hang in there, Austin....I am from west Texas originally, too (Odessa) so maybe go with some low cost country western advice..

This year, Broadcom announced it would cut nearly 700 jobs at its Irvine campus, and Western Digital said it would shed 99 positions.Orange County tech startups often find themselves under pressure to move to Silicon Valley when they expand, since that is where their venture-capital backers are located.

or , I think I would like to have an old fashion way to attend a school and network with the people who has similar interests.    

I work with New Western Acquisitions and we connect off market distressed properties to investors within the Austin market!

In addition to frequency of transactions, the IRS would evaluate whether the activity is executed in a fashion similar to commercial enterprises in the same field.  

It had worked for them before, the New York Times reports: Susan and Manfred Phemister "had been flipping real estate in zip-zip fashion since the mid-1990s, and had made a killing each time."

I've summarized from their page for those unfamiliar or need a refresher..LinkThe Foster Road Transportation and Streetscape Plan prioritizes safety and streetscape elements to transform the Foster Road corridor and its surrounding neighborhoods into centers of vibrant and unique neighborhoods, resulting in an array of benefits for residents and businesses.The project extends from SE 50th Avenue to the western edge of the Lents Town Center at SE 90th Avenue.

Good old fashion leg-work and experience can certainly reduce the risks, it's just a matter of following the steps through on every single application.

It is coded in some fashion.

For instance, in Oklahoma there are tornadoes, in California we have earthquakes, in the western states, there are wildland fires, etc.