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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2000 on: December 27, 2019, 11:45:15 AM »
Investments only

Jun 2018  $219,320
Jul 2018   $228,483
Aug 2018  $234,711
Sep 2018  $245,993
Oct 2018  $251,023
Nov 2018  $238,881
Dec 2018  $244,687 

Jan 2019  $226,942 
Feb 2019  $249,796
Mar 2019  $270,351
Apr 2019  $285,770
May 2019  $295,838
Jun 2019  $283,393
Jul 2019   $307,071
Aug 2019  $315,942
Sep 2019  $318,301
Oct 2019  $334,301
Nov 2019  $352,430
Dec 2019  $370,715

Jan 2020  $401,716

Stuffed those accounts like the Grinch stuffing his sack with stolen goods from the Who's of Who-ville. Personal Capital predicts we will hit $500k before the end of 2020 at this rate (assuming no lasting recession)!! Can't wait!

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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2001 on: December 28, 2019, 08:41:37 AM »
First number is retirement savings, second is total NW including cash emergency savings and real estate equity.

September 2019: $261,238 (total NW $387,863)
October 2019: $260,934 (total NW $381,797)
November 2019: $280,569 (total NW $405,660)
December 2019: $292,062 (total NW $423, 991)

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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2002 on: December 28, 2019, 09:04:02 AM »
June 2017:  198.7k
July 2017:  207.5k
August 2017:  211.8k
September 2017:  222.1k
October 2017: *missing*
November 2017:  234.7k
December 2017:  242.4k

March 2018:  263.3k
June 2018:  290.4k
September 2018:  313.7k
December 2018:  296.8k
March 2019:  346.3k
June 2019:  372.4k
September 2019: 390.4k
December 2019:  428.6k

Was pretty happy about the year over year number until I remembered what happened in December 2018.  Still really good progress and hoping to check out of this thread next year. :)

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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2003 on: December 28, 2019, 10:43:42 AM »
2017
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Date             Assets           Debts          Net Worth
Oct 2017 $370,483.90 -$120,007.15 $250,476.80
Dec 2017 $382,100.79 -$121,838.12 $260,262.67

2018
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Date             Assets           Debts          Net Worth
Jan 2018 $390,088.91 -$119,841.70 $270,247.21
Feb 2018 $393,016.96 -$118,184.89 $274,832.08
Mar 2018 $388,528.30 -$117,901.07 $270,627.23
Apr 2018 $396,987.40 -$118,619.04 $278,368.36
May 2018 $399,896.79 -$125,537.47 $274,359.32
Jun 2018 $393,835.05 -$119,226.10 $274,608.95
Jul 2018 $405,587.66 -$124.894.90 $280,692.80
Aug 15th 2018 $289,351.24 $0.00 $289,351.24
Aug 2018 $296,066.75 -$1,507.49 $294,559.30
Sep 2018 $297,258.10 -$2,513.24 $294,744.86
Oct 2018 $270,846.50 -$2,179.98 $268,666.52
Nov 2018 $283,924.79 -$3,588.97 $280,335.80
Dec 2018 $263,008.28 -$2,510.11 $260,498.17

2019
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Date             Assets           Debts          Net Worth
Jan 2019 $286,398.03 -$3,720.22 $282,677.81
Feb 2019 $303,524.32 -$65.88 $303,458.40
Mar 2019 $303,218.72 $0.00 $303,218.72
Apr 2019 $319,854.21 -$2,685.70 $317,168.50
May 2019 $307,507.31 -$2,240.87 $305,266.40
Jun 2019 $731,745.00 -$426,815.80 $304,929.20
Jul 2019 $736,673.88 -$431,083.30 $305,590.60
Aug 2019 $735,255.93 -$429,153.68 $306,102.25
Sep 2019 $736,594.53 -$431,388.57 $305,205.96
Oct 2019 $753,717.95 -$431,346.90 $322,371.05
Nov 2019 $778,884.35 -$426,308.33 $352,576.02
Dec 2019 $781,597.49 -$426,057.09 $355,540.40

$5250 deposit (half) down on my new boiler...if it wasn't for that, I'd be past $360k! :(

My solar system was just installed and should go live in about a month -- that will be approx a $35k loan, so I'm not entirely sure how to calculate that re: net worth ($50k solar system minus 30% tax credit, overall cash flow positive with power generation & solar credits, but still debt).  I also owe $18,500 on a ~$20k EV that I bought to cut my commuting and overall car costs.  I don't generally count vehicles in my net worth, but it feels wrong to subtract $18k from my net worth when I am not upside down in a loan.

It's kind of an odd situation where I am stacking up debt but increasing cash flow regardless, so I'm not entirely sure how I want to balance that out.  Maybe separate line items for that? I'm keeping my house value static, despite Zillow and Redfin claiming the value is climbing and solar adding value...blah. It's getting way more complicated than it was when I was renting.

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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2004 on: December 29, 2019, 11:08:16 AM »
Sept. 2018   $252,544.08
Nov.  2018   $248,197.15
Dec.  2018   $256,394.61
Jan.  2019   $252,481.67
Feb.  2019   $287,793.45
Mar.  2019   $304,683.46
April  2019  $311,927.67
May 2019    $320,971.09
June 2019   $315,026.35
July 2019    $326,646.84
Aug 2019    $333,750.35
Sept 2019   $331,716.00
Oct 2019     $338,088.89
Nov 2019    $348,140.01
Dec 2019    $356,233.57
Jan 2020  $364,075.39

A strong close to the year! We have two nice vacations planned for 2020, but even with those, we should be able to push into the $400k's next year, assuming the market doesn't drop too much.

I have a new story being published soon, and we will be getting back a sizable tax refund (it's intentional, to guard against fluctuations in my writing income), so we should have a decent spring.

Congrats to everyone who has recently graduated, and to those new folks entering the thread!

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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2005 on: December 30, 2019, 12:54:35 PM »
Thank you @dogboyslim  for this streamlined format, much improved over my previous lists.

+$168,128.13 for the year. Absolutely crazy year of high earnings and amazing stock market returns. Raises for both W-2 jobs secured, we're feeling great headed into 2020. 


                       2018                2019                2020               
January-$255,892.49$424,020.62
February-$284,061.44-
March-$302,124.69-
April-$311,269.23-
May-$326,333.60-
June-$324,533.94-
July$250,737.17$346,414.84-
August$258,326.17$353,235.46-
September$271,396.46$357,483.82-
October$276,447.64$382,001.08Graduation?
November$258,733.03$394,916.44-
December$272,495.64$408,747.03-

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AU7U1LTOW0D-_TiWUZJ7OSolSB_ULYQC2ZWSNW5hig0/edit#gid=0

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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2006 on: December 30, 2019, 02:37:07 PM »
Great progress @Imustacheyouaquestion

Still planning on graduation mid 2020?

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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2007 on: December 31, 2019, 06:30:18 AM »
Great progress @Imustacheyouaquestion

Still planning on graduation mid 2020?

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My aggressive goal for 2020 is to save $100k. That should put us over $500k next year, but of course it depends on the market too :)

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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2008 on: December 31, 2019, 09:55:18 AM »

Nov-17 - 300k
May-18  - 375k
July -18 - 400k
aug-18 - 410k
Dec-18 - 345K
Mar-19 - 415K
Apr-19 - NW 440K  - liquid 512k (long story)
may-19 nw 405K  - liquid - 478K
Jun-19 nw 444K - liquid -514K
Jul-19 nw 452K liquid  522K
Aug-19 nw 435k liquid 505K
Sep-19 nw 450K liquid 527K
Oct-19 nw 459K  Liquid 537K
nov-19 nw 475k liquid 559k
dec-19 nw  490k liquid 575k  annual increase to nw - 145k

not to bad. Still with you folks for at least the stat of the next decade...
« Last Edit: January 02, 2020, 04:37:13 AM by UnleashHell »

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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2009 on: December 31, 2019, 11:37:13 AM »
Mar-18   $249550-INV  $381297 - NW ---> fell below 250K, what a rollercoaster this year has been!
Aug-18 $291293 - INV $ 376293 - NW ---> Writing off 51k, we are building a house.
Sep-18 $292395 - INV $377395 - NW---> Lots of unexpected expenses this month. My job is also not on firm ground. Bad new manager situation. Starting new job search.Anyone have job for me :)
Oct-18  $271500 - INV $357200 - NW ---> Yay volatility
Nov-18 $279200 - INV $365200 - NW ---> Big spending month, over $10000 unexpected spending on Medical expenses, travel reservations, hotels, electronics, shopping deals and gifts. Also got new job, lateral move.
Dec-18 $257500 - INV $344000 - NW ---> Hope this market remains low or flat for next couple of months so I can plough more money in. Happy new year you all! It is interesting that the assets like primary home provide so much stability in rough times. If we have a paid off home or enough cash to pay it off safely invested it provides much safety in difficult times.
Jan-19 $290132 - INV $373300 - NW ---> Big bounce back. But I wish it came after Feb. Its likely there will be more opportunities due to various uncertainties in current short term.
Feb-19 $317800 - INV $406000 - NW ---> Big payday of the year helped cross 300k easily.
Mar-19 $323000 - INV $411500 - NW ---> Not much to say this month. we went on 2nd vacation of the year already and so associated expenses affected the growth.
Apr-19 $337600 - INV $426600 - NW  ---> Expensive month, we paid for family member's medical expenses. Tragic situation at young age. Makes a strong case for big emergency fund.
May-19 $326000 - INV $416000 - NW ---> Yay! Volatility. I was able to add few hundred $s more than usual to investments. @Epor Usually about $6000 a month in addition to savings currently, rest gains or losses in market. It motivates me to compare with high savers, that way I tend to push a little harder or keep consistent. Its a race alright!
Jun-19 $348000 - INV $439000 - NW ---> DW's pregnant with our second baby :), That means now I have to plan for big expenses.. Minivan, Medical expense and more. I am trying convince DW that we can put off buying minivan for another 2 years. Wish me luck!
Jul-19 $355000 - INV $546000 - NW ---> Construction on real estate we were building completed, so added its value back into Net worth.
Aug-19 $349000 - INV ---> Medical expenses and vacation made us go back wards. Market didn't help, but I am happy its flat or down.
Sep-19 $362000 - INV ---> Slow and steady. We are half way through our pregnancy, Just about 4 more months to go!! Its so hard to resist various temptations to spend. minivan, finish basement, build a sunroom. Desires are endless.
Oct-19 $362000 - INV ---> No change, nada.  Spent over $15000 on paying off taxes, credit cards, couple of mortgage payments ahead, medical, travel for next year, daycare for rest of the year. Looks like my journey with you wonderful folks will be longer than I expected. Whew! no end in sight as I see us moving towards big purchases soon, that MINIVAN.
Nov-19 $3750000 - INV
Dec-19 $391000 - INV ---> Very pleased with $162000 increase in investments and cash this year. Thank you downturn in 2018. Lets keep this up people. Happy new year, new decade!

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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2010 on: December 31, 2019, 02:10:07 PM »
   Date (2019)       Liquid NW            Gain
   Jan 1       $212,860           (+8,101)
   Feb 1       $230,743           (+17,883)
   Mar 1       $244,321           (+13,578)
   Apr 1       $252,750           (+8,429)
   May 1       $263,658           (+10,908)
   June 1       $252,691           (-10,967)
   July 1       $287,493           (+34,802)
   Aug 1       $299,427 (+11,934)
   Sept 1           $313,257 (+13,830)
   Oct 1           $321,358 (+8,101)
   Nov 1           $336,180 (+14,822)
   Dec 1           $351,986 (+13,806)
   Dec 31           $385,426 (+33,440)

Final bonus for the year. 2019 was great ($170,566 Up!), had a beautiful baby daughter and saved more than ever. Looking to have another record year next year.

I don't count my house equity, so this is just investments minus loans (I invest instead of paying off my low interest loans).

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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2011 on: December 31, 2019, 02:54:16 PM »
Investments only; household combined. 
 
07/31/19 - $330,406
08/31/19 - $437,870 (large windfall + quarterly rrsp invest)
09/30/19 - $443,081
10/31/19 - $452,295
11/30/19 - $483,711(incl quarterly rrsp invest)
12/31/19 - $484,963

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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2012 on: December 31, 2019, 03:01:34 PM »
6/30/18:   $253,884
7/31/18:   $264,666
8/31/18:   $276,905
9/29/18:   $285,986
10/31/18: $267,359
11/30/18: $281,461
12/31/18: $261,809
1/31/19:   $286,584
2/28/19:   $303,681
3/31/19:   $314,939
4/30/19:   $331,080
5/31/19:   $320,926
6/30/19:   $342,700
7/31/19:   $354,784
8/31/19:   $351,842
9/30/19:   $360,853
10/31/19: $374,706
11/29/19: $391,293
12/31/19: $403,264

Hit the goal of $400K by the end of the year! Looking at some planned expenditures (some already saved, some we'll save up & spend over the course of the year), we'll only hit $500K with market help by the end of 2020.

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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2013 on: December 31, 2019, 04:23:54 PM »
Dec 2016: $129.04k
Dec 2017: $196.66k
Dec 2018: $227.08k
Jan 2019: $255.83k
Feb 2019: $263.40k
Mar 2019: $275.82k
Apr 2019: $286.26k
May 2019: $277.52k
Jun 2019: $295.84k
July 2019: $302.29k
Aug 2019: $300.88k
Sep 2019: $309.76k
Oct 2019: $319.40k
Nov 2019: $329.54k
Dec 2019: $339.51k


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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2014 on: December 31, 2019, 08:18:28 PM »
Quarter StockBondCash  +House
Q3 2016:  $112,200     $165,800
Q4 2016:  $124,300     $178,500
Q1 2017:  $148,300     $203,300
Q2 2017:  $160,548     $217,018
Q3 2017:  $178,042     $235,102
Q4 2017:  $203,082     $260,736
Q1 2018:  $213,941     $272,491
Q2 2018:  $223,802     $283,554
Q3 2018:  $235,666     $296,330
Q4 2018:  $229,947     $291,293
Q1 2019:  $284,421     $346,689
Q2 2019:  $315,573     $378,769
Q3 2019:  $350,244     $414,376
Q4 2019:  $408,250     $473,325
Like @hudsoncat and other fellow racers, I am pretty happy to break the $400k mark. This is a little bit of a market coincidence, but we are also up $178k in 12 months, which blows my mind. Seems like just 5 years ago my liquid net worth was slightly negative :). And if we actually sold the house we could very well surpass $500k!

I have felt some job related grumpiness recently so no offense to my fellow racers, but I kinda want to get out of this thread ASAP!

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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2015 on: January 01, 2020, 12:59:19 AM »
Investments only, solo journey (so far)


                       2017                2018                2019                2020                2021               
January-$232,213$356,542$500,087-
February-$245,447$383,348--
March-$242,789$394,563--
April$164,900$246,140$403,461--
May-$318,398$421,194--
June-$328,870$409,591--
July$180,808$342,159$435,981--
August$189,280$354,936$443,135--
September$193,727$366,727$441,101--
October$209,968$374,465$452,232--
November$220,602$361,296$466,688--
December$225,918$370,140$482,944--


Woah, I did not expect to hit the 500k point just yet... I'm so barely over that I'm not going to post in the next thread until next month if I'm still there.  I feel like a light breeze is all it would take to push me back here.  That is $143,545 increase for the year, only around 60k of that is from my own contributions, the rest was the market.

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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2016 on: January 01, 2020, 04:51:41 AM »

2017
Jan 1: 236,254
Feb 1: 250,055
Mar 1: 262,196
Apr 1: 269,959
May 1: 282,665
Jun 1: 284,827
Jul 1: 292,037
Aug 1: 293,168
Sep 1: 297,489
Oct 1: 303,111
Nov 1: 309,583
Dec 1: 316,618

2018
Jan 1: 322,183
Feb 1: 332,735
Mar 1: 328,393
April 1: 327,048
May 1: 332,943
June 1: 339,934
July 1: 341,553
Aug 1: 351,978
Sep 1: 356,877
Oct 1: 360,074
Nov 1:346,354
Dec 1: 354,221

2019
Jan 1: 339,623
Feb 1: 358,056
Mar 1: 368,263
April 1: 386,406
May 1: 395,806
Jun 1: 382,758
July 1: 399,023
Aug 1: 404,132
Sep 1: 404,378
Oct 1: 411,212
Nov 1: 421,398
Dec 1: 434,363

2019
Jan 1: 447,716

December was a great month in the market.
Happy New year!!!!!

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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2017 on: January 01, 2020, 05:08:49 AM »
May 2017: CHF 231'000
June 2017: CHF 235'000

As I paid CHF 2'700 in taxes and the mortgage (CHF 1'380) for the last three months was due I'm satisfied.

July 2017: CHF 243'000 (that was a good month)
August 2017: CHF 247000
September 2017: CHF 256000

I can start the next race.

We are now at CHF 380000.

At the end of 2019 we reached 400'000 CHF. I hope to reach 500'000 at the end of this year, but it will be difficult and probably take a little bit longer. We will see.

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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2018 on: January 01, 2020, 07:40:23 AM »
NW // Inv Assets

3/1/19 - $268,584 // $154,100
4/1/19 - $281,161 // $160,561
5/1/19 - $287,799 // $169,570
6/1/19 - $299,560 // $163,398
7/1/19 - $309,640 // $178,229
8/1/19 - $317,066 // $185,846
9/1/19 - $321,205 // $186,588
10/1/19 - $327,232 // $191,328
11/1/19 - $335,150 // $197,615
12/1/19 - $340,787 // $208,029

1/1/20 - $352,472 // $223,044

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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2019 on: January 01, 2020, 10:25:58 AM »
Officially $250318 today so I'm in here with my investments and total net worth (475k)! Cool!

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First official entry in this thread:
HSA: $14704
Fidelity (401k, taxable and ROTH IRA: $242075
Vanguard (taxable): $7176

Total: $263955

I am planning on maxing out my ROTH early January and have bumped up my 401k contribution in order to maximize that by end of June as we might move out of the country this summer. As a result, I may need to top off my check with some brokerage account funds. Total NW is about $490k with the roughly $225k in post-transaction cost equity in our primary residence, which we plan to sell prior to the move.

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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2020 on: January 01, 2020, 10:49:18 AM »

Awesome progress everyone!

$381,913, up $4,544. Up $99,898 yoy. Better than I expected this month thanks to the market. One expensive month down, one to go. The headstone I bought for my dad is about 80% paid off. Bought a new convertible couch/bed to make better use of my studio apt. Was able to get 16 hours of OT on this next paycheck, even though I'm PT. That should help boost the New Year. :)

Happy New Year to all!!!

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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2021 on: January 01, 2020, 11:30:03 AM »

Investments only.

01/31/18           $198,264.59
02/28/18           $204,079.63
03/31/18           $204,079.63
04/30/18           $206,310.31
05/31/18           $207,731.13
06/30/18           $209,452.69
07/31/18           $218,450.07
08/31/18           $224,242.78
09/30/18           $227,036.87
10/31/18           $214,106.68
11/30/18           $219,948.36
12/31/18           $206,666.96
01/31/19           $224,401.47
02/28/19           $231,997.45
03/31/19           $236,710.41
04/30/19           $246,138.25
05/31/19           $245,062.03
06/30/19           $256,868.43
07/31/19           $256,075.53
08/31/19           $266,197.04
09/30/19           $274,186.82
10/31/19           $284,426.52
11/30/19           $295,004.21
12/31/19           $304,692.67


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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2022 on: January 01, 2020, 11:33:41 AM »
If things stay the same come Jan 1st the Dandy Pandys will be toodling off :) :) :)
WOW can't believe we did it so soon!
If we did this in 3 years, how long do you think it will take to get to the next goal of 1m? Anyone got a guess for us? Salary etc will stay much the same,  I don't even try to work it out usually- in case of disappointment.
Opposite of disappointed now though!!

I have read before that reaching 333k takes about half the time as 0 to $1M so perhaps that could be an indication. There are so many questions being asked about the returns of the next decade but i am still using slightly lowered projections vs historical averages simply because the latest 10 years were so great.

How long did it take to reach 333k?
Ah I wish it was that easy to figure out- but we only ramped up when we became Mustachians, so the first 333 took a lonnng time.

Exactly. 2019 was only my 4th year of maxing the 401k. Before that I was only putting in $4k - $8k per year.

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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2023 on: January 01, 2020, 12:54:09 PM »

1 January 2018   - $295,835.
1 April 2018        - $305,001.
1 May 2018        - $316,277.
1 June 2018        - $332,814.
1 July 2018 (ish)  - $330,715.
1 August 2018     - $346,023.
30 August 2018    - $362,001.
1 October            - $365,638.
1 November         - $341,694.
1 May 2019           - $372,682
15 Sept 2019         -$392,243

1 January 2020     -414,598.

About halfway to my investments goal now, around 70% overall.

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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2024 on: January 01, 2020, 01:09:10 PM »
A little late on doing it, but closing out my race.

Dec 2015 = $288k
Dec 2016 = $331k
Dec 2017 = $440k
Dec 2018 = $458k
March 2019 = $514k
Dec 2019 = $610k

2018 was slow due to high expenses and bad market conditions for some of my investments. 2019 was definitely a good year money wise, but physically and mentally taxing due to all the hours worked.

See you on the next one.

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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2025 on: January 01, 2020, 02:07:29 PM »
May 1 2018:  $250,453.08
June 1 2018:  $256,005.82
July 1 2018:  $259,624.40
August 1 2018:  $268,077.64 
September 1 2018:  $275,103.83
October 1 2018:  $279,499.81
November 1 2018:   $273,503.01
December 1 2018:  $278,858.64
Jan 1 2019:  $272,446.08   
Feb 1 2019:  $289,664.17
March 1 2019:  $299,054.26
April 1 2019:  $305,610.01
May 1 2019:  $315,936.05
June 1 2019:  $311,464.06
July 1 2019:  $320,434.22
August 1 2019:  $331,407.52
September 1 2019:  $335,874.66
October 1 2019:  $340,976.88
November 1 2019:  $348,058.86
December 1 2019:  $361,978.66

January 1 2020:  $370,526.76  Huge increase year over year, that will now end thanks to buying a farm and paying $20,000 in interest for the next few years.  I'll be in this group for several more years!
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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2026 on: January 01, 2020, 02:35:17 PM »
I typically track on the spreadsheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AU7U1LTOW0D-_TiWUZJ7OSolSB_ULYQC2ZWSNW5hig0/edit#gid=1302523503, but figured I'd check in here for the end/start of the year.

2018 EOY - $317,638
2019 Q1 - $364,397
2019 Q2 - $388,214
2019 Q3 - $400,870
2019 EOY - $441,666

Hard to believe I'm up $124K year over year, which is well more than I make in a year and over double what I contributed this past year.  I'm hoping to graduate this thread this year, though at this point that's more market dependent than savings dependent.

Happy new year, everyone!

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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2027 on: January 02, 2020, 02:55:00 AM »
nice work folks. looks like a bunch of us will be moving on up in the coming year. this is the point where the compounding really kicks in.

I'm in here because I got divorced and dropped back. be nice to be out on my own account! I do have a partner now but after my own cautionary tale of nearly hitting fire only to be dragged back then its important that we both achieve Fire independently.


heres to the 20's and moving away from this thread!!

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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2028 on: January 02, 2020, 07:19:14 AM »
May: $251,222
June: $380,473 <-- combined accounts with DH
July: $423,417
Aug: $436, 413
Sep: $428,402
Oct: $434,691
Nov: $453,570
Dec: $470,545
Jan: $493,101

YOY is hard to calculate since DH and I got married and combined finances halfway through the year. Kinda shocked at the progress since June anyway. Go markets. Early 202o is going to be a bit mixed -- I got a raise (yay!), but a new water filter for the well and saving for a fence and possible marriage penalty taxes will set us back the next month or two. After that we're going to try to live on one income and save the other which should skyrocket things this year. Looking forward to hitting the next thread in early 2020. Happy New Year everyone!

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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2029 on: January 02, 2020, 09:22:56 AM »
Month   Investments   Networth   
04/30/17   $67,858   $125,786   <---- Discovered MMM / LBYM
09/30/17   $100,416   $168,105   <---- 100k Invested
01/31/19   $251,061   $311,711   <---- 250k Invested
02/28/19   $265,980   $328,866   
03/31/19   $283,322   $346,316   
04/30/19   $303,551   $367,527   
05/31/19   $303,986   $364,917   
06/30/19   $329,675   $388,175   
07/31/19   $346,447   $406,628   
08/31/19   $348,793   $411,689   
09/30/19   $358,623   $424,118   
10/31/19   $380,193   $417,791   
11/30/19   $394,260   $441,217   
12/31/19   $413,479   $495,002   

For a 2019 gain of $211,542 (investments) and $215,846 (networth)! More than our after-tax income!

Have ~20k extra cash I'll be dumping into the market in the next few days (bonus season), so goal date for graduation is ~June or maybe sooner!

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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2030 on: January 02, 2020, 01:42:28 PM »
10/31/2019: $245,588
11/30/2019: $258,296
12/31/2019: $265,486

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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2031 on: January 02, 2020, 07:48:12 PM »
2/17 - 167,752
3/17 - 177,448
4/17 - 183,917
5/17 - 189,025
6/17 - 195,189
7/17 - 202,048
8/17 - 211,263
9/17 - 215,880
10/17 - 222,924
11/17 - 230,962
12/17 - 238,389
1/18 - 247,829
2/18 - 263,000
3/18 - 254,401
5/18 - 267,000
6/18 - 273,062
7/18 - 278,308
8/18 - 287,779
9/18 - 298,772
10/18 - 307,200
11/18 - 295,490
12/18 - 298,003
1/19 - 284,697
2/19 - 314,314
3/19 - 331,474
4/19 - 344,390
5/19 - 357,302
6/19 - 351,017
7/19 - 372,466
8/19 - 373,986
9/19 - 377,991
10/19 - 384,914
11/19 - 403,766
12/19 - 415,269
1/19 - 436,741

Hoping to hit that 500k mark this year, which should be very doable if the market is anything like it was this past year.

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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2032 on: January 02, 2020, 11:04:04 PM »
Summary of accounts:

   Date      Bank Accounts      Taxable Investments      IRAs and 401k      TOTAL      CHANGE   
   September 1, 2019      $34,060.56      $107,178.92      $100,816.28      $242,055.76      -1.70%   
   October 1, 2019      $41,940.06      $111,460.07      $102,729.37      $256,129.50      +5.81%   
   November 1, 2019      $42,198.89      $119,326.23      $106,347.53      $267,872.65      +4.58%   
   December 1, 2019      $48,713.45      $122,014.49      $109,478.12      $280,206.06      +4.60%   
   January 1, 2020      $52,388.86      $125,197.91      $114,378.91      $291,915.68      +4.18%   

Ended the year with another very good month and finally received a couple of job offers to move and be with my wife after living in separate states for 2 years (and after a very long 8 months of applying and interviewing).  The funds in my bank accounts are getting on the heavy side so I will be correcting that in the next few months.


The good:

Landed a job with NASA.  In my "fuck it, I'm applying for everything" stage that I entered around September, I applied for a bunch of positions that were tangentially related to my knowledge base.  Some of which were positions I felt were above my current level of competency.  Somehow I got an interview for one of these positions and subsequently an offer for it.  End result is a >50% pay raise, and better benefits (access to HSA, 5% 401k match, more vacation and holiday than any position in my current field ever offers, annuity).

The bad:

Moving to a high cost of living area (bay area) so I will feel the full effects of it rather than just half of it from my wife living there (with a roommate).  The adjustment to my new job will be quite extreme I imagine.  Coming from the private sector to a government position in a field related to what I do at a level above where I would think I should be at.  If I can survive my first year, I should be good, but I hate switching jobs so hopefully this is the last one.  Another "bad" is I suspect I will have a really difficult time leaving this position...might end up a FIer without the RE for a while.  We will see.  That annuity has the makings of golden handcuffs though, and NASA seems like it would be a good place to work.


I'm going to just ride out a couple of months while I'm out there and then take a close look at my spending to see where I can cut.  I haven't paid much attention to spending since I started really since it just goes to autopilot after developing the habits.  It will be good to reassess in a new location though to see if I can cut anywhere and to get a better handle on what reasonable expenses are to more accurately project out.


I am setting my target for 2020 year end at 400k.

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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2033 on: January 05, 2020, 06:59:19 AM »

 1-2017  $88,615
 1-2018 $132,155
 1-2019 $177,349
 2-2019 $188,332
 3-2019 $187,634
 4-2019 $197,461
 5-2019 $194,010
 6-2019 $186,414
 7-2019 $196,934
 8-2019 $267,535
 9-2019 $268,153
10-2019 $271,542
11-2019 $283,636
12-2019 $287,248
01-2020 $282,110


Slight downtick this month due to an accounting change - I started counting money owed to credit cards as a liability. It was a really good month, though - retirement assets were up almost 5%.

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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2034 on: January 06, 2020, 08:15:15 AM »
Investments only! (I do have a good bit of low rate, long term debt which makes my NW lower) numbers are end of month.

Sept 17- $257k
Oct 17- $264
Nov 17- $270
Dec 17- $276
Jan 18- $280
Feb 18- $279
Mar 18- $287
April 18- $294
May 18- ?
June 18- $304
July 18- $316
Aug 18- $334
Sept 18- $340
Oct 18- $320
Nov 18- $311
Dec 18- $316
Jan 19- $320
Feb 19- $334
Mar 19- $342
April 19- $357
May 19- $338
June 19- $365
July 19- $379
Aug 19- ?
Sept 19- ?
Oct 19- ?
Nov 19- ?
Dec 19- $422

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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2035 on: January 06, 2020, 10:41:09 AM »
DateFIREMediTotal NW% IncreaseNotes
6/1/2017$115,738 -
12/31/2018$177,341.32 $46,719.18$224,060.50~2.07%
1/31/2019$200,473.39 $56,820.70$257,294.09~14.83%
2/28/2019$194.787.12 $58986.57$253.773.69~-1.37%
3/31/2019$198,888.47  $60,358.25$259,246.72~-2.16%
Numbers based on Mint.  Does not include a few minor accounts with less then $1000 total.

So ummm:
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new EOY is somewhere in the range of 330-340k

12/31/2019 Fire: $258,407.93 + Medi $82,188.34  =$340,596.27 ~10.57%  (Percentage off due to account access issues last month)

Hmm, looks like a missed a few months on here.  (Have the numbers, but not gonna fill em in.  Sorry, Not Sorry.)    Also looks like I got a miracle and met the numbers I very optimistically decided on.   I think I'll celebrate by buying more investments.

So eoy 2020 guess?   400-410K   Will i make this one?  Who knows.  (The Shadow knows!)

Hope everyone has a good and successful 2020. 
« Last Edit: January 06, 2020, 10:43:19 AM by Stimpy »

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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2036 on: January 07, 2020, 09:38:03 AM »
I've graduated to this thread now. I went from 100 - 250k between June 2017 and December 2019, so a year and a half. In line with the concept behind this thread, it Would be pretty cool to take the same amount of time to double my money again but not sure I see that as realistic. An easy riding up up up market has been the ticket so far I feel like.

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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2037 on: January 07, 2020, 09:12:56 PM »
03/2017 - $130,500
04/2017 - $133,780 (Savings Ratio 48.2%)
07/2017 - $147,452 (Savings Ratio 39.1%)
10/2017 - $162,673 (Savings Ratio 54.9%)
01/2018 - $193,174 (Savings Ratio 63.3%)
02/2018 - $207,459 (Savings Ratio 67.7%)
05/2018 - $202,142 (Savings Ratio 27.54%)
02/2019 - $215,000 (Savings Ratio 63.0%)
04/2019 - $221,150 (Savings Ratio 9%)
07/2019 - $238,090 (Savings Ratio 31.75%)
12/2019 - $260,452 (Savings Ratio Unknown, likely around 30%)
01/2019 - $275,786 (Savings Ratio 60%)

I'm going to see a hit from my tax refund, but I'm well on my way in this thread.

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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2038 on: January 07, 2020, 09:13:35 PM »
Jan 2017  $275k
Feb 2017  $287k $???
Mar 2017 $276k
Apr 2017 $282k
May 2017 $287k
Jun 2017 $290k
Jul 2017 $304k
Aug 2017  $311k
Sep 2017 $319k
Oct 2017  $327k
Nov 2017 $331k
Dec 2017  $338k
Jan 2018 $356k
Feb 2018 $426k (windfall)
Mar 2018 $424k
Apr 2018 $435k
May 2018 $437k
Jun 2018 $445k
Jul 2018 ???
Aug 2018 $453k
Sep 2018 $460k
Oct 2018 $439k
Nov 2018 $446k
Dec 2018 $426k
Jan 2019 $447k
Feb 2019 $469k
Mar 2019 $480k

Getting closer ...

Fast forward almost a year, life got incredibly busy. We go some help in the market...

Dec 2019 $555k

see you in the next thread!

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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2039 on: January 08, 2020, 01:50:27 AM »
Jan 2018 -  $330,883
July 2018 - $372,389
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Jan 2019 -  $376,421
July 2019 - $449,818
Aug 2019 - $461,802
Sept 2019 -$471,690
Nov 2019 - $486,235
Dec 2019 - $498,006

oh, we are SO close!!

I was feeling down this morning as I went back to work but checked my investment balance just now - we did it!

Jan 2020 - $501,901

time to move on,



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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2040 on: January 08, 2020, 05:25:25 AM »
Jan 2018 -  $330,883
July 2018 - $372,389
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Jan 2019 -  $376,421
July 2019 - $449,818
Aug 2019 - $461,802
Sept 2019 -$471,690
Nov 2019 - $486,235
Dec 2019 - $498,006

oh, we are SO close!!

I was feeling down this morning as I went back to work but checked my investment balance just now - we did it!

Jan 2020 - $501,901

time to move on,
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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2041 on: January 08, 2020, 03:48:13 PM »
I've graduated to this thread now. I went from 100 - 250k between June 2017 and December 2019, so a year and a half. In line with the concept behind this thread, it Would be pretty cool to take the same amount of time to double my money again but not sure I see that as realistic. An easy riding up up up market has been the ticket so far I feel like.

Welcome to the thread! Fish for fun or for career? Can't say I've seen too many career fishermen on forums looking for FI.

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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2042 on: January 08, 2020, 03:53:23 PM »
11/1/2019   $479,049.55
12/1/2019   $498,129.57

Looks like I'll be graduating from here next month *knocks on wood* but January tuition payment will probably keep me here for a couple more months. It's really weird but due to an accident, insurance paid me out a lot more than my old car was worth in November. Was able to get into a used EV for a great price, and hopefully reduced future costs by going EV. Extrapolating one month of energy, electric will cost me about $250/year vs $1,500 in gas in my old vehicle.

Hmmm jinxed myself. The banking app I use to track my networth (along with excel) wasn't updating one of my accounts and I dropped for January 1 when I updated it properly + paid tuition.
01/01/2020 - $488,000

Good news is I got an unexpected $7,000 due to a certain investment that had a surprise pay off. Might be near that half a mill mark by end of the month after all, but likely thread graduation by March. Good luck in 2020 to you all!

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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2043 on: January 08, 2020, 04:48:00 PM »
September 19: NW 316,494 Invested: 293,726
October 19: NW 318,809 Invested: 294,437
November 19: NW 339,590 Invested: 314,126 <- Must be the markets
January 20: NW 373,029 Invested: 343,704

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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2044 on: January 10, 2020, 09:08:53 AM »

2017
Jan 1st: 252k
Dec 4th 322.5k   

2018
Jan 1st:316.5k bought a car and a new stove.. spendy month but 64.5k up for the year! :)
Dec 1st:370k/270k

2019
Jan 1st: $357.5 (marking the first year of maxing out retirement accounts!) UP: 41k for 2018 (markets took a hit)
Feb 1st $378.5 ooh hope I didn't make a mistake calculating, a big jump! taxes will add 4k next month
March 1st $396.5k oh my getting closer, how exciting! Plus I sold art and should be getting a 12k check from my gallery this month! :)
April 1st $418.5
May 1st $430
June 1st $418 a big car fix - not sure why it went down so much, maybe I made an updating mistake last month
July 1st $439.5 won an award of excellence at work:) plus market gains and the normal contributions :) will put award straight into our Vanguard yay
Aug 1st $444
Sept 1st $452.5  two big art sales this month
Oct 1st $456 hmm- seems low
Nov 1st $484 2 big art sales this month :) also reached max on retirement fund
Dec 1st $498.5   almost!
Jan 1st $533.5  We did it! How exciting :)

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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2045 on: January 10, 2020, 09:50:03 AM »
I've graduated to this thread now. I went from 100 - 250k between June 2017 and December 2019, so a year and a half. In line with the concept behind this thread, it Would be pretty cool to take the same amount of time to double my money again but not sure I see that as realistic. An easy riding up up up market has been the ticket so far I feel like.

Welcome to the thread! Fish for fun or for career? Can't say I've seen too many career fishermen on forums looking for FI.
Haha..I fish for fun!

Maybe one day I can fish full time. That would be cool..sounds a bit like too much icing and not enough cake though.

Best!


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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2046 on: January 10, 2020, 10:18:27 AM »
August 2017 - $295k
September 2017 - $310k
October 2017 - $314k
November 2017 - $319k
December 2017 - $328k
January 2018 - $336k
February 2018 - $331k
March 2018 - $341k
April 2018 - $345k
May 2018 - $353k
June 2018 - $376k
July 2018 - $379k
August 2018 - $379k
September 2018 - $377k
October 2018 - $369k
November 2018 - $382k
1/5/2019 - $374k
2/3/19 - $378k
3/7/19 - $380k
4/4/19 - $381k
5/6/19 - $378k
6/11/19 - $382k
7/8/19 - $384k
8/5/19 - $387k
9/5/19 - $376k
10/1/19 - $386k
11/4/19 - $396k
12/12/19 - $402k

1/10/20 - $403k



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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2047 on: January 10, 2020, 10:57:06 AM »
We hit $500,606 today! Headed over to the next thread even though I'm sure we'll hover around the line for a bit.

Time from -40k student debt to $250k: 4.5 years
250 to 500: 9 months

I got a 130k boost from combining accounts with my new husband in June, but the $120k since then is all savings and the market. Can't wait to see what we'll accomplish in 2020. I heard the next $500k goes a lot faster. Two incomes that are both much larger than what I started with back in 2014 helps a lot. I hope we can hit it in three years.


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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2048 on: January 13, 2020, 11:58:16 AM »
MonthYearNet Worth
Jan2017103,000
Jan2018160,000
Jan2019204,000
Jan2020275,500
Nov.2019255,000
Dec.2019262,000
Jan.2020275,500

I usually get a substantial year end bonus from a side business that should give me some breathing room next month.

The big news for me this year is that my employer took away the company 401k.  So I basically got a 4K pay cut.  It will be discussed at the end of year meeting, but I am looking for suggestions.  I am priced out of Roth IRA, and my only thought is to talk the boss into a simple IRA to get back at least 13K of tax savings investments. 

End of the year bonus wasn't quite what is was supposed to be, and still haven't found an alternative for retirements savings.  Feels like things have stopped just stalling and are now starting to roll backwards.  Lost the 401k, health insurance went up, side business went down, property taxes continued to go up, no raise, etc. etc. etc.

Still going way better than the average Joe, just stinks to lose momentum.  We're having the third and final child soon, so I get we're in the muck of it all, but compounding growth waits for no man (or baby).

Looking at potentially buying my first investment property next week.  It is commercial and not residential, but entry level.  Mostly I am looking to pull some money out of the market to diversify and insulate against [pick your reason here]. 

I don't expect much come next month for some annual expenses I have to pay out, but when 80% of NW is in the market things are starting to get out of my hands on growth/loss. 

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Re: Race from 250 to 500k!
« Reply #2049 on: January 16, 2020, 05:43:30 AM »
01-16-20 : 251k

Count me in!
Target for 500 - June 2022
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