conversation: User (dudeforty9): "So when I was born my grandparents invested stock into apple with the intention of giving every penny to me when I turn 18. They got lucky, and now I am going to have over 70k transferred to me soon.\n \nI have no debts, no monthly payments to take care of (yet), and I just wanted some thoughts on what I should be doing to ensure I don't lose it and how or what to invest in. I'm not planning on splurging on anything with it. My first thought that my dad brought up was to maybe invest in property in another state and charge rent for people to live in it. We still don't know if the money is in stocks or if it's been cashed out yet.\n\nEdit: Holy moly guys I went away for a couple of hours and this absolutely blew up. Thank every one of you for the advice, really appreciate it everyone! I've been in college for a year now but everything's paid for and taken care of. \n\nP.S. My grandparents live about 30-40 mins away so we do visit often!"
  Self: "It seems that your grandparents in year 2000 bought 350 shares of Apple worth then $1,500 which are worth $2,250 in today's $$. It looks a very nice present because of Apple stock appreciation.  Imagine if they had invested the same amount of money in a much safer stock, say, GE. They would have bought then 30 shares worth, 18 years later, $400 😭. Lucky grandparents. Lucky girl. Good for you.\nAt any rate, you should not sell the stock!😁"
  