u/Initial_Savings3034

Staggered seating makes it possible to fit an entire graduating class into Tsongas and seems well organized.

The handling of friends and family is quite the opposite.

Nobody knows where to go, or where anyone else in their party is - once through security and they PARK IN THE LOBBY.

Repeat on dismissal and there are 3000 people on the front steps - all going opposite directions.

I have to wonder if just assigned seating would alleviate half the milling.

Leaving it up to the graduates to provide even an iota of instruction lead to this.

Every Granny had to take the same picture of *their* kid on the concourse, stairwell and breezeway.

Then they're aggravated at all the traffic in front of them?

As the title suggests, we're about to sell our house of 18 years. Our realized capital gains will be less than $500,000 so we're not concerned about taxes.

We're planning to rent rather than own in retirement. Where should we park the windfall?

The idea is to have interest or earnings to offset our rent (around $3000 USD per month).

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Already have a significant portfolio. This is being treated as a windfall - it was not part of hitting our number.

We're 30 year Bogle heads - I would like to leave the brokerage account percolating.

I'm looking for advice that may be overlooked, unorthodox or unconventional.