VT
Vanguard Total World Stock ETF
stock NYSE ETF

Read the bogleheads wiki. It covers things nicely.
You have a few things to get through to them:
(1) Hourly fee only advisors who are fiduciaries only. An AUM advisor will cost you 30% of your lifetime gains, because you lose out of the returns on their fees.
(2) Low cost index funds provide the best diversification. You're talking about a mix of VT, a bond index fund, and cash in a HYSA or MMF.
(3) At their age their primary criterion should be risk tolerance and goals. If they never want the money, put it in VT and let their kids get the step up basis in the will. If they're saving for fun expenses, they can afford more risk (i.e a large % in VT). If they're saving for necessary expenses (e.g., home repairs or retirement home) they should have more in cash& bonds.

well, I'm still learning about bond allocations. I thought BND would be akin to VT as a set and forget solution, but I've read in multiple locations it isn't. So, I'm trying to understand better how to understand where I put the money as I steadily rebalance.

My post is about reconsidering my longterm strategy. To be aligned with Boglehead philosophy, I have to set one investment strategy and \*never\* consider how it plays into retirement, or just wait until I have a conclusive strategy chosen before I enter the market? I chose 100% VT a couple years back because I felt it was simple and made sense. Now that I'm understanding bonds better I'm considering including them in my \*longterm\* portfolio. Part of that is because the information sphere is feeding bonds in my face and I finally took the time to understand them better - just because relative to recent history it's a good time to buy doesn't mean that it's mutually exclusive with reevaluating where they sit in my longterm plan.

VT in a tax advantage account like a 401k or IRA

I use Fidelity. It is very user friendly.
I buy VTI and VXUS weekly (VTI+VXUS=VT if you do so in the same weight).

Tbh a FA is very rarely necessary and you can do most of this yourself
Check out Bogleheads and keep things simple.
VT or VTI/VXUS (which is VT but broken into US and International and you can control the split. Market weight is 63/37 which is what VT roughly is. You can go anywhere from 60/40 to 90/10)

Got it. Seems to be a consensus that I probably should move things around, and VT seems like a pretty safe long term option. What do you use to manage your portfolio? I feel kind of pigeonholed in with the conversations I've had with my advisor (very one sided) which has me concerned about if it is the right fit.

I’d personally go 100% VT.
You’re light on the international stocks. Market weight is around 40% but most people keep 20-30%.
VT is great because it’s globally diversified across large, mid, and small cap stocks at market weights. It also rebalances quarterly so you don’t have to do anything. It’s the ultimate set and forget fund.
I wouldn’t hold any bonds at your age. You could hold 10% or so and it wouldn’t affect returns much. But generally you don’t need bonds until you get closer to retirement. Stick with 90-100% equities while you’re young and focus on growth.

VT

VT is the way if your just learning

Look up the generic finance flowchart on the common personal finance subs.
You want to invest all of your money into VT or a similar fund. VT is a broad based, low fee, index fund that invests in the global stock market.
Look up the holdings in it. It has something like 10,000 companies and the top holdings are all the companies you’ll recognize.
Do some reading up on both of those things and I’d be happy to answer any questions.
Best of luck to you.

1m of VT or 1m property

Just tell them that Fisher will charge them in the neighborhood of $7K/year for the privilege of doing almost as well as something like VT. I'm in the process of converting the 95 positions they had me in to an index fund or two.

What data makes you think you’ve had “pretty good success”? This should inform how much you allocate to your own alpha strategy vs. just owning the index (beta). Hard to beat VT (VTI+VXUS) for equities.

100% VT and I've probably owned a hundred individual stocks over the years. Lots of wasted time researching, screening, timing...and not finding alpha over a broad ETF.

Personally, in a position like that, I'd:
1. Definitely go Vanguard of the two options
2. Probably just go 60/40 VTWAX/VBTLX (the mutual fund equivalent of VT and BND; yes, technically, fees are higher than the ETFs, but mutual funds are nicer for boring, and boring is good). Or just go VTTHX for the all in one fund that derisks for them over the next ten years.
3. If I'm finance phobic, as I suspect these two may be, I'd DCA it in over the next year or two ($21K-42K/month until it's all in, keeping whatever is waiting in VUSXX as a cash-like holding fund). Lower expected returns than dumping it all in, but less worry about putting it all in just before a crash, and a system that lets them sleep at night is worth slightly lower returns. 

Not recently, for decades, just like VT and all the others. But also, it cost OP exactly $0. I understand this is a boglehead sub, but these aren’t OP’s retirement funds. It’s a gift that he can be as aggressive that he wants with.
And by your argument, VT, VTI, and VOO have done well for decades, so continuing to invest in them must be a straightforwardly terrible argument. It’s also true that people who add needless complex adverbs to weak arguments are generally unlikable pedants who think they’re smarter than everyone else because they know big words.

Yes growth funds like SCHD or VT are good options

Start simple with VT or VTI+VXUS.
Once you learn more, you can tweak to your liking

with a $50–$100 paycheck add‑on I’d usually put the bulk into a low‑cost S&P 500 ETF like VOO or a tech‑heavy one like QQQ, then split a bonus into a solid dividend fund like SCHD or a global fund like VT. Use Fidelity or Schwab for auto‑invest and, if you’re under 50, a Roth IRA; otherwise a traditional IRA. Dollar‑cost‑averaging keeps it simple, and over 3‑6 years you’ll still benefit from the broad market rally while the dividend piece offers a little buffer against volatility. If you’re open to a growth tilt, a handful of high‑quality tech names like MSFT or a robo‑advisor portfolio can add upside without a big time‑out. the key is consistent contributions and sticking with it.