We’ve made a ton of money offf of the total stock market index fund.

If all you have is $14K to invest, put it in an index fund and forget about it for 5 years.

The one about getting a great deal on more shares of a Total Market Index Fund, or purchasing your first House Hack for a fraction of the cost?

But here's what's happened in the past year:The graph and text are from https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/nahb-housing-market-index.

.•90% of the first $926 of average indexed monthly earnings.•32% of the average indexed monthly earnings over $926 through $5,583, and.•15% of the average indexed monthly earnings over $5,583If you have "never worked a job in your life" you are not going to get much of a check.Number 2,Anyone who puts veterans benefits and SSDI in the same category doesn't really know what either one of them are.

love that quote. my opportunity fund is in one of my high yield savings. i have separate retirement accounts (through work and ira), separate taxable accounts (stocks/index funds), separate emergency fund, and a separate opportunity fund for things i can use if i want to buy real estate, fund one of my side hustles, buy stocks/index funds if the market crashes, use for vacation, etc. i keep this fund separate from my emergency fund both in high yield savings accounts. i need my opportunity and emergency funds to be liquid so i don't mind only getting a 2.xx% rate. happy to discuss further as personal financing is one of my big passions. hope that helps.

Serious suggestion though, relax, read a Book and go buy some low cost index funds with the rent checks.

You could invest the pile in an SP500 index fund and earn ~7% a year without lifting a finger. 

easy... for any cashflowing, just go to zillow home index, add US market index; and enter any US cities.

The most important of which being my "why" - I want a stable portfolio that comfortably provides way more cash flow than I need, and which is indexed more or less to inflation.