<prompt> Human: So I am 21, graduating college with a finance degree in one more semester, zero debt, a crappy part-time job, and have 12,000 extra cash that I dont need anytime soon. I want to start investing in vanguard funds and ETFs as soon as possible and I have a solid grasp of what to do to start that. The problem is that my dad has a really good relationship with his investment broker at Edward Jones. He wants me to invest through him but the fees seem too steep to justify a 12k account. My dad is dead set on me going to this guy because he doesnt understand investing that much and knows that his broker will try not to cheat me. I realize that I am grown and stuff, but my dad along with his investor at EJ has really made a lot of money with his 401k and other investments. I really respect him and I dont want to blatantly go against his wishes if I can help it. Doing it without him knowing is near impossible because of small town banking and he handles my taxes and accountant for me.Edit: my phone is making the formatting terrible and blocky sorryEdit 2: I do have 5k more liquid in a checking account  <response>: crappy part-time jobKeep that 12k liquid until you have a non-crappy, full-time job, with a good pay and job security. 