Race from 500k to 1M!

[dandypandys]

2017
Jan 1st: 252k
Dec 4th 322.5k   

2018
Jan 1st:316.5k  64.5k up for 2017
Dec 1st:370k

2019
Jan 1st: $357.5 (first year of maxing out retirement accounts!) UP: 41k for 2018 (markets took a hit)
Dec 1st $498.5   

2020
Jan 1st $533.5  We did it! How exciting :) UP 176k for 2019
Dec 29th: $624 UP 90.5k for 2020

2021
Mar 2nd: $665
Mar 31: $674.5
May 1st: $703
May 28: $714
June 30: $728
July 30th: $777 sold some art :)
Sept 1: $796
Oct 1: $771.5
Nov: $808
Dec: $815.5   Put the condo up to 150k- Zillow says 180k now.
Dec 31:  $843  UP 218,977for 2021, but some was the condo

2022
Feb 1st: $807
Mar 1st: $798.5
Apr 1st $822.5
May 1: $786.5
June 1: $776
August 1:$781
Sept 1: $766
Oct 4: $735
Nov 2: $760.5
Dec 1:  $791.5

Jan 3: 769.5  sold art DOWN 73,345 for 2022
March 1: 803.5
Mar 30: 811
May 5th: 819
Aug 8: 884
Sept 2: 888
Oct 3: 855
Nov 5th: 866.5
Dec 3rd: 902.5

2024: UP 150,727 for 2023
Jan 4: 920.5
Feb 5: 946

[Dr Kidstache]

Apr 5 2019: $523,606 -> crossed 500k threshold
May 6 2019: $536,891
Jun 6 2019: $528,014
Jul 10 2019: $569,181
Aug 5 2019: $547,229
Sep 5 2019: $569,689 
Oct 5 2019: $579,502 
Nov 5 2019: $602,772   
Dec 5 2019: $607,806
Jan 5 2020: $634,119 
Feb 5 2020: $642,031
Mar 5 2020: $619,455
Apr 5 2020: $525,283
May 5 2020: $587,254 
June 5 2020: $654,920
July 5 2020: $650,510
Aug 5 2020: $685,038
Sept 5 2020: $704,156
Oct 5 2020: $706,274
Nov 5 2020: $733,378
Dec 5 2020: $812,902
Jan 5 2021: $829,260
Feb 5 2021: $865,479
Mar 5 2021: $862,635
Apr 5 2021: $902,462
Jun 6 2021: $954,561
Jul 5 2021: $958,034
Aug 5 2021: $968,721
Sept 5 2021: $1,002,515   
Oct 6 2021: $971,883
Nov 5 2021: $1,017,020
Dec 5 2021: TNW $977, 498 / Investments $644,114  <-- Bought house
Jan 5 2022: TNW  $974,113 / Investments $680,246
Feb 5 2022: TNW $989,468 / Investments $668,804
Mar 5 2022: TNW $976,348 / Investments $651,576
Apr 5 2022: TNW $1,030,421 / Investments $680,695
May 5 2022: TNW $1,028,363 / Investments $641,593
July 5 2022: TNW $1,039,389 / Investments $601,245
Aug 5 2022: TNW $1,122,143 / Investments $637,929
Sept 5 2022: TNW $1,122,124 /  Investments $613,238
Oct 5 2022: TNW $1,095,655 / Investments $596,262
Nov 5 2022: TNW $1,108,755 / Investments $608,571
Dec 5 2022: TNW $1,208,503  /  Investments $657,325
Jan 5 2023:  TNW $1,194,656  /  Investments $644,832
Feb 5 2023:  TNW $1,236,363  /  Investments $695,406
Mar 5 2023:  TNW $1,227,644  /  Investments $694,838
Apr 5 2023: TNW $1,142,895  /  Investments $694,706
May 5 2023: TNW $1,069,445  /  Investments $705,448
Jun 5 2023:  TNW $1, 106,083  /  Investments $719,253 
Jul 5 2023:  TNW $1,152,477  /  Investments $741,551
Aug 5 2023:  TNW $1,165,448  /  Investments $757,157   
Sept 5 2023:  TNW $1,159,005  /  Investments $748,000
Oct 5 2023:  TNW $1,171,796  /  Investments $715,779
Nov 5 2023:  TNW $1,144,681  /  Investments $726,801
Dec 5 2023:  TNW $1,248,768  /  Investments $781,275
Jan 5 2024:  TNW $1,264,922  /  Investments $815,800

Feb 5 2024:  TNW $1,290,726  /  Investments $827,529 ($11,729)

[moonpalace]

Jan. 2017   $42,000 [discovered MMM at age 41]
...
Apr. 2019   $271,294
...
Aug. 2020  $402,692
Nov. 2020  $427,563
Dec. 2020  $444,558
Jan. 2021  $459,349
Feb. 2021  $475,145
Mar. 2021  $477,249
Apr. 2021  $503,448
---
Jan. 2024 $905,342
Feb. 2024 $938,653

Starting to feel reeeal close to $1M - did I just jinx it?! :-)

Onward with courage, y'all!

[mountain_air]

5/1/18    135,266
6/1/18    146,521
7/1/18    150,573
8/1/18    155,306
9/1/18    169,777
10/1/18  178,901
11/1/18  179,225
12/1/18  185,066
1/1/19    184,310
2/1/19    196,092
3/1/19    202,431
4/1/19    228,194
5/1/19    242,596
6/1/19    241,727
7/1/19    258,652
8/1/19 -  174,529 (bought a house)
9/1/19 - 192,565
10/1/19 - 259,358
11/1/19 - 273,244
12/1/19 - 302,448
1/1/20 - 301,682
2/1/20 - 304,295
3/1/20 - 306,773
4/1/20 - 285,603
5/1/20 - 312,209
6/1/20 - 335,833
7/1/20 - 347,776
8/1/20 - 362,340
9/1/20 - 368,846
10/1/20 - 370,190
11/1/20 - 386,231
9/1/21 - 504,976
11/1/21 - 511,106
12/1/21 - 509,903
1/1/21 - 509,888
9/1/23 - 622,897
10/1/23 - 632,463
11/1/23 - 640,088
12/1/23 - 660,761
1/1/23 - 675,394
2/1/23 - 682,854

[firedupready2go]

2/5/2024: TNW $666,249 / Investments $470,304

[FrugalByChance]

As I'm living and getting payed in the Netherlands, all my numbers are in EUR.
Only counting my "Early Retirement stash". So this does not include my emergency-fund, pension capital, or payed-off residence. These are the "end of the month" numbers:
see race spreadsheet

Month      Early Retirement Stash   (growth=diff with prev. month deposits=money added) 
Jan 2016  €  58 971.00
Jan 2017  €  86 368.00
Jan 2018  € 119 817.00
Jan 2019  € 145 840.48
...
Dec 2019  € 195 798.72   (growth:  € 6 723.04 deposits: € 3 600.00)  Totals for 2019: growth:  € 60 523.78 (=44.70%) Deposits: € 22 925.00 Returns: € 37 598.78 (=20.38%)
Dec 2020  € 269 374.68   (growth:  € 7 253.18 deposits: € 4 590.75)  Totals for 2020: growth:  € 73 452.27 (=37,49%) Deposits: € 52 186.18 Returns: € 21 266.09 (=8,74%)
Dec 2021  € 443 925.59   (growth:  €12 951.94 deposits: € 7 300.00)  Totals for 2021: growth:  €174 550.91 (=64,80%) Deposits: € 90 523.89 (= 33,61%) Returns: € 84 027.02 (= 31,19%) 
Dec 2022  € 446 645.24   (growth: -€17 687.12 deposits: € 3 000.00)  Totals for 2022: growth:  €  2 719.65 (=0,61%)  Deposits: € 73 620.00 (= 16,58%) Returns:-€ 70.900,35 (=-13,70%)
Jan 2023  € 474 695.13   (growth:  €28 049.89 deposits: € 7 000.00)
Feb 2023  € 488 684.02   (growth:  €13 988.89 deposits: €15 750.00)
Mar 2023  € 493 682.71   (growth:  € 4 998.69 deposits: € 5 048.00)
Apr 2023  € 501 456.70   (growth:  € 7 773.99 deposits: € 3 000.00)
May 2023  € 526 833.70   (growth:  €25 377.00 deposits: €     0.00)
Jun 2023  € 538 930.77   (growth:  €12 097.07 deposits: € 2 000.00)
Jul 2023  € 555.345,98   (growth:  €16.415,21 deposits: € 2.000,00)
Aug 2023  € 550.186,88   (growth: -€ 5.159,10 deposits: € 2.250,00)   
Sep 2023  € 553.971,21   (growth:  € 3.784,33 deposits: € 9.000,00)   
Okt 2023  € 536.575,12   (growth: -€17.396,09 deposits: € 4.500,00)   
Nov 2023  € 569.085,69   (growth:  €32.510,57 deposits: € 1.900,00)     
Dec 2023  € 595.043,58   (growth:  €25.957,89 deposits: € 5.700,00)  Totals for 2023: growth:  €148.398,34 (=33,23%) Deposits: € 58.148,00 (= 13,02%) Returns: € 90.250,34 (= 17,88%)

Jan 2024  € 615.265,56   (growth:  € 20.221,98 deposits: € 2.000,00)

[solon]

	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
January	132,155	177,349	282,110	344,002	562,144	566,920	658,932	-
February	138,015	188,332	290,845	360,553	550,651	603,222	685,235	-
March	138,469	187,634	288,022	367,222	545,172	612,629	-	-
April	148,093	197,461	257,224	387,064	575,922	616,858	-	-
May	158,814	194,010	276,627	398,896	547,618	618,599	-	-
June	161,284	186,414	299,563	407,230	541,730	644,443	-	-
July	160,446	196,934	304,249	418,701	527,166	660,703	-	-
August	168,222	267,535	318,456	520,045	577,017	656,843	-	-
September	184,158	268,153	324,661	527,305	561,402	658,526	-	-
October	189,536	271,542	317,511	520,004	545,003	647,666	-	$1M!
November	184,146	283,636	323,958	552,965	554,486	632,663	-	-
December	182,675	287,248	341,124	542,337	581,821	658,487	-	-

[lexde]

Net Worth by End-of-Year:
2016 (start): ($27,015.16)
2017: $2,474.33
2018: $33,203.90
2019: $68,192.96
2020: $130,715.91
2021: $296,922.14
2022: $400,055.05
Current: $519,129.00

Goals Breakdown
Q4 2023: $540K
Q1 2024: $580K
Q2 2024: $620K
Q3 2024: $660K
Q4 2024: $700K
Q1 2025: $740K
Q2 2025: $780K
Q3 2025: $820K
Q4 2025: $860K
Q1 2026: $900K
Q2 2026: $940K
Q3 2026: $980K
Q4 2026: $1M

November 18, 2023: $580,473.22 as of this morning. Small market upswing plus a fairly large payment from my business deal earlier this year means I hit both my Q4 2023 and Q1 2024 goals well in advance on paper. Some of this will be taken out for taxes, but it’s been a crazy month for progress toward my goals.

December 1, 2023: $603,891.35 as of today's paycheck. Approximately $27K of this is earmarked for taxes, so I'm sitting at around $576K "true" net worth. I've reached out to my CPA to see if I can to do anything before year end to reduce that bill.

January 18, 2024: $601,752.29 as of today. This is the adjusted "true" net worth after taking out the tax account I have earmarked (currently sitting just under $45k). So I'm well on my way to my Q2 goal of $620K early, but I also have a lot of work that needs to be done around the house. I just paid for a bathroom remodel, and have a lot of other work that needs to be done (water penetration issues and remediation). Overall doing well and feeling good about the progress I'm making.

February 12, 2024: Weird mid-month update I guess. $622,698.18 adjusted "true" net worth with earmarked taxes taken out of consideration. Hit Q2 goal already, but I likely won't hang onto it for too long since I still have a LOT of work around the house to get done. I'm hoping to keep the kitchen + flooring + drywall down to ~$25K or so but we'll see. Already $23K in this year between bathroom, re-grading the lawn, and installing gutters and french drains.

[SpareChange]

 Whelp, I haven't hit a million, but I happened to notice I went past my FIRE number of 750k. That kinda snuck up on me :). I'll keep the rudder steady for now. Nice feels though. Got some thinking to do.

[oneday]

Well congrats @SpareChange that is really exciting!

[Em-Dog]

Well with current market returns, I'm on track to crush my 750k goal and get there almost a year earlier. and hit 1mm in mid-2026, but we will see. I like to leave my goal posts and only adjust once I hit milestones.

	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
January	$11,592	$19,461	$52,636	$117,964	$307,781	$369,828	$655,833	-
February	$12,414	$28,144	$48,605	$129,160	$322,118	$407,633	-	-
March	$12,259	$23,011	$45,431	$135,298	$352,170	$478,568	-	-
April	$13,641	$25,628	$50,763	$183,963	$329,584	$486,929	-	-
May	$16,646	$24,273	$55,517	$213,448	$337,156	$490,587	-	-
June	$16,625	$27,726	$58,784	$247,758	$316,192	$523,455	-	-
July	$17,057	$31,358	$63,678	$259,587	$349,011	$556,274	-	-
August	$17,375	$30,624	$69,345	$274,737	$344,052	$584,557	-	$750k Goal
September	$17,380	$41,343	$69,043	$269,876	$313,714	$569,039	-	-
October	$16,044	$43,732	$69,866	$294,685	$342,157	$566,124	-	-
November	$16,332	$46,935	$95,120	$294,439	$364,093	$609,465	-	-
December	$16,589	$51,547	$118,877	$313,367	$346,313	$637,152	-	-

[Em-Dog]

Some years ago, I set a (seemingly difficult) NW goal of $600k for when I reached 40yo.  My (seemingly outright impossible) stretch goal was $1 million.

I turned 40 yesterday and ran the numbers today.  I generally only update my house value annually but made an exception for this. Using an average of Realtor.com, Redfin, and Zillow, it put me at $957k.  Using Redfin alone (the highest one), I would be at $1,009,342!

Anyway, it's not going to make it into my regularly scheduled monthly updates but I wanted to share with someone :)

@JLee way to go!!

[savinglabor]

                       2020          2021          2022         2023         2024
January       $44,750    $124,571   $231,886   $372,271   $585,804
February      $44,341    $132,698   $231,215   $360,190         -   
March          $44,129    $168,620   $290,051   $385,219         -   
April            $52,984    $178,499   $272,417   $394,867         -
May             $64,644    $185,394   $277,139   $399,238         -
June            $72,352    $192,410   $261,884   $441,115         -
July             $81,950    $200,596   $311,068   $467,361         -
August         $91,046   $207,874   $305,250   $463,301         -
September   $93,379    $203,750   $287,836   $438,606         -
October        $95,547   $219,912   $309,232   $436,738         -
November   $111,353   $223,562   $332,843   $490,244         -
December   $124,571   $239,171   $330,068   $550,883         -

[Off the Wheel]

Absolutely wild. What a ride. Feeling like the $2M target is actually achievable.

Ending   2018      2019      2020      2021      2022      2023      2024
January   $199,079   $245,000   $330,455   $455,934   $648,760   $760,046   $975,689
February   $196,580   $265,000   $333,359   $475,402   $643,217   $762,969   $1,000,412
March   $204,671   $285,000   $300,000   $484,192   $659,499   $787,986   
April      $199,097   $295,000   $297,656   $495,940   $635,532   $836,811   
May      $206,107   $300,000   $300,438   $500,213   $647,706   $841,180   
June      $209,000   $300,000   $310,580   $506,569   $627,934   $845,623   
July      $211,342   $309,166   $321,892   $509,451   $669,400   $879,169   
August   $210,854   $302,997   $333,565   $520,131   $686,079   $884,238   
Sept      $210,923   $313,517   $333,400   $528,754   $655,117   $879,649   
October   $207,770   $311,927   $336,739   $549,966   $692,888   $879,700   
Nov      $213,772   $320,999   $434,767   $571,603   $730,396   $942,166   
Dec      $225,000   $323,351   $443,788   $663,992   $717,278   $958,368   

[JLee]

Code: [Select]

Year 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Jan $260,262.67 $260,498.17 $355,540.40 $508,468.68 $672,003.95     $640,193.26 $904,111.46
Feb $270,247.21 $282,677.81 $363,857.03 $509,567.53 $639,611.05     $671,819.16 $926,220.52
Mar $274,832.08 $303,458.44 $338,355.26 $520,884.63 $634,640.78     $662,686.54 $954,443.92
Apr $270,627.23 $303,218.72 $293,271.53 $541,068.08 $659,611.56     $682,101.41
May $278,368.36 $317,168.51 $347,245.32 $587,538.85 $626,633.66     $773,878.01
Jun $274,359.32 $305,266.44 $364,417.41 $593,402.81 $633,264.00     $782,511.38
Jul $274,608.95 $304,929.19 $371,252.51 $606,481.86 $603,185.63     $831,335.87
Aug $280,692.80 $305,590.57 $393,995.98 $614,890.13 $637,566.93     $848,549.63
Sep $294,559.30 $306,102.25 $449,017.88 $623,073.11 $639,963.91     $845,678.87
Oct $294,744.86 $305,808.36 $448,674.02 $618,758.32 $592,457.62     $822,805.13
Nov $268,666.52 $322,371.05 $447,910.61 $654,187.24 $631,130.76     $811,326.01
Dec $280,335.80 $352,576.02 $480,614.30 $633,311.29 $652,812.65     $859,161.72


[patchyfacialhair]

Getting close. Wife has very good bonus hitting next week as well. Plus ATH in the market helps.

1/1/2022    $670,797.36       1/1/2023    $658,311.91       1/1/2024    $826,460.87
2/1/2022    $638,795.36       2/1/2023    $685,332.23       2/1/2024    $851,535.23
3/1/2022    $682,890.47       3/1/2023    $708,360.43       3/1/2024    $917,062.00
4/1/2022    $758,656.79       4/1/2023    $731,445.96       4/1/2024    $-   
5/1/2022    $749,682.30       5/1/2023    $769,633.73       5/1/2024    $-   
6/1/2022    $741,360.11       6/1/2023    $777,415.92       6/1/2024    $-   
7/1/2022    $694,491.49       7/1/2023    $799,801.60       7/1/2024    $-   
8/1/2022    $715,087.10       8/1/2023    $815,425.65       8/1/2024    $-   
9/1/2022    $729,157.17       9/1/2023    $799,270.11       9/1/2024    $-   
10/1/2022    $663,613.37       10/1/2023    $761,340.69       10/1/2024    $-   
11/1/2022    $684,833.10       11/1/2023    $746,740.63       11/1/2024    $-   
12/1/2022    $692,551.19       12/1/2023    $799,345.86       12/1/2024    $-   

[monarda]

Really nice work, @patchyfacialhair , @JLee , @Off the Wheel !
Congratulations to you all! So close to "graduation"!

[SeattleStache]

The first number is retirement related investments and the second includes cash savings, real estate, and other investments. I'm focused on retirement savings only for this race.

December 2019: $292,062 (total NW $423,991)
December 2020: $398,408 (total NW $572,704)
December 2021: $506,167 (total NW $665,639)
December 2022: $459,000 (total NW $627,689)
December 2023: $614,548 (total NW $795,006)
January 2024: $624,946 (total NW $803,234)
February 2024: $649,964 (total NW $831,943)

[grantmeaname]

Graduation day! Big bonus today and after a very strong month for the market it's just enough to earn our second comma!

Year

Jan

Feb

Mar

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Apr

May

Jun

|

Jul

Aug

Sep

|

Oct

Nov

Dec

2015

-$10k

-$10k

-$10k

|

-$10k

-$10k

-$10k

|

-$10k

-$10k

-$10k

|

-$9k

-$6k

-$5k

2016

-$3k

-$2k

-$0k

|

$1k

$3k

$4k

|

$6k

$7k

$9k

|

$9k

$11k

$13k

2017

$15k

$16k

$18k

|

$20k

$22k

$24k

|

$26k

$27k

$30k

|

$32k

$35k

$36k

2018

$45k

$44k

$53k

|

$56k

$55k

$52k

|

$63k

$62k

$65k

|

$75k

$72k

$73k

2019

$80k

$100k

$104k

|

$108k

$119k

$126k

|

$127k

$130k

$133k

|

$141k

$153k

$163k

2020

$167k

$162k

$156k

|

$187k

$196k

$208k

|

$228k

$242k

$246k

|

$252k

$287k

$303k

2021

$316k

$365k

$377k

|

$403k

$414k

$428k

|

$444k

$460k

$461k

|

$485k

$485k

$516k

2022

$489k

$567k

$586k

|

$540k

$551k

$518k

|

$566k

$564k

$535k

|

$566k

$600k

$587k

2023

$612k

$640k

$660k

|

$679k

$712k

$748k

|

$793k

$795k

$791k

|

$783k

$817k

$873k

2024

$873k

$1.000M

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[JLee]

Congrats @grantmeaname !

[grantmeaname]

Thank you :)

[joe189man]

07/14/2018 - $179,957 (when we joined personal capital, Investments Only)
09/01/2018 - $188,534
01/01/2019 - $183,112
03/01/2019 - $214,755
07/01/2019 - $244,273
09/01/2019 - $251,684 - We did it!
01/01/2020 - $292,285
02/01/2020 - $295,390
02/20/2020 - $310,386
03/22/2020 - $217,801
05/01/2020 - $268,377
07/01/2020 - $301,867
10/01/2020 - $338,909
01/01/2021 - $396,844 (Only 401ks and HSA's)
02/01/2021 - $424,746 (Investments and Emergency Fund ~$20K)
03/01/2021 - $442,769 / $591,662 (Investments and Emergency Fund / Personal Capital Networth)
04/01/2021 - $461,404.23 / $609,137
05/01/2021 - $481,520 / $629,395
06/01/2021 - $491,935 / ~$650k
06/26/2021 - $504,398 / ~$657k - We did it! (or the Market did :)...)
07/02/2021 - $505,955 / ~$660K
08/03/2021 - $520,856 / $~679K
09/01/2021 - $540,398 / ~$757k (home value changed in Personal Capital increased total net worth)
10/01/2021 - $534,405 / ~$769k (We paid off the last student loan, now only have a mortgage)
11/01/2021 - $559,896 / ~$797k
12/01/2021 - $558,710 / ~$817K (Zillow thinks my house is worth a lot more than a few months ago)
12/31/2021 - $590,743 / ~$857K
02/01/2022 - $560,789 / ~$832K (including ~$1,750 in Cryptocurrency)
03/01/2022 - $551,465 / ~$863k (including ~$2,822 in Cryptocurrency) (house went up ~$36k in value according to Zillow)
04/01/2022 - $577,980 / ~$943k (including ~$4,041 in Cryptocurrency) (House went up again)
05/02/2022 - $533,454 / ~$905k (inc. ~$3517 in Crypto) (house went up again)
05/31/2022 - $538,475 / ~$899K (inc. ~$2647 in Crypto) (house went Down)
06/30/2022 - $491,145 / ~$836K (inc. ~$1,700 in crypto) (house value when down)
08/01/2022 - $534,790 /  ~$860k (incl. ~$2,490 in Crypto, House value went down)
09/02/2022 - $515,422 / ~$822K (incl. ~$2,375 in crypto, house is about same)
10/03/2022 - $476,437 / ~$767K (Incl. ~$2,180 in crypto, house value is down)
11/01/2022 - $513,433 / ~$803k (Incl. ~$2,260 in crypto)
12/01/2022 - $571,340 / ~$865k (incl. ~$2,190 in crypto)
01/05/2023 - $558,368 / ~$831k (incl. ~$2,278 in crypto) - i did a thing and our overall NW will go down next month
02/01/2023 - $599,198 / ~$835k (incl. ~$2,860 in crypto) - so close to $600k and a new all time high!
02/15/2023 - $606,500 (incl. ~$2,900 in crypto)`
03/01/2023 - $592,146 / $827k (including ~$2,940 in crypto) Zillow says house went up in value $6k which seems weird
04/02/2023 - $606,020 / $860k (including ~$3,675 in crypto) House went up ~$17k
05/02/2023 - $608,656 / $883 (including ~$3917 in crypto, house went up ~$8k per Zillow)
House Sale and House Purchase impacting numbers
****08/01/2023 - ~$711,600-~$32k = ~$680,000 (including ~$4,400 in crypto) - The new house and mortgage is not included in these numbers - REVISION - missed a balance transfer that wasn't accounted for in the new accounts
09/04/2023 - $679,448 / $803k (including ~$4,836 in crypto) - This is an accurate picture of where we ended up after our move - lost some home equity and gained some investment cash
10/03/2023 - $695,857 / $769k (including $5,117 in crypto)
11/02/2023 - $688,879 / $775k (including $6,590 in crypto)
12/01/2023 - $746,827 / $819K (including $8,156 in crypto)
01/01/2024 - $824,701 / $903k (including $10,393 in crypto)
01/31/2024 - $849,920 / $933k (including $10,006 in crypto)
02/29/2024 - $881,693 / $960K (Including $14,800 in crypto)

Race to Millionaire spreadsheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jLRMTDbemf-JwZA10noQ8RrEf3EzpWC0R58nNypstrM/edit#gid=0

[tj]

Crossed $750k for the first time...

2010: $53,697
2011: $108,897
2012: $117,680
2013: $103,454
2014: $90,255
2015: $247,500
2016: $290,327
2017: $285,125
2018: $265,292
2019: $301,045
2020: $392,359
2021: $550,905
2022: $506,095
2023: $713,647
2024-January: $736,589
2024-February: $782,798

[joe189man]

Congrats @grantmeaname !

Congrats - epic achievement!

[falsekrakk808]

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
January	???	134,982	152,827	166,462	242,541	354,718	433,211	478,011	619,370	$750k Goal
February	???	139,867	155,407	177,792	257,924	382,044	453,226	486,395	656,262	-
March	111,557	141,453	152,342	193,722	227,560	382,355	467,849	504,628	-	-
April	125,553	???	155,305	210,318	256,005	411,837	470,161	524,209	-	-
May	132,778	137,778	160,431	205,538	278,157	418,700	468,507	516,858	-	-
June	???	125,010	162,239	199,039	282,777	442,429	460,137	549,320	-	-
July	???	129,077	170,289	198,372	304,381	440,202	475,590	579,766	-	-
August	???	130,256	175,906	206,279	312,578	455,378	483,706	584,181	-	-
September	???	136,658	178,198	212,786	295,744	448,555	449,474	584,162	-	-
October	121,823	137,913	164,888	220,513	286,661	474,585	470,090	560,381	-	-
November	126,048	143,556	165,777	233,155	331,046	477,744	481,824	607,383	-	-
December	131,174	146,827	154,154	239,998	361,661	481,002	461,547	635,230	-	-

Hit a new all time high!

[SpareChange]

EOY    Networth (US$)   
2011    -50k           
2012    -41k           
2013    -10k           
2014     33,726       
2015     90,497       
2016     146,590     
2017     224,985
2018     282,015
2019     381,913...downshifted to halftime in the fall.
2020     495,309
2021     591,399
2022     585,889...started including the value of my PTO bank
2023     738,911

February update: $768,069. Up $26,851. Great month. As I posted earlier, this puts me past my FIRE number. Leaning towards finishing out the year and tying up some loose ends. My dept has been really cool to me over the years, and they're short of help right now. Also need to get my mother on a little firmer financial ground. It's all good. Congrats to all the graduates this month...should be a bumper crop!

[charis]

Apr 2017: 175k TNW
Apr 2018: 333k
Apr 2019: 400k
Feb 2020: 515k
Aug 2020: 602k TNW (415k invested)
Dec 2020: 669k (478k)
Jan 2021: 690k (507k)
Mar 2021: 716k (529k)
Apr 2021: 751k (551k)
May 2021: 787k (576k)
Jun 2021: 807k (592k)
Jul 2021: 833k (611k)
Aug 2021: 831k TNW (625k invested)
Sept 2021: 640K (invested only hereafter)
Oct 2021: 628k
Nov 2021: 662k
Dec 2021: 657k
Jan 2022: 688k
Dec. 2022: 683k
Dec. 2023: 899k

Mar 2023: 1,005,000  I can't believe it!

[solon]

Apr 2017: 175k TNW
Apr 2018: 333k
Apr 2019: 400k
Feb 2020: 515k
Aug 2020: 602k TNW (415k invested)
Dec 2020: 669k (478k)
Jan 2021: 690k (507k)
Mar 2021: 716k (529k)
Apr 2021: 751k (551k)
May 2021: 787k (576k)
Jun 2021: 807k (592k)
Jul 2021: 833k (611k)
Aug 2021: 831k TNW (625k invested)
Sept 2021: 640K (invested only hereafter)
Oct 2021: 628k
Nov 2021: 662k
Dec 2021: 657k
Jan 2022: 688k
Dec. 2022: 683k
Dec. 2023: 899k

Mar 2023: 1,005,000  I can't believe it!

[LightStache]

	2021	2022	2023	2024
January	$517,231	$587,701	$684,648	$700,831
February	$523,109	$602,997	$718,097	$724,428
March	$528,981	$601,258	$681,798	$742,016
April	$534,853	$642,611	$665,681
May	$540,725	$624,923	$675,664
June	$533,040	$641,064	$665,389
July	$542,290	$621,053	$687,534
August	$541,486	$661,845	$690,801
September	$540,080	$654,924	$684,056
October	$551,000	$632,154	$647,913
November	$566,816	$677,840	$622,387
December	$582,631	$712,049	$667,567

Another all time high due to the stonks going up. As a natural contrarian, the bullishness in equities pricing and market commentary actually makes me pessimistic, but I just need to stay focused on the course. On a bright note, after several rough months of searching I finally started a new job!

[mbk]

The $100k race took 5 years, the $100k-$250k race took 5 years, and the $250k-$500k race took 3 years. I am considering only investment money. Conservative aim is to complete the race in 5 years.

Aug 6, 2023: $550k.
Mar 1, 2023: $697k

[lampstache]

Investments only

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
January	$34,633	$56,928	$98,248	$176,153	$419,499	$643,917	$586,257	$808,772
February	$40,740	$56,241	$115,926	$182,362	$433,878	$631,440	$641,711	$828,542
March	???	$57,195	$123,445	$171,868	$481,671	$612,570	$643,961	$870,233
April	$41,346	$57,635	$129,678	$188,425	$503,015	$628,685	$673,394	-
May	$41,840	$66,682	$136,527	$255,004	$536,515	$583,864	$671,053	-
June	$45,227	$71,500	$132,945	$279,130	$570,802	$566,514	$689,810	-
July	$45,862	$75,817	$142,557	$290,173	$570,802	$546,704	$727,315	-
August	$47,377	$85,050	$150,420	$310,173	$568,446	$587,836	$753,046	-
September	$47,669	$87,937	$146,310	$336,875	$596,208	$556,816	$752,227	-
October	$50,397	$94,114	$150,536	$338,532	$590,085	$526,251	$733,159	-
November	$52,288	$95,502	$155,627	$332,899	$625,776	$568,125	$720,868	-
December	???	$93,596	$165,458	$396,311	$611,435	$602,563	$773,792	-

Initial goal was to get to $900k this year. Might happen sooner than anticipated. Curious to see how election cycle will affect the market. Staying consistent and continue investing like normal.

[PlanetDee]

Investments Only:
12/1/23 - $513k
1/1/24 - $546k
2/1/24 - $558k
3/1/24 - $581k

Surprised to see such progress this month since we had a firehouse of house expenses. Paid half for a new roof, fixed a broken pipe, and had the house re-leveled - total of about $8k.

[joe189man]

Apr 2017: 175k TNW
Apr 2018: 333k
Apr 2019: 400k
Feb 2020: 515k
Aug 2020: 602k TNW (415k invested)
Dec 2020: 669k (478k)
Jan 2021: 690k (507k)
Mar 2021: 716k (529k)
Apr 2021: 751k (551k)
May 2021: 787k (576k)
Jun 2021: 807k (592k)
Jul 2021: 833k (611k)
Aug 2021: 831k TNW (625k invested)
Sept 2021: 640K (invested only hereafter)
Oct 2021: 628k
Nov 2021: 662k
Dec 2021: 657k
Jan 2022: 688k
Dec. 2022: 683k
Dec. 2023: 899k

Mar 2023: 1,005,000  I can't believe it!

Congrats!

[tjrssibelle]

Investments only;

Dec 2016: $129.04k
Dec 2017: $196.66k
Dec 2018: $227.08k
Dec 2019: $339.51k
Dec 2020: $448.30k
Dec 2021: $579.50k

Jan 2022: $555.08k
Feb 2022: $547.93k
Mar 2022: $568.83k
Apr 2022: $526.18k
May 2022: $533.30k
Jun 2022: $500.42k
Jul 2022 : $533.30k
Aug 2022: $517.60k
Dec 2022: $521.43k

Jan 2023: $562.03k
Feb 2023: $549.90k
May 2023: $571.35k
Jun 2023: $601.64k
Jul 2023: $622.09k
Aug 2023: $607.46k
Sep 2023: $580.53k
Oct 2023: $568.72k
Nov 2023: $622.08k
Dec 2023: $659.79k
Jan 2024: $663.00k
Feb 2024: $684.06k

Sent from my SM-S908U using Tapatalk

[Em-Dog]

First of all big congrats to all the new millionaires and almost millionaires, way to stick with it!! This was a great month in the markets and my bonus hit - hooray!! My original 1mm goal when I started was mid-2027 but as of today looks like I could hit it end of 2025- wild and crazy and awesome!

Once I get to 750k I'll add a new 1m goal in here.

	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
January	$11,592	$19,461	$52,636	$117,964	$307,781	$369,828	$655,833	-
February	$12,414	$28,144	$48,605	$129,160	$322,118	$407,633	$733,959	-
March	$12,259	$23,011	$45,431	$135,298	$352,170	$478,568	-	-
April	$13,641	$25,628	$50,763	$183,963	$329,584	$486,929	-	-
May	$16,646	$24,273	$55,517	$213,448	$337,156	$490,587	-	-
June	$16,625	$27,726	$58,784	$247,758	$316,192	$523,455	-	-
July	$17,057	$31,358	$63,678	$259,587	$349,011	$556,274	-	-
August	$17,375	$30,624	$69,345	$274,737	$344,052	$584,557	-	$750k Goal
September	$17,380	$41,343	$69,043	$269,876	$313,714	$569,039	-	-
October	$16,044	$43,732	$69,866	$294,685	$342,157	$566,124	-	-
November	$16,332	$46,935	$95,120	$294,439	$364,093	$609,465	-	-
December	$16,589	$51,547	$118,877	$313,367	$346,313	$637,152	-	-

[patchyfacialhair]

Graduation day! Big bonus today and after a very strong month for the market it's just enough to earn our second comma!

Year

Jan

Feb

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Jun

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Aug

Sep

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Oct

Nov

Dec

2015

-$10k

-$10k

-$10k

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-$10k

-$10k

-$10k

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-$10k

-$10k

-$10k

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-$9k

-$6k

-$5k

2016

-$3k

-$2k

-$0k

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$1k

$3k

$4k

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$6k

$7k

$9k

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$9k

$11k

$13k

2017

$15k

$16k

$18k

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$20k

$22k

$24k

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$26k

$27k

$30k

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$32k

$35k

$36k

2018

$45k

$44k

$53k

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$56k

$55k

$52k

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$63k

$62k

$65k

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$75k

$72k

$73k

2019

$80k

$100k

$104k

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$108k

$119k

$126k

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$127k

$130k

$133k

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$141k

$153k

$163k

2020

$167k

$162k

$156k

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$187k

$196k

$208k

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$228k

$242k

$246k

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$252k

$287k

$303k

2021

$316k

$365k

$377k

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$403k

$414k

$428k

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$444k

$460k

$461k

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$485k

$485k

$516k

2022

$489k

$567k

$586k

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$540k

$551k

$518k

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$566k

$564k

$535k

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$566k

$600k

$587k

2023

$612k

$640k

$660k

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$679k

$712k

$748k

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$793k

$795k

$791k

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$783k

$817k

$873k

2024

$873k

$1.000M

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[patchyfacialhair]

Really nice work, @patchyfacialhair , @JLee , @Off the Wheel !
Congratulations to you all! So close to "graduation"!

Thank you! Let's just say our bonuses and compensation were MUCH higher than expected (mostly because of how awesome my wife is). Based on some news she got today, we may end up in the 7 figure club in next month's update. A full year ahead of my projection from a few months ago.

[charis]

Apr 2017: 175k TNW
Apr 2018: 333k
Apr 2019: 400k
Feb 2020: 515k
Aug 2020: 602k TNW (415k invested)
Dec 2020: 669k (478k)
Jan 2021: 690k (507k)
Mar 2021: 716k (529k)
Apr 2021: 751k (551k)
May 2021: 787k (576k)
Jun 2021: 807k (592k)
Jul 2021: 833k (611k)
Aug 2021: 831k TNW (625k invested)
Sept 2021: 640K (invested only hereafter)
Oct 2021: 628k
Nov 2021: 662k
Dec 2021: 657k
Jan 2022: 688k
Dec. 2022: 683k
Dec. 2023: 899k

Mar 2023: 1,005,000  I can't believe it!

Thank you @solon, made my day! and @joe189man!

[dignam]

	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Jan		$308k	$462k	$435k	$591k
Feb	$253k	$319k	$441k	$462k	$600k
Mar	$221k	$332k	$440k	$463k	$619k
Apr	$239k	$349k	$455k	$487k
May	$244k	$355k	$425k	$505k
Jun	$265k	$368k	$449k	$520k
Jul	$269k	$378k	$426k	$538k
Aug	$281k		$449k	$559k
Sep	$294k	$394k	$438k	$551k
Oct	$290k	$399k	$412k	$540k
Nov	$301k	$436k	$421k	$532k
Dec	$308k	$454k	$449k	$565k

[Lamancha]

1/19- 29,000
1/20- 130,822
1/21- 258,257
1/22- 452,162
1/23- 534,404

1/24- 727,081
2/24- 751,698

3/24- 786,410

[bloodaxe]

March 2020: 78,000
April 2020: 91,000
May 2020: 106,000
June 2020: 115,000
July 2020: 125,000
September 2020: 145,000
October 2020: 157,076.76
November 2020: 170,592.07
December 2020: 186,935
January 2021: 204,451
March 2021: 214,068
April 2021: 233,785.28
April 26, 2021: 252,949.69
June 2021: 262,929.30
July 2021: 276,020.11
August 2021: $287,492.04
September 2021: 310,204.48
November 2021: $342,636.87
December 2021: 351,770.0
January 2022: 371,918.79
March 2023: 481,446.68
June 2023: 542,032.77
July 2023: 592,204.7‬0
September 2023: 600,406.7
December 2023: 633,807.18
February 2024: 688,469

March 2024: 710,680.71

[NinetyFour]

@grantmeaname Looks like you went from ZERO  to MILLIONAIRE in just 8 years!!!  Amazing!!!  :)

[grantmeaname]

Yeah, I was very fortunate to find my way into much higher pay in 2018. It's been a rocket ship.

[oneday]

Good job @Off the Wheel @grantmeaname (how precise of you to exactly hit the goal) and @charis (I'm sure I will also be in disbelief when my turn comes)

Way to go @tj crossing $750K, halfway through this race!

Congrats @LightStache with the new job! Sorry the search was so "taxing".

@NinetyFour hi :)

Investments only

	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
January	$326K	$491K	$516K	$682K	-
February	$345K	$487K	$508K	$707K	-
March	$362K	$509K	$527K	-	-
April	$383K	$474K	$542K	-	-
May	$385K	$481K	$546K	-	-
June	$393K	$447K	$586K	-	-
July	$451K	$488K	$625K	-	-
August	$467K	$476K	$617K	-	-
September	$447K	$438K	$592K	-	-
October	$480K	$475K	$583K	-	-
November	$494K	$505K	$625K	-	-
December	$515K	$480K	$657K	-	-

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jLRMTDbemf-JwZA10noQ8RrEf3EzpWC0R58nNypstrM/edit#gid=1302523503



January 2024 comment: Hoping to crack into the $700,000's next year.
[/quote]

[dignam]

@grantmeaname really impressive to watch your progress, congrats!  I'll see you in the next thread in a couple years hopefully

[grantmeaname]

Thank you! Hope to meet you up there :)

[moonpalace]

Jan. 2017   $42,000 [discovered MMM at age 41]
...
Apr. 2019   $271,294
...
Aug. 2020  $402,692
Nov. 2020  $427,563
Dec. 2020  $444,558
Jan. 2021  $459,349
Feb. 2021  $475,145
Mar. 2021  $477,249
Apr. 2021  $503,448
---
Jan. 2024 $905,342
Feb. 2024 $938,653
Mar. 2024 $959,707

Getting so close! Could be next month, or could be a while - still getting used to how market-driven everything is now.

[Turtle]

Congrats to all the recent graduates!

[savinglabor]

First of all big congrats to all the new millionaires and almost millionaires, way to stick with it!! This was a great month in the markets and my bonus hit - hooray!! My original 1mm goal when I started was mid-2027 but as of today looks like I could hit it end of 2025- wild and crazy and awesome!

Once I get to 750k I'll add a new 1m goal in here.

	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
January	$11,592	$19,461	$52,636	$117,964	$307,781	$369,828	$655,833	-
February	$12,414	$28,144	$48,605	$129,160	$322,118	$407,633	$733,959	-
March	$12,259	$23,011	$45,431	$135,298	$352,170	$478,568	-	-
April	$13,641	$25,628	$50,763	$183,963	$329,584	$486,929	-	-
May	$16,646	$24,273	$55,517	$213,448	$337,156	$490,587	-	-
June	$16,625	$27,726	$58,784	$247,758	$316,192	$523,455	-	-
July	$17,057	$31,358	$63,678	$259,587	$349,011	$556,274	-	-
August	$17,375	$30,624	$69,345	$274,737	$344,052	$584,557	-	$750k Goal
September	$17,380	$41,343	$69,043	$269,876	$313,714	$569,039	-	-
October	$16,044	$43,732	$69,866	$294,685	$342,157	$566,124	-	-
November	$16,332	$46,935	$95,120	$294,439	$364,093	$609,465	-	-
December	$16,589	$51,547	$118,877	$313,367	$346,313	$637,152	-	-

May I ask how you formatted this table so nicely? I can't get my columns to be straight

[savinglabor]

Strong stock market returns does wonders.

                       2020          2021          2022         2023         2024
January       $44,750    $124,571   $231,886   $372,271   $585,804
February      $44,341    $132,698   $231,215   $360,190   $625,028   
March          $44,129    $168,620   $290,051   $385,219         -   
April            $52,984    $178,499   $272,417   $394,867         -
May             $64,644    $185,394   $277,139   $399,238         -
June            $72,352    $192,410   $261,884   $441,115         -
July             $81,950    $200,596   $311,068   $467,361         -
August         $91,046   $207,874   $305,250   $463,301         -
September   $93,379    $203,750   $287,836   $438,606         -
October        $95,547   $219,912   $309,232   $436,738         -
November   $111,353   $223,562   $332,843   $490,244         -
December   $124,571   $239,171   $330,068   $550,883         -