/biz/ - Business & Finance

Hi /biz/, I recently came into a good chunk of change (30k usd) and now all the sudden everyone says I should be investing with it.But I don't know anything about this sort of stuff.

I know nothing of stock investment, and frankly it scare's me to just give my money to some random guy who will invest for me.But I did work with a landlord as a handyman and he always said rental properties was the future of big money.My area to buy land in is south California but the apartment complexes are stupid expensive to buy there (average:200k and up).

My question is:Which should I go for Stocks or properties?