All Forum Posts by: Jason Malabute

@Jason Malabute

Here is an overview of the San Antonio MSA so that you have an idea as to what counties, towns, and school districts are considered to be within the San Antonio MSA. https://statisticalatlas.com/metro-area/Texas/San-...

It seems like you have a good idea of what you are looking for, but I wouldn't automatically discount the best schools in a poor performing school district because they can be a huge draw for people who live and work in the area. If your initial evaluation is strictly school districts then you should look to the more affluent suburban areas as they will almost always be higher ranked than the inner city school districts.

I completely agree, as previously suggested, that you should definitely do a little in person evaluation of the city and surrounding area before you decide to part with your money.

Alvin Independent School District

Pearland Independent School District.

@Jason Malabute

Depending your investment strategy school district may be incidental.  I have never purchased a property because of the school district, nor have I ever decided not to purchase a property because of the school district.  Sure it's a factor, but a deal is a deal. If the price is right relative to my criteria (including school districts), then I pull the trigger. 

I agree with @Michael Guzik, the individual schools are definitely more important (at least to end buyer/tenant) than the district itself.  

As for Boerne ISD and Randolph Field ISD, you kinda picked some random ISDs.  Boerne is a rapidly growing and appreciating suburb is San Antonio.  There is a lot of money there and a lot more heading that way.  As you can imagine, where there's money, there's good schools.   There is no Randolph ISD, so I will assume you're asking about Randolph Field ISD?  This school district only serves students located on Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, which means it's extremely small. They do have a few students that are "non-resident" students, but it's not many, and I wouldn't base my investment strategy off of this ISD.  

Northside ISD is considered another good school district, and Northeast ISD has some good school in it.    Plenty of other good school districts. Even San Antonio ISD has some great magnet schools.  

Alamo Heights ISD is located in the San Antonio-New Braunfels MSA.  Falls City is located in Karnes County, and not considered part of the MSA.    

I hope this info helps.  Give a shout if your need more in depth info.

Pearland
Friendswood
Katy

https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-school-districts/m/houston-metro-area/

I refer all of buyers, sellers and investors to refer to that website and are concerned about school districts.

Friendswood/Pearland and even Alvin is a great area with great schools. Some parts of Pearland actually have AISD instead of PISD.

I know Friendswood and Pearland are really good. I can't vouch for the others. Clear Creek ISD is also a top school district.

@Jason Malabute School districts are definitely something to look at brother, but they are far from being the deciding factor. I don't know how things in California are but here in Texas and especially in SA there are good schools and bad schools in every school district. The school is far more important than the school district. You may be in a "desirable school district" but if the school itself isn't desirable it defeats the point. My opinion is to focus on parts of town, focusing on school districts is not wise, at least here in San Antonio. For instance in NISD (Northside independent school district) you can have a great school in a great area like Clark with upper middle and upper class people in the area. However a few miles away in the same district you will be at Marshal,  which is lower middle class and is a much rougher area. Same school district, very different area, tenant base and culture. People will pay much more to live within the zone of Clark than Marshall. If you don't know that and think it's all the same school district you can lose a lot of money. I really hope you aren't just focusing on that my friend because I have seen wayyyyyy too many people from California throw their money here and don't do enough research and due diligence. If you are serious about investing here take the time and money to fly out and see San Antonio for yourself. Drive around and see the sides of town and get a feel for things. Things are very different in real life than they are on Google street view. Meet with the people you plan to work with in SA in person on your visit and see what kind of gut feeling you get. Sadly too many people take advantage of out of state investors and paint this amazing picture for this not so amazing deal. That's just my 2 cents though. Just make sure you do your due diligence on the property and the people you will be working with or trusting as your boots on the ground. Good luck and feel free to message me if you are ever in town!