If you want some acreage and a house, be prepared to either drive a lot each day, or spend a fair bit of money.
There is a big housing boom thanks to all the people fleeing liberal high tax states.
You'll need to see where you are working on the map and then decide from there if you want to be North East, North West or if you want to be down south.
Most of the best school districts are in the suburbs to the north a bit east and then over on the suburbs north and west, both about an hour drive to Dallas depending on traffic.
Traffic and driving will make up a huge part of your daily life going to work, so you kind of want to plan for that, as what looks like a nice easy drive when you are checking it out on the weekends may be soul crushing hell during the daily commute. For most people going over an hour each way on your daily commute is a bit tough.
If you want to PM me the basic location area where you are looking at the job at, I can give you some suggestions on areas and traffic & housing since I'm pretty well versed in that.
