There is an art and science of welcoming guests and inviting then into your...HOME (even if you don't live there full time.) 

Yes I think this is where developers make their money, but it's obviously not an exact science.

Also Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Minerals (here & other planets) Medical (in multiple facets) Energy (in many facets)Equities market moderately volatile with (some) changes in the key players.

it is not rocket science, the market with the higher rent growth will always eventually have the higher cash flow over the hold.

But…(time for the longest run on sentence in history.)I don’t have to meet or background applicants, they have advertising down to science, they charge late fees I may not have, they actually know how much rent should be while I just looked for 2-3 close by, they know when/how local laws have changed as we become more and more like California East, they have a boatload of vendors that want to keep them happy for the amount of business they get and have no problem fixing emergencies right now, or Sunday at midnight, property managers are taken more seriously than the landlord directly, they save me some accounting time, I literally spend 15-20 minutes a month on my accounting and 0-30 minutes per month on property management, Much of that HOA related, Basically I think they earn at least 1/2 their fee in extra income so maybe in the end I’m spending 4% to do almost zero work.

Just say, "I'd like to sell my house, I can't do it for your price, but let's see if we can come to a meeting of the minds on price and terms, (the legal requirement) and if we can't, we part as friends.Sorry, being an agent isn't rocket science.

Currently working at a family office helping to run their real estate platform and closed-end funds ($200M+).Previous experience at Hines out of their DC office working on master planned community development, 3M SF mixed-use development, predevelopment for various other projects, and a life-science acquisition.Prior to Hines, I worked for three years at a GP PERE shop doing acquisitions east of the Mississippi.

What you want to do isn't rocket science - lots of people, from geniuses to knuckleheads, have done it.

Other attractions include Mc Wane Science Center, Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Vulcan Park and Museum, and Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark.

As @Theresa Harris said, the kind of job they do is not necessarily rocket science so finding a new one should be very possible relatively soon.