Race from 10 to 100k!!

[druth]

Sep-15   $6,657
Oct-15   $10,846
Nov-15   $13,419
Dec-15   $19,983
Jan-16   $23,828
Feb-16   $27,482
Mar-16   $33,831
Apr-16   $38,873
May-16    $38453
Jun-16    $43398

Some wibbly wobbly months that were confused by reimbursements from work lead us to...

Sep-16 $56655

For those of you playing at home that's about 50k ($2 short! lol) in the last year.

considering my base salary is 55k that's pretty good IMO! :D

[Good_Juju]

Sep 15: 3,750

Sep 16: 23,000

From the start of my new job to a year later--almost $20,000. With a "promotion" and a pay raise this year, I'm excited to see what another year brings! Still a long way to 100K.

Good job on the progress! For a second I thought you meant you made 20k since yesterday.

[viverl]

This might help my motivation :-)

I am currently at ~ 10.000 € on daily benefit (?) account
plus 5.000 € belonging to my sister and me together just stored in my other account.

I have around 8.000-10.000 € student debt I am only allowed to pay back in 3 years.

I just opened my first depot account and I am waiting for the final documents to arrive so that I can start with indices etc.

Wow, it's been some time...
So first of all I became debt free last year (10.000€)!
Meaning I started at +2.500€ 06/2014.

And currently my networth is...
43.882,85 € @09/2016

I had not looked at this before. Amazing. This forum really motivates :)

[tomita]

16 Mar 2016    $64300 - $13200 = $51300
17 Apr 2016     $103500 - $45600 = $57900
10 May 2016    $106390 - $42900= $63490
28 May 2016    $109037 - $41046= $67991

24 Sep 2016   $109400-$33300=$76100  (sadly we wont reach 100K this year)

[ardrum]

From the 1st of the months...
Jan - $2,000
Feb - $4,793
Mar - $10,108
Apr - $15,574
May - $16,150
Jun - $19,879
Jul - $23,001
Aug - $28,667
Sep - $33,134

[StacheyStache]

Due to making less than 50k I'll probably be way behind some of y'all but...

2 years into the 'real' workforce, networth 40k:

Work pension contribution: 10k
Savings account (earmarked for house downpayment, goal is 50k): 30k

If anyone has ideas about places to put house downpayment money that I plan to use within 1-2 years, I'm all ears!  Earned a whopping 25 cents last month in interest in savings and it made me so sad...

[Pooperman]

Due to making less than 50k I'll probably be way behind some of y'all but...

2 years into the 'real' workforce, networth 40k:

Work pension contribution: 10k
Savings account (earmarked for house downpayment, goal is 50k): 30k

If anyone has ideas about places to put house downpayment money that I plan to use within 1-2 years, I'm all ears!  Earned a whopping 25 cents last month in interest in savings and it made me so sad...

Ally bank has 1% for a savings account. $25 > $0.25.

[dogboyslim]

3/8: $20,818
3/29: $23,784
4/21: $26,650
5/20: $28,769
...
8/1: $34,808
9/1: $37,342
9/29: $39,883

Steady progress.

[lamil]

March 2016: 8152.00
April 2016: 10915.00
Today(April 26th): 19516.00
May 31, 2016: 22,693
June 30, 2016: 27,496
July 31, 2016: 31,297
August 31, 2016: 34,286

September 30, 2016: $32,870

*new driveway

[Good_Juju]

Aug 2016: $2,136
Sept 2016: $5,733

October: $8,892

[AcftW]

$40,061 - Dec 2015
$43,153 - Jan 2016
$47,634 - Feb 2016
$50,404 - Mar 2016
$53,733 - Apr 2016
$54,717 - May 2016
$55,014 - Jun 2016
$59,924 - Jul 2016
$55,527 - Aug 2016
$61,117 - Sep 2016

$64,384 - Oct 2016

Moving this month for a better paying job, so odds are any growth will be pretty stagnant.  Subsequent months should be great though.

[BeautifulDay]

NW since I started tracking with mint.

Mar 2016.       $28,361.48
Apr 2016         $31,751.53
May 2016         $38,742.00
Jun 2016         $40,970.43
July 2016         $61,657.51
Aug 2016.       $64,120.62
Sept 2016         $66,961.32

[Rodgers12]

07/31/2015: $36,978
08/31/2015: $34,949
09/30/2015: $35,722
10/31/2015: $37,797
11/30/2015: $39,424
12/31/2015: $42,763
01/31/2016: $44,656
02/29/2016: $47,521
03/31/2016: $51,770
04/30/2016: $55,260
05/31/2016: $58,756
06/30/2016: $58,646
07/31/2016: $64,525
08/31/2016: $66,682
09/30/2016: $68,877

Closing in on 70k! Going to try my hardest to surpass it by the end of October.

[andy85]

Jan 16	$39,550
Feb 16	$41,468
Mar 16	$47,974
Apr 16	$51,484
May 16	$52,730
Jun 16	$53,694
Jul 16	$55,669
Aug 16	$56,725
Sep 16	$58,793

[Mr.Bubbles]

3/16/16- $10,515 USD
6/8/16- $15,400 USD
10/3/16- $17,684 USD

My daughter was born in June and my wife has stopped working for the time being. Our finances are all over the place... time to get them back in check!

[nathan01xl]

Jan - $45,622   
Feb - $49,164   
March - $62,581   
April - $66,697   
May - $71,586
June - $76,413
July - $83,499
August - $88924

On track for beginning of November!

September - $95816

[Nederstash]

Aug 15: 5327 (found MMM)
Sep 15: 5775
Oct 15: 6964
Nov 15: 8551
Dec 15: 12085
Jan 16: 12700
Feb 16: 13691
Mar 16: 14818
Apr 16: 16220
May 16: 17510
Jun 16: 21149
Jul 16: 22024
Aug 16: 23325
Sep 16: 24285
Oct 16: 25400

[Malum Prohibitum]

It was negative all of my life until two or three years ago (at one point negative $200k or so).  I never tracked it because it was too depressing.

$27,512.11 November 2014
$32,550.93 January 2015
$37,692.25 April  2015
$41,623.39 June 2015
$35,929.89 July 2015 (Ouch!!!)
$45,275.83 October 2015

$54,907 November 30, 2105

17.5% increase?  Somebody check my math.

Groan.

October 2016, almost a year later, a $763 increase to $55,671.

Damn.  I stopped tracking it until this month, because I knew things weren't going well, so I stuck my head in the sand.

[dogboyslim]

Positive is ALWAYS better than negative when it comes to NW calculations, so at least you didn't fall too far!  New day, hop back on the wagon.  ;)

[lamil]

Groan.

October 2016, almost a year later, a $763 increase to $55,671.

Damn.  I stopped tracking it until this month, because I knew things weren't going well, so I stuck my head in the sand.

Yea but you already have historical data showing that you know how to get 20k+ in a year without issue.  No big deal, just get to pick back up where you left off with a little bonus!

[NickleNurser]

New to this thread! Found MMM in Jan 2016 and began tracking on MINT shortly thereafter.

Jan 2016: 19,799
Feb 2016: 18,990
Mar 2016: 21,803
April 2016: 34,510
May 2016: 37,172
June 2016: 40,277
July 2016: 47,027
August 2016: 47,772
September 2016: 51,071
October 2016: 53,397

If I can increase NW by 35k a year, I'll hit 100k by early 2018!

[monstermonster]

3/1/2016: $10,106
4/1/2016: $10,624
5/1/2016: $14,504
6/31/2016: $18,193
7/30/2016: $19,296
8/30/2016: $21,334
10/23/2016: $18,326

Unfortunately, there's a very large dip 2 months later because I have decided to start my own business and gave the business an $800 loan (not tracked in my personal NW for now) and have been eating into savings a bit with just my personal expenses - which are averaging $1250 month with my health insurance. But I have a part-time W2 job that will keep that flat next couple months I hope while the business gains income.

I'll be treading water for a few months - probably not losing much, but not gaining much either - as I get going.

[dogboyslim]

3/8: $20,818
3/29: $23,784
4/21: $26,650
5/20: $28,769
...
8/1: $34,808
9/1: $37,342
9/29: $39,883
10/31: $41,720

Reasonable contribution offset by declining market lead to smaller than expected increase.  My year end target is now $47k, but who knows with the market and the election.

[FIREGuy]

Here goes.

Oct 31st, 2016 - $17,457.17

Haven't done any thorough calculations, but back of the envelope says it should be a little over a year.

[lamil]

March 2016: 8152.00
April 2016: 10915.00
Today(April 26th): 19516.00
May 31, 2016: 22,693
June 30, 2016: 27,496
July 31, 2016: 31,297
August 31, 2016: 34,286
September 30, 2016: $32,870 *new driveway

October 31, 2016: $36,980

[nathan01xl]

Jan - $45,622   
Feb - $49,164   
March - $62,581   
April - $66,697   
May - $71,586
June - $76,413
July - $83,499
August - $88924
September - $95816

OCTOBER - $99,648

So close its a little disappointing, unfortunately markets did not cooperate (first world problems).

Next pay day is Friday, Nov 4 which should push us over 100k, hopefully for good.

[SGontour]

January 2015: CHF 49,805
...
November 2015: CHF 66,524
December 2015: CHF 67,473

January 2016: CHF 78,098
February 2016: CHF 81,995
March 2016: CHF 78,422
April 2016: CHF 84,996
May 2016: CHF 86,464
June 2016: CHF 89,312
Juli 2016: CHF 92,488
August 2016: CHF 99,535
September 2016: CHF 98,719
October 2016: CHF 97,521

[Rodgers12]

07/31/2015: $36,978
08/31/2015: $34,949
09/30/2015: $35,722
10/31/2015: $37,797
11/30/2015: $39,424
12/31/2015: $42,763
01/31/2016: $44,656
02/29/2016: $47,521
03/31/2016: $51,770
04/30/2016: $55,260
05/31/2016: $58,756
06/30/2016: $58,646
07/31/2016: $64,525
08/31/2016: $66,682
09/30/2016: $68,877
10/31/2016: $68,616

[Rodgers12]

New to the board
According to Mint this has been my net worth since I started tracking.

08/2013: $9,216- had been making 18k, got a job making 27k
11/2013: $12,398
02/2014: $14,413- new job in December making 38k
05/2014: $15,023

08/2014: $17,890
11/2014: $29,589
02/2015: $34,041
05/2015: $38,284 -new job at 55k

08/2015: $58,584- added in husband's savings (earmarked for a car)
11/2015: $67,385
02/2015: $77,264
04/2016: $85,002

*snip*

Whoops, its been a while. Here's my end of month numbers for May and June. Getting closer!

05/2016: $87,545
06/2016: $89,146

07/2016: $92,533

This number is actually higher because I have several outstanding reimbursements for work travel. Getting close!

09/2016: $96,145

Based by this, I'd say we're on track for $100k in late November. I have around $2,500 in reimbursements from my conference this weekend that are outstanding. Very exciting!

10/31/2016: $101,606.36

Holy moly we made it! Apparently I had more outstanding reimbursements than I thought. So I have to leave this thread? We have some large expenditures planned for the next 6 months, so I feel like I'll just bounce back here again soon.

Congratulations!!

[Malum Prohibitum]

New to the board
According to Mint this has been my net worth since I started tracking.

08/2013: $9,216- had been making 18k, got a job making 27k
11/2013: $12,398
02/2014: $14,413- new job in December making 38k
05/2014: $15,023

08/2014: $17,890
11/2014: $29,589
02/2015: $34,041
05/2015: $38,284 -new job at 55k

08/2015: $58,584- added in husband's savings (earmarked for a car)
11/2015: $67,385
02/2015: $77,264
04/2016: $85,002

*snip*

Whoops, its been a while. Here's my end of month numbers for May and June. Getting closer!

05/2016: $87,545
06/2016: $89,146

07/2016: $92,533

This number is actually higher because I have several outstanding reimbursements for work travel. Getting close!

09/2016: $96,145

Based by this, I'd say we're on track for $100k in late November. I have around $2,500 in reimbursements from my conference this weekend that are outstanding. Very exciting!

10/31/2016: $101,606.36

Holy moly we made it! Apparently I had more outstanding reimbursements than I thought. So I have to leave this thread? We have some large expenditures planned for the next 6 months, so I feel like I'll just bounce back here again soon.

LOL!  Starting with an $18,000 a year job three years ago and almost no net worth - I think you kicked all of our asses!  Congratulations.  This is a very impressive success.

There is a thread for, I think, race from $100k to $250k.

[Nederstash]

Aug 15: 5327 (found MMM)
Sep 15: 5775
Oct 15: 6964
Nov 15: 8551
Dec 15: 12085
Jan 16: 12700
Feb 16: 13691
Mar 16: 14818
Apr 16: 16220
May 16: 17510
Jun 16: 21149
Jul 16: 22024
Aug 16: 23325
Sep 16: 24285
Oct 16: 25400

Nov 16: 26932

[MVal]

Well, looks like I have one thing I can thank Donald Trump for... My NW finally crossed the 75k mark! It's been teetering between 72 and 74 for a couple of months like a yoyo, but I am FINALLY there. In fact, it crossed 76 yesterday! Not that I expect it to stay there as all this hype settles down, but it was sure nice to see that. Hopefully the over correction won't be too severe.

[Malum Prohibitum]

Jan - $45,622   
Feb - $49,164   
March - $62,581   
April - $66,697   
May - $71,586
June - $76,413
July - $83,499
August - $88924
September - $95816

OCTOBER - $99,648

So close its a little disappointing, unfortunately markets did not cooperate (first world problems).

Next pay day is Friday, Nov 4 which should push us over 100k, hopefully for good.

  Guessing you are there now?

[AcftW]

$40,061 - Dec 2015
$43,153 - Jan 2016
$47,634 - Feb 2016
$50,404 - Mar 2016
$53,733 - Apr 2016
$54,717 - May 2016
$55,014 - Jun 2016
$59,924 - Jul 2016
$55,527 - Aug 2016
$61,117 - Sep 2016
$64,384 - Oct 2016

Been busy and didn't get a chance to update on the first.

According to Personal Capital...

$56,780 - Nov 2016

Short notice travel, unexpected car repair, and moving for work with a few weeks of no income getting settled has taken a toll.  Good news is I've got a new job and moving up from 45k income to 76k, so I should start seeing solid improvement from here. 

[chesebert]

You all are doing really well. This is either the easiest or the hardest range to save for. I got lucky once with my investment but it could have gone the other way. Keep up the good work!

[jeeebus]

Hi all,

I'm new to the group, although I discovered MMM in September 2015. Since then I've been busy getting my finances in order and starting to build my 'stache, which as of today is $21,326.78. Hope to increase this by $2,000 at the end of the month.

[frugalfanny]

I started this year at $24k net worth and I am so thrilled to say I just hit $50k! (If you read my old posts I was including my car value in my net worth calculation. I stopped including it which set me back).

It has taken me 7 years to get to this point.

November 2009: Graduated from grad school with $52k student loans and 5k in the bank, but thankfully also already employed with benefits!
November 2010: -$41,165 (Did a bunch of dumb things like bought a brand new car which was totaled 2 years later)
November 2011: -$26,332
November 2012: -$7,560 (bought another new car which was also totaled 2 years later)
November 2013: $8,748
November 2014: $21,464 (bought a used Rav4 at an unreasonable price with a useless warranty--I clearly make really unintelligent decisions when purchasing a car. I really wish I had found MMM before buying my 1st, and 2nd, and 3rd car. This will not happen again!)
November 2015: $27,355 (Found MMM. Paid off car and started student loan destruction)
November 2016: $50,207 (Hit 50k in retirement savings and net worth. Since I started with ~50k in the red it feels really good to be 50k in the right direction)

Plans for 2017: Getting married in the fall. Money for the wedding already saved. Paying on student loans with a vengeance ($1,133 a month).

[chesebert]

Keep up the good work! You are basically up $100k had you started with 0 as opposed to deep in the red ;)

[BeautifulDay]

Mar 2016     $35,000
Apr 2016      $31,751
May 2016      $38,742
Jun 2016      $40,970
July 2016      $61,657
Aug 2016     $64,120
Sep 2016      $66,961
Oct 2016      $70,179

Should make $75k by the end of the year.

[minority_finance_mo]

Here's what Mint says (though I have a feeling this is slightly inflated with unvested employer match on the 401K):

January 2015	$761.27
February 2015	$1,692.86 (first full-time paycheck)
March 2015	$7,340.61
April 2015	$9,390.15
May 2015	$14,705.60
June 2015	$15,555.61
July 2015	$17,823.47
August 2015	$21,317.49
September 2015	$22,306.13 (got a raise)
October 2015	$29,095.56
November 2015	$29,908.32
December 2015	$32,139.84
January 2016	$33,406.91
February 2016	$44,953.46 (vested a bunch of employer benefits)
March 2016	$50,388.38 (No idea... this looks off to me)
April 2016	$57,981.30 (got another raise around this time)
May 2016	$58,673.90
June 2016	$57,834.51
July 2016	$63,066.48
August 2016	$66,336.33 (got awarded a LOT of RSUs, vest quarterly so no impact in August)
September 2016	$64,358.40
October 2016	$61,734.57
November 2016	$78,814.44 (get a raise, company gets bought, RSUs vest)

Hoping to net out around 80-85K for 2016, and hit 100K early next year!

[minority_finance_mo]

It has taken me 7 years to get to this point.

November 2009: Graduated from grad school with $52k student loans and 5k in the bank, but thankfully also already employed with benefits!
November 2016: $50,207 (Hit 50k in retirement savings and net worth. Since I started with ~50k in the red it feels really good to be 50k in the right direction)

Plans for 2017: Getting married in the fall. Money for the wedding already saved. Paying on student loans with a vengeance ($1,133 a month).

CONGRATS!

[dogboyslim]

3/8: $20,818
3/29: $23,784
4/21: $26,650
5/20: $28,769
...
8/1: $34,808
9/1: $37,342
9/29: $39,883
10/31: $41,720
11/28: $44,979

Nothing really exciting, just plugging away.

[SGontour]

January 2015: CHF 49,805
...
November 2015: CHF 66,524
December 2015: CHF 67,473

January 2016: CHF 78,098
February 2016: CHF 81,995
March 2016: CHF 78,422
April 2016: CHF 84,996
May 2016: CHF 86,464
June 2016: CHF 89,312
Juli 2016: CHF 92,488
August 2016: CHF 99,535
September 2016: CHF 98,719
October 2016: CHF 97,52

November 2016: CHF 106,096

Hopefully the first 100k is really the hardest part to get to 1 million :)

Thank you all for the support and motivation to keep me on track!

[FIREGuy]

Here goes.

Oct 31st, 2016 - $17,457.17

Haven't done any thorough calculations, but back of the envelope says it should be a little over a year.

November 30th, 2016 - $35,747

Always nice to find out that your wife has about 12k in GE stock that was given to her from her grandparents. Looking to liquidate and put it into a Roth before the end of the year for diversification.

[lamil]

March 2016: 8152.00
April 2016: 10915.00
Today(April 26th): 19516.00
May 31, 2016: 22,693
June 30, 2016: 27,496
July 31, 2016: 31,297
August 31, 2016: 34,286
September 30, 2016: $32,870 *new driveway
October 31, 2016: $36,980

November 30, 2016: $41,765

[Malum Prohibitum]

January 2015: CHF 49,805
...
November 2015: CHF 66,524
December 2015: CHF 67,473

January 2016: CHF 78,098
February 2016: CHF 81,995
March 2016: CHF 78,422
April 2016: CHF 84,996
May 2016: CHF 86,464
June 2016: CHF 89,312
Juli 2016: CHF 92,488
August 2016: CHF 99,535
September 2016: CHF 98,719
October 2016: CHF 97,52

November 2016: CHF 106,096

Hopefully the first 100k is really the hardest part to get to 1 million :)

Thank you all for the support and motivation to keep me on track!

  Congrats!  What explains the big jumps in net worth in January and February?

[AcftW]

$40,061 - Dec 2015
$43,153 - Jan 2016
$47,634 - Feb 2016
$50,404 - Mar 2016
$53,733 - Apr 2016
$54,717 - May 2016
$55,014 - Jun 2016
$59,924 - Jul 2016
$55,527 - Aug 2016
$61,117 - Sep 2016
$64,384 - Oct 2016
$56,780 - Nov 2016

Short notice travel, unexpected car repair, and moving for work with a few weeks of no income getting settled has taken a toll.  Good news is I've got a new job and moving up from 45k income to 76k, so I should start seeing solid improvement from here.

It's the first for me, I'm at $58,510 - Dec 2016

I'm getting paid tomorrow, so the number should jump significantly by next month.  And this is more of a personal challenge for me, but if my calculations are correct, with solid budgeting I should be at 100k by next October with my new job.

[Rodgers12]

07/31/2015: $36,978
08/31/2015: $34,949
09/30/2015: $35,722
10/31/2015: $37,797
11/30/2015: $39,424
12/31/2015: $42,763
01/31/2016: $44,656
02/29/2016: $47,521
03/31/2016: $51,770
04/30/2016: $55,260
05/31/2016: $58,756
06/30/2016: $58,646
07/31/2016: $64,525
08/31/2016: $66,682
09/30/2016: $68,877
10/31/2016: $68,616
11/30/2016: $69,541

[JLee]

I've passed 100k if I factor in home equity, but I closed the year around 61k invested - I'm hoping to break 100k just in investments in 2016, so I'll stick around! :D

Realistically, I'm looking to hit $75K by the end of 2016, with a stretch-goal of $80K. I can't wait to hit $100K!

I have a good job, but I can't see myself staying in it for 5 more years. Great benefits, but I am fairly bored in it and would like to do other things with my life. I think if I could get a NW of $100K with about $20K in cash, I could feel comfortable with the risk of trying something else. I just want to have the cushion of being able to quit anything I'm not happy with. The last thing I want to do is quit my ho-hum but secure job for something that sounds good but turns out to be pure misery. I've had a pure misery job, know how easily I could be in one and know a great deal of people continue in one because they have no other choice.  I want to keep at least 1-yr of living expenses on hand for bugging out.

Good luck! Sometimes a leap like that turns out even better than you expected.  I quit a secure government job just over four years ago to move to the other side of the country (I quit with no job lined up)..fast forward to now - I'm in a new field entirely, my salary has doubled since then and I'm really quite happy. :)

$90k is more likely for me this year, but a stretch goal of $100k sounds good. :D

Wow, thanks, that is encouraging! I'm glad it turned out so well for you; I just hope the same for myself. I'd love to get into a completely new field. Perhaps my 'stache will fund my journey!

And here we are - I crossed into December with $101k and change in cash/retirement/investments!

[charis]

October 1, 2015: ~$40K
February 2016: ~$65K

April 2016 (so far): $71K

May 2016: $81K

November 2016: $105K

We are close to 100K invested - might hit that by the end of Jan '17