<prompt> Human: I started a company a year ago and its starting to generate very serious income. Its just a one man consulting business, but Im serving a very niche market and have a unique fee structure that allows most of the income to be passive. For example, in October I earned 25,000 and November should bring in around 40,000 - conservative estimates put me at earning close to a million dollars in 2015. Theres no reason to think this business will decline in the short term but the market could evaporate in 5 years.Im married and my wife makes a decent living 60kyear in a job she doesnt like. We have no debt besides our home, which is fairly modest 600k with a 400k loan and two nice paid off cars. We have 100k in our checking account seriously and no other investments - not even a 401k. I have very low faith in the stock market in general and would prefer to invest in something tangible.So Im a bit confused what to do now. As you can see, Im just stashing the cash in our bank account. Here are a couple of other notes:- Our monthly expenses are fairly low - about 4500 including everything- I live in a low tax state Washington but could in theory do this business anywhere - including some place like the Caribbean- I have not taken taxes into account yet, which is a reason Im saving so much cash- My current thought process is to find a good financial advisor but I dont even know where to start on that, and Id love to take care of the basics first- Id prefer to invest in real estate, and have been thinking about buying a bigger house and keeping the current one to rent out- Id love to have my wife quit her job but we are on her great insurance plan currentlyAlright PF, where do I start?Assistant: Read Bogleheads WikiBut before you invest all that cash it might be fun to fill up a pool and go for a swim first, Scrooge McDuck style! Take lots of pictures.Human: This is awesome. Thank you.My wife joked about cashing one of my checks and rolling in it, but I had to tell her how filthy cash is...  <response>: but I had to tell her how filthy cash is...You could launder it first. 