Too much money is in tech and not enough is in other sectors.

Also, you have the problem of how would local Govt get a County Administrator of any skill paying $47K a year when a comparable position in the private sector pays $85K.Plus, my home State has 4% flat tax, you cant go too much lower.

Contrast that to a larger full service sector developer like Scott. 

Women have often and sometimes still are defined by their marital status in society, The truth is that women have much to offer in the financial sector and slowly women are gaining the confidence and power to break the glass ceiling.

Too much money on the line and politics in that sector.

In retail, the small box (Think Cell phones, vitamin store etc) and c-store (convenience store) sectors are growing pretty steadily as well.

The unfunded pensions in every city and county sucks up so many tax dollars that there are not enough regulations and fees that can be implemented to pay for them all, and the housing sector is the biggest industry being hit.

Doesn't matter what sector of RE one is in, everything is correlated.

It isn't so practical for me to travel too much, as I tend to save my travel time for vacation/leisure.

Community Impact which is a local publication pointed out that income levels have increased by 30% over a 5 year period of time and that was from a year ago. https://communityimpact.com/au...Austin is transitioning to a more tech oriented workforce which historically pays substantially more than most sectors.