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2 comments on “Friday Flight: Emoji Investing, Crypto Tax Refunds, & When Buying Used Costs You More – Episode 477

  1. Justin Feb 19, 2022

    Hi! You guys mentioned a place to invest your home down payment on this episode “HOM”. As you can imagine “HOM” is not very google-able! After a bunch of fruitless google attempts, I finally found this: https://www.lifegoalinvestments.com/hom. Thought I’d share a link, in case anyone else wanted to find more info.

    Also, I’d really like you guys to do a deeper dive into what you can do with your down payment money until you’re ready to pull the trigger on a home purchase. I know it would help me, and I’m sure I’m not alone.

    Thanks for all that you do!

    • Good point, Justin! We should really have spelled that one out a little better. But yes, that is the link to the HOM fund. I really like what it’s trying to do. I’ve thought about writing an in-depth article about saving for a down payment. I’ll put that on my to-do list. Cheers!