Hopefully the cut didn't spark offers and then we could negotiate you down to where you want to be.  

My advice is to find someone who will support you in your bigger vision for life and let you do the things that are meaningful and important to you.

In recent months however, I have done much research in setting myself up for life after the game, making sure that I start the right investments so that the transition is smooth.I started listening to the biggerpockets podcasts on the way to trainings which sparked my interest to begin investing in real estate.

Originally posted by @Justin Moy:Could spark some conversation, but I'd recommend finding a city that everybody knows/is growing (Kansas City, Cleveland, Huntsville...ect) in the midwest or the south, then looking at cities 3-5 cities away from them.

The Federal Reserve doesn't meaningfully control interest rates. 

No one from BP has ever paid me a penny to write a single one of the 5000 plus posts I've written here (full disclosure, @Mindy Jensen did send me a T-shirt).The reason I'm here is that I actually want to help, I'm actually looking for meaningful connections, I've actually found some here, and I am grateful.

With the help of family and friends I was able to do much of the work myself (and learn a ton along the way.)That experience sparked my interest in real estate investing.After building some equity in my initial foreclosure purchase, I bought a single family home within walking distance of a local university near my hometown.

There's no way to give you meaningful direction here without seeing your P&S.

I don't invest in the stock market (and suspect it is more BS then the real estate market) but from my experience real estate is the only asset that pays you to own it in a meaningful way. 

When we live for financial gain (or fitness) rather than using those good habits to help us live a balanced and meaningful life, we have given up control to these mindless and relentless masters.As you said, if you decide not to have children, this is a completely personal decision, and I'm sure it's not just financial.