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I don't know about real estate. Congratulations on your jackpot! I was in a somewhat similar situation, and here's my take:

A conservative method I've started using is the Permanent Portfolio. There is a mutual fund (PRPFX) by that very same name but it is not quite the same allocation.

Basically, there is no longer a need to take risks in order to fund my retirement goals, and 20% market swings are just so much more nauseating when dealing with seven figure portfolios.

http://crawlingroad.com/blog/ -- this blog is what started me on it
http://gyroscopicinvesting.com/index.php -- this is the forum
http://madmoneymachine.com/portfolios/ -- lazy portfolio tracker
http://bogleheads.org/ -- another financial forum (Vanguard diehards)

EDIT: Disclaimer of course, this is not advice, just me sharing my own situation a little bit.

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