Awesome imput guys..the more I know becomes the more I don't.I checked out the Harvard, Stanford, and Princeton business school links on the matter.It was interesting that they could predict with levels of certainty that health care and technology sectors were going to produce the best investment returns starting in 1990.

And while $200k/year might not get you too far in the San Francisco housing market, out here in Sacramento or Stockton you can live like an absolute king.So keep your eyes on the future when making these investing decisions... there are some really big changes that technology will make to the job market that will impact housing in ways you can't even imagine.That is, unless you read all my posts on BiggerPockets and I'll tell you about them way in advance :-P

Technology has made it easier to accountants to work with investors regardless of location.There are 20+ accountants on this message board who specialize in real estate taxation.

I am a business operations analyst at a large technology company in Denver.

The demand is surging with the high power computing requirements of AI, other technologies, and data storage.  

I'm handy w/leveraging technology - currently using Cozy for other renters & I use Sign Request for e-signing contracts. 

Oh the wonders of modern technology...

If you for one minute think that the technology is going to slow down, you're going to have a tough time in the coming years.

Of the 100% of the commission, 90% goes to the agent, 6% goes to the franchise free and only 4% of the gross commission becomes money to the broker....to cover staff, office space, marketing, e&o, liability insurance, technology, and all the other costs.Many brokerages actually operate at a loss, and the brokerage becomes a loss leader to feed their other businesses such as title, lending and insurance where profit margins are not as thin.

In no ways am I bashing Huntsville because it is a nice place but it doesn't hold up to Birmingham for STEM jobs.UAB economic impact on the statehttps://www.uab.edu/impact/Birmingham fills engineer jobs faster than any city in the country https://medium.com/textio/whic...Technology?