Lets say you are given $100000 inheritance. You want to grow that money as fast as possible and as safe as possible.

[GeauxLSU]

I didn't think of this exact scenario. So buy a house to live in. After 3-5yrs you can sell and not pay capital gains tax. $250k if you're single or $500k if your married. No better investment than having a roof over your head

Rental properties can be very successful or a nightmare. They require a certain type person. Been there done that.
I'd buy land. Had I bought 10 years ago where I am now I could have quadrupled my money. I've said similar about too many places I've lived....
Bought a small place in N. Georgia. Had a cabin. Hunted there and just "got away". When we left Georgia sold it and doubled my money. Granted, it was close to 15 years however the value I got out of it and the piece of mind knowing there was virtually zero risk made that return significantly more. Did well financially on a couple rental properties but not doing that again.
There are limitless options depending on your preferences. Buy dirt.
As others have said pay off debt first, but ONLY if you are disciplined enough to not run it up again.

 

[basstracker89]

Rental properties can be very successful or a nightmare. They require a certain type person. Been there done that.
I'd buy land. Had I bought 10 years ago where I am now I could have quadrupled my money. I've said similar about too many places I've lived....
Bought a small place in N. Georgia. Had a cabin. Hunted there and just "got away". When we left Georgia sold it and doubled my money. Granted, it was close to 15 years however the value I got out of it and the piece of mind knowing there was virtually zero risk made that return significantly more. Did well financially on a couple rental properties but not doing that again.
There are limitless options depending on your preferences. Buy dirt.
As others have said pay off debt first, but ONLY if you are disciplined enough to not run it up again.

I have land

 

[steviesterno]

additional advice, you shouldn't take advice from anyone on here with a lower net worth than you. Additionally, if you go with an advisor do a fee for service, ~$200/hr guy vs a percentage. Interview them first and ask how much they've beaten the market by. If they haven't (and they haven't) tread lightly.

 

[poopdaddy]

buy glocks... just owning one and burning it with a soldering iron triples the value...

 

[InTune]

Are you suggested if you bought something in 2009 you'd be upside down now?
Of the options mentioned by OP, it's the no brainer.
Invest in RE, depending what you get, get actual use out of it, while it appreciates, and get great returns with even basic common sense (don't buy in Detroit).

No suggestion....If you bought 2000-2006. You could have been in a world of hurt in 2009.

 

[Spas-12 Owner]

No suggestion....If you bought 2000-2006. You could have been in a world of hurt in 2009.

If you HAD to sell between '09 and '13, then yeah you probably had lost value. But if you were buying then and sold out now to '22, you made good $$.

I wish I could go back and buy more properties in 2010- 2012 then I did.

Timing of the market, any market is the crucial point for any investment.

But overall, Real Estate is a sound and safe investment.

Every person who bought in 2006 and before have made back their losses and then some.

 

[Spas-12 Owner]

If the RE market crashed like '08, I wouldn't be upset. I'd be buying all the homes I could. Because eventually it will make good money and in the meantime time, a good tenant will keep you above water until.

 

[basstracker89]

The common denominator of the affluent is real estate

 

[InTune]

If the RE market crashed like '08, I wouldn't be upset. I'd be buying all the homes I could. Because eventually it will make good money and in the meantime time, a good tenant will keep you above water until.

My dad was a realtor and owned a real estate company. He also held a law degree. I was his maintenance man . He made good money on rentals but ruined me from ever owning one. I would kill some folks for trashing my property. So....good tenant is the key word

 

[InTune]

Call a financial advisor. 100k is not enough to knock a dent in a decent rental property. Stocks/metals are very shakey.

Bingo.....100,000 and be leveraged on the rest. Just saw a news story where they were waiting on judge to sign off on an eviction. Been several months and can not afford the payments and what is it going to cost to rehab the place after they take possession. People that don't pay rent don't pay for garbage pick up