Do like we do. 3 bedroom, 2 bath 1,425 square foot home for $1,000 a month in a DFW suburb.
Ours is a $1500 per month, 4br 2.5 bath 2500 sq ft brick in a western suburb of Houston. No flooding here. Pay attention to the topo maps and select a newer subdivision with correctly designed retention ponds (ours doubles as a park with playground, pavilions, soccer field, and baseball diamond. Running track around the street level perimeter) and appropriately designed storm sewers.
Sounds nice... I would like that. A couple acres to have a pack of hounds running around would be nice too.
When finances get a little better and I’m done work. Few years....