Two things.
1. Evolutionary psych says that in order to find a mate women look for financial stability to insure the propogation of their children. This seems to be supported in that the majority of lasting marriages are in the top half of the income strata, and only 44 percent of poor men are married.
2. Some of the longest lasting msrriages never produce any children.

If you're looking for a shortcut to love, there isn't one. Money, power, status, these things aren't sorting traits, but more like identifiers. Women compete with women (in areas like clothes) just as men compete with men (in areas like cars). What we do know is that people tend to match to like traits. It's kind of like finding a flattering mirror and falling in love with it (who ever said the story of Narcissis wasn't a metaphor).

If it makes you feel any better, there's a roughly 38 percent chance that the person you'll marry lives 5 miles from where you are right now (assuming that you're at home).