents or know someone who is?
Anybody have any suggestions besides Texas?
Jeff

[oldbuck40]

hey 28 check your pm's i sent you some info!!!

[TexasJet]

Lake Travis in Austin Tx. would be the closest thing we have to Havazu. Travis can get pretty wild on weekends in the summer. There are good school districts in north Austin. Austin is also centrally located and there are many good lakes within a 3 hour drive. If I could relocate I would pick Austin. You may want to contact some national real estate chains. They will get you all kinds of info.

[Sherpa]

another vote for Austin.......... Lake Austin (colorado river; but not THAT
colorado river) is nice, but busy on summer weekends. Travis is big, and has
alot of room to roam. Lake LBJ is not too far for a visit. Lake Belton is also
close... actually there are alot of lake close by. I'd go to Austin in a heartbeat to raise a family. I lived there for 2 years, 1991-1992 and had
an apartment off loop 360, right nest to the loop 360 bridge.....
--Sherpa

[OldFaithful Squirter]

Canyon Lake- New Braunfels Area
Medina Lake- Bandera Area
Lake Amistad- Del Rio Area
Lake Corpus Christi- Corpus Christi Area
Been on all of these lakes really nice with plenty of Hot Boaters

[28Prowler525]

Thanks for the responces.
Anyone know anything about Grand Lake in Oklahoma?

[mrgoslow]

Canyon Lake- New Braunfels Area
Medina Lake- Bandera Area
Lake Amistad- Del Rio Area
Lake Corpus Christi- Corpus Christi Area
Been on all of these lakes really nice with plenty of Hot Boaters
corpus is too economically depressed
del rio ? ditto
medina real estate still undervalued. quiet, laid back not too far from san antonio which is still a great place to live but about as far south as you should go if you're looing for a good sized city.
i might have understated cc, tx. if you can make a living there its probably a nice pick. going through growth spurt with expansions on many frontiers.

[borderlinecrazy]

Austin, San Antonio area for sure. Lots of lakes in the area and gulf coast close as well. Del Rio has the biggest baddest lake in Amistad, but the school system sucks and job opportunities are few.
Let us know when you get here and we'll party.

[Sweet Addiction]

Another vote for Austin :D of course I live here. Its a great place and yes the lakes kick a**.
Jared.

[sdba069]

Being somewhat prejudiced about Lake Whitney and the Brazos River, since I live here, believe this to be be the best of all worlds. Beautiful lake, it's got the big water and the jet boat water. The Brazos on the upper end of the lake is one of the #1 rated ski areas in the country. Any water that is condusive to skiing is usually great for high performance boating, if you have followed these forums, I'm sure you've seen plenty of post verifying that. It's close enought to the DFW area to be fairly convenient, but far enough away to not have to deal with the hassles. I live on the upper end of the lake and it's about 45 miles to downtown Ft Worth and 70 miles to Dallas. employment oppurtunities are pretty thin here, but there are a few good sized towns in the area and DFW isn't that far away. Most of the people who live in this area full time, commute back and forth to the DFW area.

[SmokinLowriderSS]

My parents started vacationing at Grand Lake of the Cherokees back in the late 70's and I still love that lake. it's big (I think the channel is 27 miles from the head to dam) and deep. I used to see quite a few cigarettes/scarab types there in the 80's. The larger, wider areas of the channel ("Bigwater" arround Grove) where they hold sailboat regatas stays fairly choppy for a smaller boat like mine so I rarely venture there. I have heard that property has gotten expensive there but cannot say first-hand as I have not shopped. I've never seen Grand really ever get what I'd call crowded, even on a major holiday like 4 July.

[R.A.D.man]

28Prowler525, your post described Austin to a tee, it is hard to beat, of course I came here to be a Longhorn from Dallas and never left. There are 6 boating lakes back to back on the Colorado River of texas from Lake Austin to Lake Travis to Marble Falls to Lake LBJ to Inks Lake and then Lake Buchannan. 3 small, 3 big, all have lake front homes. Your budget would determine which is affordable. The closer to Austin you get, the more expensive the properties are. It starts with Lake Austin and then Travis where homes go from the multi millions close to town down to maybe 300,000 on the upper half of Travis which would be 30-45 minutes from town. I would think the Lakeway ISD would be hard to beat for your children. A good realty company to start with may be Bee Creek Realty of Spicewood, TX, they will have a very good pulse on lake front homes. I am full of this kinda info and there is much more than can be written. I would be happy to help. Feel free to contact me.
Oh yea, everyone's comments are right on throughout the State, I am just partial to Austin.

[28Prowler525]

28Prowler525, your post described Austin to a tee, it is hard to beat, of course I came here to be a Longhorn from Dallas and never left. There are 6 boating lakes back to back on the Colorado River of texas from Lake Austin to Lake Travis to Marble Falls to Lake LBJ to Inks Lake and then Lake Buchannan. 3 small, 3 big, all have lake front homes. Your budget would determine which is affordable. The closer to Austin you get, the more expensive the properties are. It starts with Lake Austin and then Travis where homes go from the multi millions close to town down to maybe 300,000 on the upper half of Travis which would be 30-45 minutes from town. I would think the Lakeway ISD would be hard to beat for your children. A good realty company to start with may be Bee Creek Realty of Spicewood, TX, they will have a very good pulse on lake front homes. I am full of this kinda info and there is much more than can be written. I would be happy to help. Feel free to contact me.
Oh yea, everyone's comments are right on throughout the State, I am just partial to Austin.
Thanks for the info. I just might take you up on your offer.
I think Austin is where we will end up. We have found a few houses on Lake Travis that we like, and a "lot" in a cove that we may buy. We have always wanted to build a house so the lot might be what we end up getting. We will be out in a couple months to look around. The beers on me. :D

[Seadog]

Prices are reasonable around Grand and the boating is great. Nothing against Texas, but most of the cities are nice to visit, but heck to live in.

[taylormanss]

Lake amistad is a nice lake when there's water in it!