Recommended conventional lenders in greater Austin area?

[Natalie Novak]

My husband and I live in Seattle, but due to the housing climate here we are starting our exploration of buying our first investment property in the greater Austin area, probably somewhere in a surrounding area not Austin proper.I have family in Hutto and Georgetown, but they bought their homes 10+ years ago and had no current recommendations for us. We plan on putting 20% down and want to buy and hold the property. Can anyone recommend any mortgage brokers that are willing to work on loans for investment properties in the greater Austin area? We'd like to start getting all our ducks in a row so we can hit the ground running once we find a property.

[Costin I.]

I don't think you can get less than 5% for an investment property, without paying points to lower the rate. More likely 5.25 or 5.5% - I would call that good rate currently.