Race from 10 to 100k!!

[grantmeaname]

oops

18 months time

I math for a living, promise...

[MrUpwardlyMobile]

oops

18 months time

I math for a living, promise...

hahah

[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
Dec 16: 31121
Jan 17: 31444
Feb 17: 42849
Mar 17: 43989
Apr 17: 45143
May 17: 46766
Jun 17: 49646
Jul 17: 52567
Aug 17: 54267
Sep 17: 54565
Oct 17: 68832
Nov 17: 70574
Dec 17: 72864
Jan 18: 73227
Feb 18: 74628

[MrUpwardlyMobile]

Is everyone else cringing at what their numbers will look like after these drops?  I'm hesitant to do a mid-month calculation

[grantmeaname]

Stocks are on sale :)

[grantmeaname]

Stocks are on sale :)

[zeli2033]

Mid-month update

10/31/17: $7,686
11/30/17: $18,654
12/31/17: $24,407
1/31/18: $35,314
2/15/18: $38,620

[MrUpwardlyMobile]

1/12/18 - $75,103.12
1/16/18 - $83,567.53
2/1/18 - $94,138.48
2/15/18 - $91,543.60

Market goes up, market goes down. net worth jumps, net worth drops. Still up for the year.

[twistedfirestarter]

£24,041 Apr '17
£26,105 May '17
£28,229 Jun '17
£31,961 Jul '17
£34,902 Aug '17
£37,596 Sep '17
£41,756 Oct '17
£45,885 Nov '17
£49,200 Dec '17
£53,000 Jan '18

Hi All,

£55,765 Feb '18

Still plugging away

[Serendip]

Dec 18/17     18,146
Jan 03/18     20,624
Jan 19/18     23,607
Feb 06/18     25,073
Feb 20/18     27,000

I truly cannot believe I have put away almost $9000 in two months, these seems mind-boggling (I've picked up extra work, am barely spending anything & my last cheque I put away 90% of it into savings)

Probably will need to borrow from these for taxes but will try to cover that with next months' saving so I don't dip down--wuhoo!

[Trifle]

Cross-posting this from the Share your Badassity thread.  Inspirational post about what it feels like to cross 100k, having started from nothing:

https://forum.mrmoneymustache.com/share-your-badassity/thank-you-to-this-community-hit-over-$100k-started-at-minimum-wage/ 

[martyconlonontherun]

I'm crashing two threads and this will be my joint account. I like my personal one since it's easier to motivate myself then my wife, but it still nice seeing the change in combined NW/Investments which is what matters.

29dh/29dw
Combined 120k income
Midwest City

09/01/2017: $65k Investments/$59k Net Worth
10/01/2017: $68.3k Investments/$65.6k Net Worth
10/27/2017: $72k Investments/$70.5k Net Worth
12/4/2017: $76.5k Investments/$81.9k Net Worth
12/29/2017: $79.1k Investments/$84.8k Net Worth
1/26/2018: $87.k Investments/$84.1k Net Worth (Down due to property taxes and change in Zillow for house
Original Goal: graduate this thread by March with NW.

2/23/018: $87.5k Investments/$88.3k Net Worth

[martyconlonontherun]

Background:
Age: 29
"Switched" Careers at 25.
Started taking personal finances 'seriously' around 27 (aka actually saving money, 401k, etc).
Started taking personal finances seriously around 29
Salary gradually up to 65k, 68k as of End of 2017, 75k at beginning of CY18
Married but don't include house (equity/mortgage) or joint savings in these calculations since she's the boss, it gets messy with house equity/sweat equity ($40k total on a $170k house in May 17), and it will just be cherry on the top.
-Paid off car but not adding value of that in the calculation since its not worth more than a few Gs and requires maintenance
-4.5 years left of student loan payments I'm aggressively paying off/refinanced in January '17
-15 year mortgage in May '17
-Not including 529 accounts-Only a few hundred now, but it will be going to Godchildren/my future children so not my money in my eyes.

January 2016-
($45k) Student Debt
($2k) Personal CC Debt
$8k 401k
NW: ($38k)

NW April 2016: ($34K)
July 2016: ($28.4k)
October 2016: ($22.6k)
January 2017: ($20.8k) (Refinanced loan and intransit payments not reflected)
April 2017: ($10.9k)
July 2017: ($5.7k)
August 2017: ($2.5k)
September 2017:(~$1.7k)
October 2017: $1.8k - $32k
November 2017: $4.5K - Investments ~$33.8k.
December 2017: $7.9K - Investments ~$37.8k.
January 2017: $11.4K - Investments ~$39.6k.
February 2018: $14.3K - Investments ~$43.9k.
Goal: 50k at end of year.
Hoping to increase 401k/IRA when the Sloans are paid off and hopefully some more salary. Realistic goal is to retire by 55 unless I really climb the corporate ladder.

Current  Beginning  March 2018: $16.0K - Investments ~$44.2k.

[Slow&Steady]

I was reading some of the other "Race from" threads and decided that although I don't count true NW it would be nice to look back and see it so I figured I would add it!  I am staying in this thread because the "Invested Total" is the column that I am tracking.

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        401K        IRA Invested Total Home Value Rental Value Debt         Total NW
Dec-13 $43,660 $0         $43,660 $120,000 $120,000 $232,000 $51,660
Dec-14 $52,943 $0         $52,943 $125,000 $125,000 $227,000 $75,943
Dec-15 $55,622 $0         $55,622 $130,000 $130,000 $227,000 $88,622
Dec-16 $68,870 $700 $69,570 $200,000 $130,000 $281,000 $118,570
Dec-17 $96,294 $1,167 $97,461 $240,000 $135,000 $317,727 $154,724
Jan-18 $101,379 $1,212 $102,591 $240,000 $135,000 $316,332 $161,258
I am calling JAN 2018 as the official graduation from this race!!

New job started on Monday, new race officially starts today!

I might have called it a little early, based on the market over the last couple days.  Guess we will see what the end of the month looks like.

It looks like I am safe to stay in the next race, although not by much.  We decided to add $3k worth of 2017 contributions to the IRA during the dip and that is about exactly how much we are over the $100k mark (Invested Total). 

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        401K        IRA Invested Total Home Value Rental Value Debt         Total NW
Dec-13 $43,660 $0         $43,660 $120,000 $120,000 $232,000 $51,660
Dec-14 $52,943 $0         $52,943 $125,000 $125,000 $227,000 $75,943
Dec-15 $55,622 $0         $55,622 $130,000 $130,000 $227,000 $88,622
Dec-16 $68,870 $700 $69,570 $200,000 $130,000 $281,000 $118,570
Dec-17 $96,294 $1,167 $97,461 $240,000 $135,000 $317,727 $154,724
Jan-18 $101,379 $1,212 $102,591 $240,000 $135,000 $316,332 $161,258
Feb-18 $99,073 $4,309 $103,383 $240,000 $135,000 $315,000 $163,382

[Hirondelle]

Oct 2017 EUR 13400,-
Nov 2017 EUR 13900,- (+500)
Dec 2017 EUR 14300,- (+400)
Jan 2018 EUR 16000,- (+1700)

Big jump this month thanks to getting reimbursed for uni stuff and some crazy market days early January.

Oct 2017 EUR 13400,-
Nov 2017 EUR 13900,- (+500)
Dec 2017 EUR 14300,- (+400)
Jan 2018 EUR 16000,- (+1700)
Feb 2018 EUR 17050,- (+1050)

Bad month due to market dip + a €400 holiday to Italy.

Edited; I just realized I forgot a 1000 that I have invested elsewhere. So that's actually an AMAZING month, not even close to bad. I don't even understand how that's possible.

[grantmeaname]

No way a €400 holiday to Italy is ever a bad thing. That sounds like a mustachian good time!

[zeli2033]

End of month update:

10/31/17: $7,686
11/30/17: $18,654
12/31/17: $24,407
1/31/18: $35,314
2/15/18: $38,620
2/28/18: $42,150

[ingrownstudentloans]

6/1/2017   $44,119
7/1/2017   $46,553
8/1/2017   $48,477
9/1/2017   $51,618
10/1/2017 $55,740
11/1/2017  $60,079 (will slow down through EOY as 401K is now maxed)
12/1/2017 $62,686.85
1/1/2018 $67,210.81 (excited to start 401K contributions back up)
2/1/2018 $76,267.84

3/1/2018 $83,679.47 (stretch goal of June for graduation - fingers crossed)

[Tass]

Jul 17	$6.2k
Aug 17	$6.8k
Sept 17	$8.2k
Oct 17	$9.0k
Nov 17	$9.9k
Dec 17	$11.1k
Jan 18	$12.1k

Feb 18: $13.6k

The shaky market was totally offset by my tax return (which got deposited pretty close to the low point even!) In February I doubled my NW from when I first found MMM. Next month I get three paychecks so I should fly right by $15k. Actually, I'm projected to finish 2023 with $99k, so maybe I can shave a year off my finish date too.

[Serendip]

Nov 2017     65.000€
Dez 2017     69.000€  a frugal month and a christmas paycheck !
Jan  2018     73100€
Feb  2018     74100€

Next Milestone 100.000€ in 02 2019

I have cleaned\fixed the spreadsheet, so new entries please

@repman  I Jjust took a look at that spreadsheet--amazing!

 thanks for doing that..I will be excited to increase my numbers next week with another paycheque :)

[Svoboda]

Dec 17: 37,449
Jan 18: 40,439
Feb 18: 42,796
Mar 18: 44,219

[repman]

Nov 2017     65.000€
Dez 2017     69.000€  a frugal month and a christmas paycheck !
Jan  2018     73100€
Feb  2018     74100€
Mar  2018     57300€  some expanses and bad investment decisions

Don't forget to enter the speadsheet! I modified it further, a nice chart is still missing

[L2]

I am in! The goal is to get to 100k net worth by the end of 2018. Currently at ~21k. I have been pretty good at my goals so far. Starting out after college in Dec. 2013, I believe I had about a negative net worth of 65k. My first financial goal was to get a net worth of zero by the time I received my tax refund this year and I hit it at the end of January. My second goal was to have my private student loan (6.6%) paid off by the end of July. I made it at the end of June. Next I am hoping to have the car paid off by the end of the year. Currently have a 10k balance left on that loan.

My soft goal for the end of 2017 is 35k in net worth, only because I think I'll need it to be close to that to meet the 100k goal at the end of 2018. I have not done any hard calcs at this point, but in the mean time, I should be getting annual raises of approx. 5k beginning 11/1 for 2017 and 2018. I will also be maxing out my 401k in 2018 and hopefully the ROTH IRA as well.

So I am currently at ~30,900 net worth. I've been averaging about a 2k increase per month and I've got an extra paycheck coming in for December as there will be 3 pay periods. I should be between 37-38k net worth by the end of the year. I've got a raise coming effective 11/1, but I have not been communicated the amount yet.

I've cut almost 3k in annual expenses in the past few months. Moved to a nicer, more convenient, and cheaper apartment (farther away from city center, which I don't need anymore) that will save me $87 a month. In moving there and an acquisition by my firm, I will be driving approximately 10 miles round trip a day rather than 60. Rough estimates have that at about $100 a month in gas savings. My firm is also adding a HDHP plan, which I do not know the exact details yet, but I'm guessing this will be about 1/2 the cost of the low deductible plan (estimated savings of 50/month).

I have not ran the hard numbers yet as exact figures aren't determined, but my goal of 100k NW by the end of 2018 is going to come really close. I'd guess I'm looking at being more towards 10-15k short without any gains/raise coming next year/potential promotion. Here is a question for my fellow cohorts - I have about a 5k vested pension at my previous employer. I'm going to check to see if there is any way I can roll that over into a 401k/IRA this coming week. Either way, would you include that in your net worth calc? I'm younger so pensions are not a familiar topic for me. I've read being vested means that its guaranteed to me no matter what, but I've heard of plenty of people losing their pensions (albeit not knowing specific circumstances).

Now that year end is basically here I took some time to run my numbers.

Current NW: 46,289.93
2018:
Student loan payments decreasing principal: 1,933.56
ROTH IRA Contribution on 1/1 (with 7% return estimated: 5,885
401k Contributions (with estimated DCA of 3.5% return): 19,147.50
Deferred 2017 401k employer match: 458
401k employer match (with estimated DCA of 3.5% return): 2,000
2017 tax refund estimate (with 1% Ally interest): 2,020
Addition to savings (for house downpayment):18,379.42
Estimated previous employer retirement plan increase: 500
Estimated increase in paychecks due to lower w/h from tax reform: 1,500.
Estimated increase to 2017 YE 401k balance (assuming 7%): 1273.09
Estimated increase to 2017 YE Roth balance (assuming 7%): 424.41

12/31 2018 NW estimate: $99,780.91. So it's going to be VERY close. There will certainly be some unexpected costs that creep up such as smaller medical/dental costs, registrations, licenses, car maintenance/repairs, etc. Getting there is going to heavily count on the stock market getting at least average returns. I'm working hard towards a promotion that would go into effect 11/1/18, which would hopefully net me about another 1k before 2018 YE. I also have multiple ways to get bonuses at work, albeit normally in smaller increments. I believe I already have close to 1k gross coming my way. Let's get it!

One month into 2018 and the new NW is 51,349 (with some help from the market) with an end of year projection now of $101,092. Woo hoo! I would still like to come up with another few thousand to play it safe as there will certainly be expenses come up that I don't really budget for such as medical/dental, car maintenance, registration renewals, etc.

End of month NW: 56,190.70
End of year projection: 98,691.13

Had quite a few things going on this month...ended a relationship of 3 years, girlfriend moved out. Rent went up $350 a month as a result.
Bought some furniture off of ex that she owned.
Had to purchase some necessities for the apartment to make up for what ex took.
Stock market...bleh.
Bogus Uber charge of $234 that I'm still fighting.

I'm still feeling good about meeting my goal as I should have at least ~4k of extra income coming my way from various sources. Also going to concentrate on being more frugal than normal this month to help catch up. Shouldn't be too hard as I'm going to be spending  a lot of time at work anyways (tax season).

[LittleWanderer]

November 2017 - $10,267
December 2017 - $11,208
January 2018 - $10,713

February 2018 - $11,869

Heading back upward again.  :)

[mustache you a question]

01/17 - 9,926
02/17 - 15,869
03/17 - 21,618
04/17 - 22,738
05/17 - 29,255
06/17 - 30,880
07/17 - 40,255
08/17 - 44,722
09/17 - 48,025
10/17 - 62,340
11/17 - 67,770
12/17 - 83,785
01/18 - 87,942
02/18 - 95,169
03/18 - 97,342

Slower month than we've had in the past.  Really wanted to graduate this month but hopefully we will get there by end of March...

[Jim Fiction]

Hello everyone! It is my first time posting in this thread, I just made by way over from the race to $10k thread which I just surpassed.

Here is a basic breakdown of the numbers as of the end of the day today:

Total Cash/Cash Equivalents: $31,642
Total Liabilities: $20,131

Net Worth: $11,511

Virtually all of my liabilities are student loans. I also have some minor balances on my credit cards, which I pay off monthly. I've been aggressively attacking the student loans (see my participation in the student loan challenge if curious) and have made steady progress.

As for asset composition,  20% are in checking accounts, 13% is in my HSA and 67% is in my 401k.

I'm looking forward to following everyone's progress. Good luck to us all!

Missed a month, but my net worth as of Nov 30th is $18,617.

As the year comes to a close, my next worth is up to $23,350.

Just updated my spreadsheet to record my paycheck. January ends with my networth up to $27,921.

With February officially in the books my net worth is sitting at $30,289.72. A pretty weak month compared to previous. Market losses along with some medical bills are the primary culprits.

[peppermint]

01/2018: $40796.81
02/2018: $41337.51
03/2018: $42682.42

[arob54600]

November 17- 41195
December 17- 42526
January 18- 47966
February 18-47104

I went backwards this month.. IDK. Well here's to a new month!

I really like this thread, it's keeping me accountable and it's fun to keep track of progress :)

[vertkurt]

1/1= 14,705

2/1/18= 18,264

3/1/18= 21,225

[MrMustache]

Finally made it!! Just paid off the last of the credit cards which is a fantastic feeling. I do have 16500 left on my car but driving 20k miles a year so just tracking cash and not net worth.

3/1/18 - $12,000

[Hirondelle]

Good progress everyone! I like to see a lot of people in the 10k-20k range as it's very relatable and we tend to make smaller jumps than the people that are closer to graduation (though this month it was a bigger drop I guess :p)

[repman]

The median change from the spreadsheet for the month of February is 7.52%, so quite good regarding the stock downturn, congrats to all.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aBcGP8d7UD2oJif5IMSY9xmi8sIcRWKYRUswL1FE-ZM/edit?pref=2&pli=1#gid=0

[L2]

The median change from the spreadsheet for the month of February is 7.52%, so quite good regarding the stock downturn, congrats to all.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aBcGP8d7UD2oJif5IMSY9xmi8sIcRWKYRUswL1FE-ZM/edit?pref=2&pli=1#gid=0

that is cool. thanks for tracking.

[snoot]

                            403b             Roth IRA       Total
December 2017     21,066.48     44,192.03     65,258.51
January    2018     21,279.96     46,322.92     67,602.61   (+2344.1)
February  2018     22,087.45      50,702.37    72,789.82    (+5187.21)
March      2018     21,938.54      53,475.00    75,413.54    (+2623.72)

Finished maxing out my 2017 Roth contributions, woo hoo!

[seventytimes7]

2/1/2017   - ($6,832)
3/1/2017   -   $66
4/1/2017   - $ 6,298
5/1/2017   - $12,179
6/1/2017   - $17,418
7/1/2017   - $21,303
8/1/2017   - $28,136
9/1/2017   - $29,233
10/1/2017 - $35,076
11/1/2017 - $40,626
12/1/2017 - $44,564 NW - $20,282 LNW
1/1/2018   - $63,155 NW - $33,603 LNW
2/1/2018   - $86,749 NW - $48,144 LNW 
3/1/2018   - $95,028 NW - $50,948 LNW

[MrUpwardlyMobile]

1/12/18 - $75,103.12
1/16/18 - $83,567.53
2/1/18 - $94,138.48
2/15/18 - $91,543.60
3/4/18 - $106,647.81

We graduated!  Onward to a new thread!

[grantmeaname]

Bye! See you in the next thread!

[Serendip]

CONGRATS @grantmeaname & @MrUpwardlyMobile ..inspiring!

[MrUpwardlyMobile]

Bye! See you in the next thread!

Thank you!

[MrUpwardlyMobile]

CONGRATS @grantmeaname & @MrUpwardlyMobile ..inspiring!

. Thank you!

[grantmeaname]

CONGRATS @grantmeaname & @MrUpwardlyMobile ..inspiring!

I’m not leaving! Still another 40k to go! Just saying bye to MrUpwardlyMobile...

[lampstache]

Joining in! Investments only.

1/2017   - 34,633
2/2017   - 40,740
3/2017   - 41,346
5/2017   - 41,840
6/2017   - 45,227
7/2017   - 45,862
8/2017   - 47,377
9/2017   - 47,669
10/2017 - 50,397
11/2017 - 52,228
12/2017 - Missed this month. I blame our newborn!
1/2018   - 56,928
2/2018   - 56,241
3/2018   - 57,176

[Serendip]

CONGRATS @grantmeaname & @MrUpwardlyMobile ..inspiring!

I’m not leaving! Still another 40k to go! Just saying bye to MrUpwardlyMobile...

Oops, didn't mean to give you the boot out of this thread early @grantmeaname but consider it an early Congrats since you will be there soon :)

[dutty]

Need a big March so I can return the loan to my parents, fill up the ISA £20k allowance and leave enough to use for my business.

Squeeky bum time.

05/17   £1020
06/17   £470      (-£550 ~ -50%)
07/17   £1,590   (+£1,120 ~ +340%)
08/17   £2,080   (+£490   ~ +30%)
09/17   £7,250   (+£5,170 ~ +350%)
10/17   £12,000  (+£4,750 ~ +65%)
11/17   £12,360  (+£360 ~ +3%)
12/17   £10,800  (-£1,560 ~ -17%)
01/18   £21,300  (+£10,500 ~ +97%)
02/18  £25,500 (+£4,200 ~ +20%)

[druth]

I haven't really been updating consistently, but I'm getting super close.  Mint says 97,457.  I have been slacking a little on getting new clients for my business, so this month probably wont happen, but I've got new ones lined up already, so fingers crossed on graduating next month!

[MrUpwardlyMobile]

I haven't really been updating consistently, but I'm getting super close.  Mint says 97,457.  I have been slacking a little on getting new clients for my business, so this month probably wont happen, but I've got new ones lined up already, so fingers crossed on graduating next month!

. You can do it!!!

[gutts]

Taxable Vanguard account + 401K:

January 3, 2018 - 16.189$
February 1, 2018 - 22.190$
March 1, 2018  - 26.400$

[FI45RE]

First MMM Forum Post! Found MMM in late December 2017. Made immediate changes. Been reading the forum for awhile now...

Investments + 403b/401k:

12/2017: $38,165 (previously sitting and earning a measly 1.35% in savings) (Before investing/pre-MMM)
01/2018: $39,072
02/2018: $47,432
03/2018: $53,824 (as of 3/12)

My spreadsheet indicates that I will reach $100k by 1/1/2019

[Hirondelle]

First MMM Forum Post! Found MMM in late December 2017. Made immediate changes. Been reading the forum for awhile now...

Investments + 403b/401k:

12/2017: $38,165 (previously sitting and earning a measly 1.35% in savings) (Before investing/pre-MMM)
01/2018: $39,072
02/2018: $47,432
03/2018: $53,824 (as of 3/12)

My spreadsheet indicates that I will reach $100k by 1/1/2019

Wow! That's some big ass jumps, good job on implementing so much!

[repman]

The median change in our spreadsheet for the month of March was +8,62%, despite the downturn. Excellent work everybody (except me..hahah)