<prompt> Human: Since so many people contacted me regarding my previous two posts original here and update here I figured Id post another quick update on where things stand.Its been almost 6 months since I came into the money and everything is still not finalized. Ive only recently gained access to the various money market accounts this was my fault, dragging my heels an still need to sell off a fair amount of property and a house expect to fetch about 250K-350K in total. The total windfall should be about 2 million, though I will need to pay estate taxes in a few months.Between costs associated with handling the estate, taxes and the like, I expect to have about 1.75 million to use.To date, no one other than my lawyers know the extent of the windfall. People are aware that I came into money theyre mostly considering the profit I will make from the sale of the house, which did not have a mortgage, but no one knows the full amount.Over the last 5-6 months, Ive paid off any debt I had, took a small trip my first vacation in probably 6 years and made some small purchases. In total Ive spent approximately 10,000 of the total amount.Although this was meant as an update, I do have a few questions for everyone here. First, a large percentage probably 750K is in money market accounts with Wells Fargo. It seems that people on here dont think much of WF, so any suggestions? I currently rent, and have almost a full year left on my lease. Im not 100 sure I want to stay in my area for any length of time, but should I invest a portion of the money in a home? If so, how should I go about figuring out what I should spend on property? If I purchase a 250K house and have the ability to pay for it in full, should I do so I would assume not? Edit: I should note that my credit score isnt the greatest. I would imagine getting a loan and making on-time payments over a lengthy period would go a long way in fixing that? Lastly, while I do enjoy my current job, Im considering potentially making a slight career shift and either doing some additional training this would be related to programmingweb design or taking a pay cut to get experience working in an industry I may prefer - working for start ups is appealing to me and something Ive done in the past. Does anyone have any thoughts on this.Thanks again for the feedback in the past.  <response>: First thing to say is with that kind of cash, you can live the kind of life you want to live. Few people who want that have it, so I hope you do what your heart tells you. 20-year-from-now-you will be thankful if you do what you want rather than whats expected.Once all the legal things are completed, Id strongly recommend a fee-based certified financial planner CFP to help you navigate your investment options. With the right plan you could probably extract somewhere in the neighborhood of 3 of the balance annually from the golden goose, and shell keep producing until long after youre gone. With that being said, theres no need to take one persons advice in such matters, and you could feasibly get the opinion of two or three professionals in order to take the best advice and ignore the rest. If you dont know already, please, please, please take the time to learn how to allocate your assets appropriately now and in the future. Should you want some book recommendations, I highly recommend The Bogleheads Guide to Investing.As far as a house in concerned, Id pay for it in full without hesitation. 