<prompt> Human: My Mother passed away 11 months ago, and as her only child 28, I was the sole beneficiary. Before she passed, I was already disciplined with my finances. I had paid off my student loans 30,000 on my own, I took advantage of my company 401k match, and I maxed out a Roth IRA each year. I also had an emergency fund that covered 6 months of expenses.Before she passed, I had started to mentally prepare myself for the loss as best I could and had an idea in place for the inheritance. I also did my best to follow the advice out there on how to handle a windfall. After she passed, I met with 3 separate financial advisers. One through her life insurance, one through Vanguard, and one through a credit union. Vanguard whom I already invested with helped me setup the additional accounts needed like an inherited IRA and how to invest those funds. The credit union adviser wasnt much help, and the life insurance adviser provided lots of graphs and spreadsheets on what the money will do over 30 years, but not much beyond that.In total there was a 401k at 170,000, 2 life insurance policies totaling 300,000, and 2 mortgaged properties total value 1,200,000 - 1,600,000 at current market rates with total mortgages standing at 530,000. These were recently refinanced with 30 year fixed mortgages at rates below 3.5 before she passed away.As recommended by Vanguard, this cash was invested as follows;Inherited IRA - Total International Index - 100Taxable account - Total Stock Market Index - 95, Total Intnl 3, SP500 2The properties are currently rented; with one rented at 3,300 month and the other 2,000 month as I still reside in a portion of it. It could at some point be rented for 3,300.The properties are what I have struggled with the most and have had a lot of difficulty finding good help to discuss the pros and cons of keeping or selling them. Ive gone through a lot of the threads of this community, but it seems like a lot cover what to do right after the windfall like dont touch the money for 6 -12 months, etc. Or maybe Im looking in the wrong places?My advisers have not been helpful, and the one CPA Ive met with wasnt either. So that leaves me to the mercy of reddit to steer me in the right direction.My question with the properties is this; Should I sell them and take the equity currently available and invest that with the rest of the cash currently invested? Or keep them as they stand and continue to rent them out? Also, any additional advice for people over the initial hump of a windfall would be greatly appreciated.  <response>: This is 100 up to you; there is no right or wrong answer. I would hesitate to sell the place youre currently living, because I hear being homeless is no fun. Other things to consider are your expectations of growth in your investment accounts, net income going forward for your rentals, and the responsibility of managing those properties. 