Bottom line: E 5th Street (East Austin) is the strongest and most affordable fit — it's Austin's true live/work corridor. West Campus is cheap but mostly residential. Barton Springs will strain the $900K ceiling.
🔎 Live listings 10 under $900K · pulled Jul 7, 2026
Austin mixed-use (office + residence) from LoopNet, lowest price first. The East Austin ones are the truest office-residence fits; the NW / FM-road ones lean commercial-office. Exact office-vs-residence split needs a click on each listing.
| # |
Address |
Price |
Area / type |
| 1 | 13740 Research Blvd | $207,000 | NW Austin |
| 2 | 1508 Dessau Ridge Ln | $350,000 | N Austin |
| 3 | 904 West Ave | $395,000 | Central / downtown edge |
| 4 | 2015 Monarch Dr | $400,000 | Austin |
| 5 | 2235 E 6th St | $450,000 | ★ East Austin |
| 6 | 4507 E MLK Jr Blvd | $475,000 | ★ East Austin · office/retail condo |
| 7 | 8820 Business Park Dr | $490,000 | Austin |
| 8 | 12801 Anderson Mill Rd | $564,000 | NW Austin |
| 9 | 13810 FM 1826 | $649,000 | SW Austin |
| 10 | 1601 E Cesar Chavez St | $659,900 | ★ East Austin · Water Street Lofts ↗ |
🏊 Swimming pool? None of these show a pool. Mixed-use / commercial listings don't carry a pool amenity field, and the most residential one — Water Street Lofts — lists only 24-hour access + private bath. If a pool is a must, search a residential live/work or an amenity condo on Redfin/Zillow with a pool filter instead.
A few just over budget: 2209 S First St $695K · 1509 W North Loop Blvd $699K · 8701 Menchaca Rd from $649K.
① Near Gregory Gym West Campus / UT
Median ≈ $324,900 · condos $185K–$575K — price is easy here.
Dense student-condo territory; most inventory is residential MF, not true office/live-work. Real mixed-use sits a block west on Guadalupe ("the Drag"). Doable under budget, but likely a condo or a Guadalupe mixed-use building.
② E 5th Street East Austin · best fit
Multi-use buildings start ≈ $135K; 21 mixed-use listings in East Austin, many under $900K.
Austin's premier live/work corridor — exactly where an office-residence for a marketing business belongs. Several listings explicitly flag "live/work potential." Best odds of hitting budget and use.
③ Near Barton Springs Zilker / Bouldin · 78704
Zilker median ≈ $1.3M; Bouldin single-family starts ≈ $800K — tightest budget of the three.
Sub-$900K exists only at the low end and true live/work is rare. One lead surfaced right on the corridor — verify price & zoning before counting it.
Note: Listing sites update daily and block automated fetch, so this page is market context + direct filtered searches, not a live feed. Prices/zoning shown are from a Jul 2026 search — confirm on each listing. Want a concrete shortlist? I can open LoopNet + Redfin in a browser and pull the actual current under-$900K listings (real addresses, prices, sqft) for each area.
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