New Invester: Need advice on what area of country I should invest

[Amin Jalalzadeh]

Hi, so I am super duper new to this and would like to purchase my first property ever at the end of this year. I currently live in Houston, but not biggest the fan of the area and find the risk of investment high in this area due to flood. I would like to move to the Austin area and I was wondering in your opinion which area is the best area to purchase houses whether single-family or duplex? I sincerely appreciate your help! P.S: my budget for intial investment is about $60k.