Not all people have the mentality for shares, while others don't for property.
Shares done right, is a long term strategy. Benjamin Grahams 'Value Investing' strategies are phenomenal. Warren Buffet is a testament to this.
So is property, currency and every other investment class. The real money is made by leveraging and compounding the profits over and over.
I started with shares, and walked away with a small profit, however I could never get my heard around it.
Property just makes sense to me, and there is still plenty of opportunity out there. With any asset class, if you know it well you can make money as it goes up, down and sideways. If you don't know how, then it's a sign there is a lot more for you to learn about your asset class and opportunity to develop more sophisticated strategies.
You gain the experience over each investment cycle.
I believe most of us deal in property not only to make money, but because it is a passion, it doesnt seem you have that, you just made the money by good fortune, hence you are not that interested in going back into property. Why dont you have a think about what excites you and see if you can make some money out of that
I am 100% behind fernfurn's post. Property really excites me, as shares does my friend who makes a killing from it $$$ since he was in his teens.
From jumping entirely from one class to another is not the best way to achieve the best profits. If you want to be really good at something, you need to keep at it.
People I meet who jump investment classes or pull out profit as soon as they can, miss out on the big windfalls in the long run. Not saying you shouldn't look at other classes, only that you should have a primary class you stick with and really understand.