I received some investments from a family member a couple months ago, to use for a down payment for a house. (Technically the remains of my education fund, which I didn't have direct control of til now.) It looks like it's mostly stock in gold and silver mining companies, and gold-related mutual funds, split across 10 different stocks and funds.
I left the investments alone for a couple months, since I didn't want to upset the family member who set it up by changing it immediately, and the investments were doing well at the time. Now I've had an offer accepted on a house, and I need a strategy for getting the money into cash so I can use it for a down payment. It's worth about $10k, and I'll need to withdraw about $7k at least, and might withdraw all of it so I can put what's left into Vanguard index funds.
What's the best way to turn this into cash over the next month? Sell all at once when it looks high? Sell 1/4 of each fund every week? Sell all of one stock at a time, starting either with the lowest or highest? Something else? I've only invested in VTSAX before, so I could really use some advice.