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Re: How much has your Net Worth increased since starting MMM?
« Reply #250 on: September 24, 2019, 01:05:14 PM »
Early 2013 -- ~400k
Today -- ~850k

This NW increase is all while paying off about $100k of my spouse's student loan and credit card debts, a 10-month "sabbatical" from full-time work, losing $10k "investment" in a local company, and two self-paid cross country moves. Thanks to MMM for keeping me mostly on task and helping me weather the storms.

Hope to hit $1M net worth in 12-18 months and $1M liquid assets in 2-3 years so I can leave FT work, hopefully forever.

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Re: How much has your Net Worth increased since starting MMM?
« Reply #251 on: September 24, 2019, 05:50:32 PM »
Wow these are some large numbers. I hope to be with you all someday!

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Re: How much has your Net Worth increased since starting MMM?
« Reply #252 on: October 25, 2019, 10:21:57 AM »
Wow these are some large numbers. I hope to be with you all someday!

The big numbers seem unattainable when you first start out. But from what everyone reports, the savings really do accelerate faster than you think.

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« Reply #253 on: October 25, 2019, 01:55:00 PM »
The big numbers seem unattainable when you first start out. But from what everyone reports, the savings really do accelerate faster than you think.

True, but the acceleration has a sign.  And while it's fun to see your investment accounts change by N times your salary in a year, it's a little less fun when N < 0  :D

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Re: How much has your Net Worth increased since starting MMM?
« Reply #254 on: October 25, 2019, 05:57:56 PM »
Oct-15    $567,015.22    
Oct-16    $688,319.91    +21.4%
Oct-17    $912,993.18    +32.6%

October of 2015 we got serious about getting our finances under control, found a better job and made the decision to eliminate our consumer debt across the board, all $65,400 of it, cars, travel trailer, credit cards, we had the whole mess going on.  Fortunately we had been contributing to our 401ks and not mooching off the home equity.

It took 18 months to eliminate all the debt, we also refi'd the house into a 15-year fixed at 3%, we've been making double principal payments but we may stop that and start investing it once I get over the mental hurdle.  We should be ready to FIRE once the house is paid off in ~7 years assuming the market doesn't completely crash at some point.

Along the way I discovered MMM and started lurking and learning, looks like I joined almost exactly 1 year ago, still learning!

Two years have gone by, wow!

Oct-15    $567,015
Oct-16    $688,319
Oct-17    $912,993
Oct-18    $1,199,161
Oct-19    $1,385,537

Still plugging away at it.

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Re: How much has your Net Worth increased since starting MMM?
« Reply #255 on: October 30, 2019, 12:43:49 PM »
Oct-15    $567,015.22    
Oct-16    $688,319.91    +21.4%
Oct-17    $912,993.18    +32.6%

October of 2015 we got serious about getting our finances under control, found a better job and made the decision to eliminate our consumer debt across the board, all $65,400 of it, cars, travel trailer, credit cards, we had the whole mess going on.  Fortunately we had been contributing to our 401ks and not mooching off the home equity.

It took 18 months to eliminate all the debt, we also refi'd the house into a 15-year fixed at 3%, we've been making double principal payments but we may stop that and start investing it once I get over the mental hurdle.  We should be ready to FIRE once the house is paid off in ~7 years assuming the market doesn't completely crash at some point.

Along the way I discovered MMM and started lurking and learning, looks like I joined almost exactly 1 year ago, still learning!

Two years have gone by, wow!

Oct-15    $567,015
Oct-16    $688,319
Oct-17    $912,993
Oct-18    $1,199,161
Oct-19    $1,385,537

Still plugging away at it.

Damn dude, that's a solid NW. I could retire on that easily.

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Re: How much has your Net Worth increased since starting MMM?
« Reply #256 on: October 30, 2019, 01:28:34 PM »
I just looked at this.  I had a NW of $88,400 This past spring (June) when I first worked it out after finding MMM. 
Now I have a NW of $94,430. 
Up $6,000 in 5 months! Entirely from paying down debt.  Expenses actually increased over this period with the birth of our 3rd baby who is now in daycare. 
This is encouraging because I was thinking I had a 1% savings rate this year, but if I consider paying debt down as part of savings rate, then it is more like 15%.

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Re: How much has your Net Worth increased since starting MMM?
« Reply #257 on: October 31, 2019, 09:27:51 AM »
My NW change since following MMM:

August 2018: $27k
Oct 2019: $152k

Some people's NW changes on here are insane...

 

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Re: How much has your Net Worth increased since starting MMM?
« Reply #258 on: October 31, 2019, 09:42:57 AM »
My NW change since following MMM:

August 2018: $27k
Oct 2019: $152k

Some people's NW changes on here are insane...

Dude you increased your networth $125k in just over a year.  THAT'S insane!

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Re: How much has your Net Worth increased since starting MMM?
« Reply #259 on: October 31, 2019, 09:51:13 AM »
Dude you increased your networth $125k in just over a year.  THAT'S insane!

I'm definitely not complaining!  NW should grow exponentially quicker too as it builds so I feel like that first $100k should've been the hardest but we'll see..  Stay tuned til next year!

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Re: How much has your Net Worth increased since starting MMM?
« Reply #260 on: November 17, 2019, 06:10:18 PM »
About $102,000 more since October 2018! Crazy!

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Re: How much has your Net Worth increased since starting MMM?
« Reply #261 on: November 18, 2019, 09:14:26 AM »
+ $292,005 since April 2017! Currently $417,791 NW. Wild!

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Re: How much has your Net Worth increased since starting MMM?
« Reply #262 on: November 30, 2019, 10:56:56 PM »

August 2016: $756k

Short term goal August 2017: $900k

New kid on the way so I don't know how this will change things.
New kid is here ,and real estate taxes are expensive this year, but the market is killing it.
December 2016: $859k

Goals
August 2017: $1M
If I can stay employed
August 2018: $1.25M
March 2017: $1M
5 months earlier than expected
December 2017: $1.2M
1-Dec-2019
$1,963,829.66...shouldn't be long to join the 2M club; is that when you become a millionaire...as in plural?

I don't post much, so its fun to see this history, obviously adapting life style to MMM style has strong benefits...investing through 2018 and watching no gains hurt but has paid off well in 2019 so far...big expenses coming in 2020, house and a car while my higher paying job is coming to a close.   

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Re: How much has your Net Worth increased since starting MMM?
« Reply #263 on: December 01, 2019, 08:35:02 AM »
Started reading the blog around February 2013.  Didn’t really track my net worth at that point so I have to estimate.  Numbers in parentheses include my pension cash out value.  This includes 2 house flips (50% partner) a couple of windfalls totaling 25k, and a year off of work to live on the road.

February 2013:    16,000     (34,500)

December 2019: 182,650   (228,850)

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Re: How much has your Net Worth increased since starting MMM?
« Reply #264 on: December 01, 2019, 01:07:56 PM »
May-14   $132.7
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Apr-19   $505.5
May-19   $518.2

Dec-19     $590.3

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Re: How much has your Net Worth increased since starting MMM?
« Reply #265 on: December 01, 2019, 01:30:56 PM »
So, how much more are you worth today, vs when you first started doing MMM?

About $50

But my kid says I’m priceless :)

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Re: How much has your Net Worth increased since starting MMM?
« Reply #266 on: December 29, 2019, 10:23:23 PM »
Found MMM in 2013, net worth then approx 350K

2014 - 502,000
2015 - 555,000
2016 - 642,000
2017 - 763,000
2018 - 840,000
2019 - 1,050,000

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Re: How much has your Net Worth increased since starting MMM?
« Reply #267 on: December 30, 2019, 01:41:37 AM »
Back then (late 2013/early 2014) I wasn't tracking my net worth, but it was probably in the $200-$250k range. It hit $790k on Friday.

$1,013,000 since Friday.

Ending 2019 with $1,200,000.

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Re: How much has your Net Worth increased since starting MMM?
« Reply #268 on: December 30, 2019, 08:02:49 AM »
I registered on the forums mid 2012 but I'd already found ERE at that point.

2012 liquid net worth ~$80K
2019 liquid net worth ~$814K

so about $734,000 increase in 7 years.  This just feels surreal.

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Re: How much has your Net Worth increased since starting MMM?
« Reply #269 on: December 30, 2019, 09:28:31 AM »
Mid-2019, I got a promotion and salary increase to $82k.  My liquid NW increased $93k between 1/1/19 and 12/2/19.  Thanks MMM!

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Re: How much has your Net Worth increased since starting MMM?
« Reply #270 on: December 30, 2019, 11:01:30 AM »
People are damn inspiring on here!  So, for posterity I did my best estimate of NW since discovering MMM in 2015.  The fact that I can actually go back and reliably track this information is itself a testament to the good ideas from MMM.

FWIW, I've been doing this as a recently (2014) divorced dad of two who had the kinds of expenses that no one preparing for FIRE would advise (child support, new home, less control over kids expenses, etc).  DO NOT RECOMMEND!

Also note, I do not include the $500,000 we saved (in 529 funds) for college, since it's the kids money and we are now withdrawing from it for college tuition. Lastly, also note that I did get re-married and that she brought $40k (that's it...her first husband bankrupted them!).

July 2016:   $247,000
July 2017:   $319,000
July 2018:   $356,000
July 2019:   $432,000
July 2020:   $477,000?

Now that divorce-based expenses end in July 2020 I hope to get to $1m by 2025, or sooner.
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Re: How much has your Net Worth increased since starting MMM?
« Reply #271 on: January 08, 2020, 10:19:31 AM »
May 2012 - $3k
November 2017 - $130k
4300% increase... but only $127k increase.

That included a Ph. D. and three moves and starting out with $60k in income. Now we're at 210k in income. : )

Hopefully, the first $100k is the hardest and it goes faster from here!

Update for May 2019 - $328k
200k more in 18 months... nuts. Feeling very blessed. Our savings rate will go down now that we have a baby on the way, but I'm sure we'll still make progress.

$454k in January 2020. $126k in 8 months! We are getting close to that $500k mark! We will see how long it actually takes now that we are a family of 3 and I'm changing my work situation.

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Re: How much has your Net Worth increased since starting MMM?
« Reply #272 on: March 11, 2020, 09:37:08 AM »
This has been such an inspiring thread to read through!

I have always been rather a saver, but never knew what to do with my money other than let it sit in a savings account.

I started reading the blog somewhere in late 2013 or early 2014, having just graduated college with $4,000 in savings. MMM was where I learned about investing with index funds, and I opened an IRA in 2014. I have contributed the max every year since.

EOY 2013 NW = $4000
EOY 2019 NW = $32200 ($69700 in investments - $37500 in student loans)

8x growth in six years isn't so bad.

In those six years I had an average income of $18k/year and took out $45k in student loans to go to grad school. I lost my way a few times and got a little spendypants with eating meals out during school, and I could have found a better-paying job but I really love where I work.

I've finally gotten a raise and am now making a living wage! I finished my masters in December and have already paid off 1/3 of the loans, and reading these forums has inspired me to really optimize my savings and debt payoff plans so that I now hope to finish paying off my loans AND reach $100k NW by the end of 2021.

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Re: How much has your Net Worth increased since starting MMM?
« Reply #273 on: March 14, 2020, 12:04:22 AM »
Found MMM in May 2013... started implementing in summer 2013 and tracking beginning 2014:

Jan 2014: $152,412
Mar 2020: $572,189  (note: down from peak in Jan 2020 at $648,241)

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Re: How much has your Net Worth increased since starting MMM?
« Reply #274 on: March 14, 2020, 08:06:16 AM »
People are damn inspiring on here!  So, for posterity I did my best estimate of NW since discovering MMM in 2015.  The fact that I can actually go back and reliably track this information is itself a testament to the good ideas from MMM.

FWIW, I've been doing this as a recently (2014) divorced dad of two who had the kinds of expenses that no one preparing for FIRE would advise (child support, new home, less control over kids expenses, etc).  DO NOT RECOMMEND!

Also note, I do not include the $500,000 we saved (in 529 funds) for college, since it's the kids money and we are now withdrawing from it for college tuition. Lastly, also note that I did get re-married and that she brought $40k (that's it...her first husband bankrupted them!).

July 2016:   $247,000
July 2017:   $319,000
July 2018:   $356,000
July 2019:   $432,000
July 2020:   $477,000?

Now that divorce-based expenses end in July 2020 I hope to get to $1m by 2025, or sooner.
@PVD_Kev: Your kids have "$500,000" in 529s? For two kids? Is that a typo?

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Re: How much has your Net Worth increased since starting MMM?
« Reply #275 on: May 05, 2020, 12:21:59 PM »
Found MMM in May 2013... started implementing in summer 2013 and tracking beginning 2014:

Jan 2014: $152,412
Mar 2020: $572,189  (note: down from peak in Jan 2020 at $648,241)

That's awesome progress @tommy murph

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Re: How much has your Net Worth increased since starting MMM?
« Reply #276 on: May 05, 2020, 04:09:26 PM »
Was a Mustachian before I read MMM's blog (and ERE and jhcollinsnh) - grew up in a Mustachian family.

NW for wife and I:

mid-2010 ~ -$25k (bought a house - dat mortgage ting!)
Apr 2020 ~ $1.9M

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« Reply #277 on: May 06, 2020, 11:27:14 AM »
Was a Mustachian before I read MMM's blog (and ERE and jhcollinsnh) - grew up in a Mustachian family.

NW for wife and I:

mid-2010 ~ -$25k (bought a house - dat mortgage ting!)
Apr 2020 ~ $1.9M

over $2 million networth progress in ten years, that is fantastic @jinga nation

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Re: How much has your Net Worth increased since starting MMM?
« Reply #278 on: May 31, 2020, 02:59:25 AM »
March 2016 - £276k
June 2020 - £635k

So an increase of £359k or approximately £90k per year.

The things that contributed to this growth:

 - finding and old pension of £39k
 - reviewing all existing accounts and consolidating / simplifying them into single ISA / Pension with Vanguard Lifestrategy 60
- Reviewing platform fees and moving from a % based fee to fixed fee once pots were over a certain amount
- Pushing for salary increases at work
- Stopping overpaying the mortgage and instead investing in ISAs and Pensions
- Going contracting and doubling my take home pay
- Most importantly not succumbing to pressure to buy a new car / house extension etc!

The result is that we are now FI with a view to RE in next 6-12 months.




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« Reply #279 on: June 03, 2020, 04:26:01 AM »
Was a Mustachian before I read MMM's blog (and ERE and jhcollinsnh) - grew up in a Mustachian family.

NW for wife and I:

mid-2010 ~ -$25k (bought a house - dat mortgage ting!)
Apr 2020 ~ $1.9M

Wow this is awesome! Fantastic!

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Re: How much has your Net Worth increased since starting MMM?
« Reply #280 on: June 03, 2020, 10:05:44 AM »
Looking back at my journal: (shameless plug) https://forum.mrmoneymustache.com/journals/journey-to-100k-net-worth-and-beyond/msg2636702/#msg2636702

January 2017: -$16,825
June 2020: $311,825

Total: +$328,650

Woahhhhhh!

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« Reply #281 on: June 03, 2020, 12:10:16 PM »
Our Networth was approximately -$15k when I started reading MMM four years ago.
Now it's $35k. 

$50k improvement over four years is pretty amazing, considering we basically didn't
increase our income in that time.

Also, considering that my NW hadn't budged from being well in the red before that, this is pretty freaking cool.

I realize that $50k might not seem like a lot for some of the hotshots on here, but I'm tired of feeling bad because
I haven't managed to save 50%+ of my income. 

Personally, we saved about 14% of our net income last year.  That was better than the previous year.

We all got our own path to take, so for anyone else on here who has managed to moved from 0% savings to 10% or 15% or 20% savings, I salute you!

Let's keep moving forward the best we can!

Peace

In pursuit of our SIX-FIGURE networth, this past year I have become much better about tracking our total networth, including checking accounts and short-term savings (like for taxes).  I also paid off my student loan, thus zeroing out debt.

For the purposes of this exercise, I won't count checking accounts, because the original data didn't either.

Current Savings/Investing NW: $60k

In the past 11 months, our savings and investing pile has grown by $25k... which is grand!

Total NW progress since starting reading MMM: About $75k.

Our rate of progress is increasing!  Love it

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Re: How much has your Net Worth increased since starting MMM?
« Reply #282 on: June 03, 2020, 12:13:10 PM »
Looking back at my journal: (shameless plug) https://forum.mrmoneymustache.com/journals/journey-to-100k-net-worth-and-beyond/msg2636702/#msg2636702

January 2017: -$16,825
June 2020: $311,825

Total: +$328,650

Woahhhhhh!

Awesome job @lampstache

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Re: How much has your Net Worth increased since starting MMM?
« Reply #283 on: June 05, 2020, 09:01:50 PM »
I estimate about 400-500% since starting MMM.

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« Reply #284 on: June 06, 2020, 08:57:02 AM »
May-14   $132.7
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Apr-19   $505.5
May-19   $518.2

Dec-19     $590.3

Jun-20     $634.8

My networth shot up $68k in the last month, and $125k in the last 2 months.  Of course it also shit the bed and lost $100k in the previous 2 months before that, so mostly just getting that all back.  Some pretty wild swings. 

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« Reply #285 on: June 08, 2020, 07:08:47 AM »
Late May 2013 -($35K)

Late May (ok ealry June, lol) 2020- $240K

So up about $270K in 7 years. Slow in some respects compared to other high earners and many on these boards.

But on the bright side I spent a couple of those years as a SAHD and a couple as a part time SAHD. We've also been traveling  4-6 weeks a year during that time and did a big reno to our house.

We also started with $100K in high interest consumer debt (Credit cards mostly) and a $20K loan from our 403B.  With a combination of paydown and refi (into a 2nd mortgage) that's all gone now. So the next 7 years should see drastically more growth.

Pumped :)

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Re: How much has your Net Worth increased since starting MMM?
« Reply #286 on: June 08, 2020, 07:25:07 AM »
I don’t remember when I started reading the blog. I remember I had student debt still, though, so might have been 2012-2013. Ballpark guessing I’d say we were (15k) or (20k). Today we’re around 225k as a couple.

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« Reply #287 on: June 08, 2020, 05:40:56 PM »
I don’t remember when I started reading the blog. I remember I had student debt still, though, so might have been 2012-2013. Ballpark guessing I’d say we were (15k) or (20k). Today we’re around 225k as a couple.

@MudPuppy Bravo!

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« Reply #288 on: June 09, 2020, 05:26:48 AM »
Late May 2013 -($35K)

Late May (ok ealry June, lol) 2020- $240K

So up about $270K in 7 years. Slow in some respects compared to other high earners and many on these boards.

But on the bright side I spent a couple of those years as a SAHD and a couple as a part time SAHD. We've also been traveling  4-6 weeks a year during that time and did a big reno to our house.

We also started with $100K in high interest consumer debt (Credit cards mostly) and a $20K loan from our 403B.  With a combination of paydown and refi (into a 2nd mortgage) that's all gone now. So the next 7 years should see drastically more growth.

Pumped :)

Wow paying off $100k in credit cards is fantastic, well done!

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« Reply #289 on: June 09, 2020, 07:03:52 AM »
Late May 2013 -($35K)

Late May (ok ealry June, lol) 2020- $240K

So up about $270K in 7 years. Slow in some respects compared to other high earners and many on these boards.

But on the bright side I spent a couple of those years as a SAHD and a couple as a part time SAHD. We've also been traveling  4-6 weeks a year during that time and did a big reno to our house.

We also started with $100K in high interest consumer debt (Credit cards mostly) and a $20K loan from our 403B.  With a combination of paydown and refi (into a 2nd mortgage) that's all gone now. So the next 7 years should see drastically more growth.

Pumped :)

Wow paying off $100k in credit cards is fantastic, well done!

Thanks man! Its been a journey so far.

Full disclosure the last ~$40k did get rolled into a second mortgage.

So we paid off $60k credit card and $20k loan from our retirement.

Onward and upward now though. ~$20k a year going automatically to pre tax retirement plus the mortgage principal paydown.

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« Reply #290 on: June 09, 2020, 08:35:18 AM »
I found MMM in late 2017. I happened upon a forum post when researching what to do with my 401k from a previous employer when I started a new job. From there I checked out some of the blog highlights and it hit me like a piano thrown out a 5th story balcony. I immediately started increasing my 401k/IRA/savings and things kinda took off. Not as spectacular as many here but I'm working on it.

Jan-18: $185k
Jan-19: $220k
Jan-20: $315k

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Re: How much has your Net Worth increased since starting MMM?
« Reply #291 on: June 11, 2020, 06:31:27 PM »
I'm only 25, but I've been reading MMM since I was about 19 maybe? After digging myself into a ~$75K student debt hole (no regrets, that's just how it is today when you gotta work your way through!), I still somehow have more than $40K in positive net worth 3 years later?! A change of +$100k, although it doesn't always feel like it

If you'd told me at 18 that I would be here today, I wouldn't have believed you. Just figured I would be scraping by for forever. It's all just in my 401K right now, but I think this year is really going to accelerate my progress since I pretty much can't do anything! (So long as I can keep my job, knock on wood).
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Re: How much has your Net Worth increased since starting MMM?
« Reply #292 on: June 12, 2020, 02:39:04 AM »
To me MMM means freedom even before we reach FIRE.

I second that!

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Re: How much has your Net Worth increased since starting MMM?
« Reply #293 on: February 19, 2021, 01:11:18 PM »
Yes i am bumping up a necro thread, so sue me. I’m posting because I happened to run across this thread while I had historical net worth statements out.

We are old and I’ve been at the game a long time.

In 1989 we had net worth of around $115,000. For a few years after that I do not have figures.Our annual net worth statements start with the year 1993. I won’t give every year but I’ll show the progression:

1993 $249,140

1998. $505,302

2003.  $922,008

2008.  $1,259,180

2013  $1,969,580

2018   $2,201,390

2019.  $2,759,609*

I don’t know what the final number of 2020 will come be but it will be up.

* inherited around $350,000 in real property and in financial instruments

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Re: How much has your Net Worth increased since starting MMM?
« Reply #294 on: February 19, 2021, 04:33:10 PM »
I won’t give every year but I’ll show the progression:

1993 $249,140

1998. $505,302

2003.  $922,008

2008.  $1,259,180

2013  $1,969,580

2018   $2,201,390

2019.  $2,759,609*

The first million is the hardest, as the saying goes.

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Re: How much has your Net Worth increased since starting MMM?
« Reply #295 on: February 20, 2021, 07:58:37 AM »
Especially over the last decade, when if you invested in index funds you did quite well year over year :)

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Re: How much has your Net Worth increased since starting MMM?
« Reply #296 on: February 20, 2021, 09:51:03 AM »
Been poking around here since 2013 but independent of that, we have been lucky with real estate and stocks and added nearly 8 figures to net worth.   Time to sell some!

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Re: How much has your Net Worth increased since starting MMM?
« Reply #297 on: February 21, 2021, 06:58:32 PM »
I found mmm around 2015. I went from about -10k (student loans cancelled out my investments) to over $420k today. It feels shocking. I'm so glad I found this site when I was first starting out in my career before I had a chance to get too hooked on spending.
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Re: How much has your Net Worth increased since starting MMM?
« Reply #298 on: March 10, 2021, 02:33:42 PM »
I believe I started reading MMM in late 2014 or early 2015, but can't recall exactly.  My wife and I were already pretty conservative with our money and had been saving/investing 30-50% of our income even before I found MMM.

Looking back at early 2015 our NW was ~$920,000

As of January 2021 our NW is up to ~$3,200,000

Compounding really is an amazing thing :)

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Re: How much has your Net Worth increased since starting MMM?
« Reply #299 on: October 26, 2021, 11:22:26 AM »
Found MMM in early 2017: NW was $42k

Current NW is about $650k, with $520k invested. Pretty hard to believe we've come this far, but also surprisingly easy to just keep increasing at a rapid clip now that our lifestyle is moderately mustachian.