Environmental diversity is outstanding, ocean, mountains, desert all are in the county. 

There are several large companies in Akron with diverse jobs- Goodyear, several hospitals, FirstEnergy headquarters.

In this case I would suggest putting the money into a traditional 401k plan (you are already in a very high tax bracket so deferring this tax couldn't hurt anyway) and if you do end up making even better money later on you can start thinking about a roth conversion ladder which is a system in which you slowly transfer your money from a traditional plan, into a roth plan and can pull that money out with no penalties prior to age 65 so long as you start your ladder at least 5 years prior to when you start to withdraw the money.Others have mentioned diversity, and the fact that stocks are very hands off way of investing which means 0 time taken away from your future fishing trips. 

Wow what a great post and diverse discussion we have going on.

Hi @Mike Wrenn - Thanks for the note; however, it seems like a diversion to me.

@Andrew Postell  has some great tips to get more information specific to your market since dynamics are very diverse across the country.   

That’s enough to make a diverse economy with multiple industries, and have multiple options as far as building my team.

I say it is time to diversity your RE investments and watch over leveraging yourself, as history tells us that a correction is inevitable. 

Also Texas is a lot less conservative and more diverse than a lot of people in CA acknowledge.

The population has been growing here year over year over the last decade, it is home to The Ohio State University which has over 50,000 students that live here along with those that visit, and it also holds a diverse range of young professionals and traveling nurses to fill the demand of the multiple business corporations and hospitals stationed here.