If you had $10,000 in savings with the ability to save roughly $1,000 a month going forward, would you put that in an investment vehicle or keep it in savings with the goal of putting it towards a down payment on a house?

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Depends on how far away the house purchase is. How much do you need to save? Unless you are going to have enough to buy a house in the next 2 years, I would put into VOO.

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