Ryan Saunders and Howard Weston founded Texstar Austin Realty in 2007.  Ryan and Howard first teamed up while working together in Jacksonville, Florida. They worked together for 4 very successful years selling hundreds of properties to investors.  In early 2007 they realized the Florida real estate market had taken a sharp turn for the worst.  With house prices continually depreciating they did not think it was in the best interest of their investors to continue buying homes in such a declining market.  So with this knowledge, they determined the best decision would be to move to a more solid real estate market.  After months of analyzing market trends and traveling to different cities throughout the country, they decided Austin would be home to their new company.  They quickly took to the great market in Austin and hit the ground running.