Author Topic: Race from 500k to 1M!  (Read 697889 times)

Angelhair

  • 5 O'Clock Shadow
  • *
  • Posts: 29
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1300 on: September 09, 2019, 06:17:46 AM »
Update of our
NW
10/1/2018 = $811,061
11/1/2018 = $792,866
6/20/2019 = $869,092
7/18/2019 = $878,179
8/6/2019 = $909,179
9/9/2019 = $911,358

Enough

  • Stubble
  • **
  • Posts: 202
  • Age: 34
  • Location: KY
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1301 on: September 10, 2019, 09:28:08 AM »
26 months for 100-250k. Last post in 100-250k here: http://forum.mrmoneymustache.com/throw-down-the-gauntlet/race-from-100-to-250k/msg1440605/#msg1440605

28 months for 250k-500k. Last post in 250k-500k here: https://forum.mrmoneymustache.com/throw-down-the-gauntlet/race-from-250-to-500k!/msg2457040/#msg2457040

Recent NW:

May-19   $482,166.97
Jun-19   $506,489.11
Jul-19   $516,572.20
Aug-19      $520,552.46
Sep-19   $524,681.62

I haven't been updating real estate values to market value in the last few years and there is now a ~30k discrepancy due to appreciation. rather than take it all in one month, I will be adding $3k/month to real estate asset values until those values match market values.

Optimistic / unlikely goal of 36 months to $1M (May 2022).  This assumes net worth growth continues on current exponential trend.
Optimistic projection of 50 months to $1M (July 2023).  This assumes steady 7% investment return and 3% wage growth with steady expenses.
Realistic projection of 60 months to $1M (May 2024).  This assumes steady 4% investment return and 3% wage growth with 1% expense growth.

I think I'll have to settle in for the long haul on this thread. 

ScottsdaleSaver

  • 5 O'Clock Shadow
  • *
  • Posts: 34
  • Age: 44
  • Location: Scottsdale, AZ
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1302 on: September 13, 2019, 08:50:18 AM »
Had to rush on over here, because we broke a million for the first time! Since it could be fleeting, here it is for posterity:

9/13/2019 - $1,002K - $310K in home equity, $11K in cash, remainder in investments
6/2019 - $945K
12/2018 - $803K
9/2018 - $850K
6/2018 - $799K
3/2018 - $756K
12/2017 - $719K
9/2017 - $670K
6/2017 - $630K
[/quote]

Ladychips

  • Handlebar Stache
  • *****
  • Posts: 1449
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1303 on: September 13, 2019, 10:51:18 AM »
Congratulations ScottsdaleSaver!

Zamboni

  • Magnum Stache
  • ******
  • Posts: 3882
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1304 on: September 13, 2019, 04:19:23 PM »
Congrats from me as well, @ScottsdaleSaver! Well done!

Welcome, @SAfAmBrit, @v8rx7guy, and @FIreDrill!

The more the merrier here in the slow-but-steady wins the race to a million thread.

kaypinkHH

  • Pencil Stache
  • ****
  • Posts: 907
  • Location: North by North East (CAN)
    • My first Journal!
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1305 on: September 16, 2019, 01:16:03 PM »
Haven't posted since May 2018...oops.

May 2018: 523.7
 Mat leave for 14 months.
Sept 2019: 421 in cash and investments, 146 in rental properties. Total: 567

Not bad for a reduced salary year!
       

monarda

  • Handlebar Stache
  • *****
  • Posts: 1553
  • Age: 63
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1306 on: September 17, 2019, 09:27:39 PM »
             cash+rental equity       add primary residence equity
1/2016      $507K                      $627K
1/2017      $625K                      $797K

9/2017      $784K                      $904K

12/2017    $762K                      $903K  - remodeling primary residence! When project is done, big increase in equity!

3/2018     $725K                       $866K - still remodeling. Framing and all exterior done, all bills paid! (to contractors)

6/2018     $763K                       $910K    Hmmm. Zillow values for rental properties went way up. Making progress on the remodel.  Plumbing, insulation, electrical done. Just drywall, flooring remains!

9/2018    $830K                       $945K   We're painting this weekend! Just flooring and trim left on the remodel!  Cash went up because we paid off a bunch of credit card debt with HELOC. (0%promo rate was ending)

12/2018   $821K                      $964K   Slow and steady progress on the remodel. Thinking about selling a rental in 1stQ or 2ndQ 2019.

3/2019    $833K                      $977K     Just trim is left on the remodel. Rental house is on the market.

6/2019    $820K                     $953K      Had to buy a roof for the rental house. It now is under contract, though. Hope to close before the next quarterly update. Substituted real equity in the total now that we know the sale price for that one. (Zillow values still used for other properties)


9/2019      $832K         $977K      Closed on the rental house! So nice to be done. Paying off 0%CC bills related to our remodel. Flooring and trim are done. Just railings to go. Hiring out for that, they're tricky.... Final inspection hopefully before the next update.

1MM dates now   6/2022            3/2020

Freedomin5

  • Walrus Stache
  • *******
  • Posts: 6485
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1307 on: September 21, 2019, 04:06:51 AM »
Oct 2017: 527k
Dec 2017: 554k

Mar 2018: 666k
Jun 2018: 711k
Sep 2018: 784k
Dec 2018: 774k

Mar 2019: 830k
Jun 2019: 875k
Sep 2019: 947k

Very happy to have broken $900k. Hoping to hit $1M by the end of the year. If we achieve the goal before the end of next month, DH will be joining the millionaire’s club before age 40. That’s highly unlikely. At our current trajectory, we will probably hit $1M by the end of the year.

rokel

  • 5 O'Clock Shadow
  • *
  • Posts: 25
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1308 on: September 22, 2019, 08:34:28 AM »
07/2018-- 535,562/ 673,992
12/2018-- 495,360/ 652,069
03/2019-- 553,577/ 713,262
06/2019-- 606,080/ 749,479
09/2019-- 607,394/ 737,311

pdxvandal

  • Pencil Stache
  • ****
  • Posts: 501
  • Location: Earth
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1309 on: September 25, 2019, 03:35:23 PM »
September 2015 -- $560k
September 2016 -- $640k
September 2017 -- $675k
September 2018 -- $776k
September 2019 -- $860k

Would love to hit $1M net worth by December 2020, as I plan to invest about $75k from now until then ... we'll see how the market plays out.

AnxietyFly

  • 5 O'Clock Shadow
  • *
  • Posts: 73
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1310 on: September 28, 2019, 09:16:59 AM »
Nice!

Oct 2017: 527k
Dec 2017: 554k

Mar 2018: 666k
Jun 2018: 711k
Sep 2018: 784k
Dec 2018: 774k

Mar 2019: 830k
Jun 2019: 875k
Sep 2019: 947k

Very happy to have broken $900k. Hoping to hit $1M by the end of the year. If we achieve the goal before the end of next month, DH will be joining the millionaire’s club before age 40. That’s highly unlikely. At our current trajectory, we will probably hit $1M by the end of the year.

OurTown

  • Handlebar Stache
  • *****
  • Posts: 1372
  • Age: 54
  • Location: Tennessee
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1311 on: September 28, 2019, 11:58:29 AM »
6/1/17 = $500
7/1/17 = $508
8/1/17 = $518
9/1/17 = $523
10/1/17 = $543
11/1/17 = $550
12/1/17 = $558

1/1/18 = $580
2/1/18 = $593
3/1/18 = $589
4/1/18 = $587
5/1/18 = $603
6/1/18 = $617
7/1/18 = $612
8/1/18 = $623
9/1/18 = $639
10/1/18 = $644
11/1/18 = $622
12/1/18 = $636

1/1/19 = $630
2/1/19 = $664
3/1/19 = $682
4/1/19 = $691
5/1/19 = $708
6/1/19 = $702
7/1/19 = $731
8/1/19 = $737
9/1/19 = $736
10/1/19 = $746

2Birds1Stone

  • Walrus Stache
  • *******
  • Posts: 7916
  • Age: 1
  • Location: Earth
  • K Thnx Bye
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1312 on: September 30, 2019, 08:28:14 PM »
08/1/2018 - $511,000
09/1/2018 - $519,000
10/1/2018 - $526,000
11/1/2018 - $511,000
12/1/2018 - $523,700
01/1/2019 - $515,100
02/1/2019 - $552,000
03/1/2019 - $576,000
04/1/2019 - $586,200
05/1/2019 - $604,500
06/1/2019 - $590,360
07/1/2019 - $624,000
08/1/2019 - $628,300
09/1/2019 - $637,300
10/1/2019 - $649,800

3Mer

  • Bristles
  • ***
  • Posts: 281
  • Location: Midwest
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1313 on: October 01, 2019, 10:13:59 AM »
Month end update:

Liquid assets / Net worth

Jan 2018  $415.5K / $508K
Jun 2018  $518.8K / $578.4K
Jul  2018  $528.3K / $588.2K
Aug 2018  $543K  / $603.2K
Sep 2018  $548K / $608.6K
Oct 2018   $492.6K / $569.5K
Nov 2018  $502K / $585.3K
Dec 2018  $476.8K / $554K
Jan 2019   $509.1K / $587K
Feb 2019   $534.2K / $612.6K
Mar 2019   $549K  / $627.8K
Apr 2019   $561.1K / $640.1K
May 2019  $533.5K / $612.9K
June 2019  $566K / $646K
July 2019   $569K / $649K
Aug 2019   $558.4K / $638.8K
Sept 2019  $569.6K / $650.3K

Arbitrage

  • Handlebar Stache
  • *****
  • Posts: 1405
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1314 on: October 01, 2019, 10:42:16 AM »
Liquid NW / Total NW

1/1/16: $455k / 675k
1/1/17: $555k / 822k
1/1/18: $735k / 1.071M
5/17/18: $765k / 1.112M
6/29/18: $773k / 1.137M
7/31/18: $795k / 1.170M
8/31/18: $813k / 1.189M
9/29/18: $811k / 1.192M
11/1/18: $772k / 1.160M
12/1/18: $796k / 1.182M

1/1/19: $765k / 1.152M
2/1/19: $826k / 1.227M
3/1/19: $850k / 1.264M
4/1/19: $863k / 1.277M
5/1/19: $892k / 1.298M
6/1/19: $864k / 1.269M
7/1/19: $916k / 1.318M
8/1/19: Looks like I missed this update!  On vacation with my mind a million miles away from work...
9/1/19: $924k / 1.341M
10/1/19: $952k / 1.391M

Going to be lower by the end of the day...

JGS1980

  • Pencil Stache
  • ****
  • Posts: 907
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1315 on: October 01, 2019, 11:41:47 AM »

Quarterly Update:

Jan-16      $257,514.77 (+49,787)
April-16    $277,918.06 (+20,403)
July-16     $306,073.47 (+28,155)
Oct-16     $357,689.04 (+53,415)
Jan-17     $405,710.23 (+48,021)
April-17   $446,004.04 (+39,424)
July-17     $496,327.00 (+50,322)
Oct-17      $535,958.74 (+39,631)
Jan-18      $617,102.81 (+81,144)
April-18   $649,856.20 (+32,718)
July-18    $704,760.25 (+54,904)
Oct-18      $768,090.42 (+63,330)
Jan-19      $761,423.60 (-06,666)
April-19    $865,799.27 (+104,376)
July-19     $930,912.06 (+65,112)
Oct-18      $958,784.74 (+27,872)

Maybe 1 Million for Christmas?

JGS

YoungGranny

  • Pencil Stache
  • ****
  • Posts: 751
  • Age: 33
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1316 on: October 01, 2019, 11:58:33 AM »

Dec. 2017: $502k
Jan. 2, 2018: $513.7k
Feb. 5, 2018: $539.9k
Mar. 5, 2018: $543.6k
Apr. 2, 2018: $557.6
Apr. 30, 2018: $574.5k
June 4, 2018: $616.2k
July 2, 2018: $623.4k
Aug. 1, 2018: $643.8k
Sep. 4, 2018:$670.2k
Oct. 2, 2018: $677.7k
Nov. 2, 2018: $659.6k
Jan 2, 2019: $631.2k
Feb 1, 2019: $659.1k
Mar 1, 2019: $708k
Apr 1, 2019: $725.9k
May 1, 2019: $753.9k
July 1, 2019: $772.4k
Aug 1, 2019: $792.8k
Sep 3, 2019: $787.2k

Oct 1, 2019: $806.4k - every $100k milestone feels pretty nice and this is the first time I've broken $800k, although with the ups and down of the market it may not be the last ;).

AnxietyFly

  • 5 O'Clock Shadow
  • *
  • Posts: 73
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1317 on: October 01, 2019, 04:20:08 PM »


Maybe 1 Million for Christmas?

JGS

Nice job. I'm still two years out.

Ladychips

  • Handlebar Stache
  • *****
  • Posts: 1449
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1318 on: October 01, 2019, 05:47:05 PM »

         Investments/cash     Net worth

05/18 - $503,164               $742,902
06/18 - $506,463               $747,871
07/18 - $520,768               $764,243
08/18 - $542,574               $787,745
09/18 - $541,489               $788,357
10/18 - $518,567               $766,694
01/19 - $522,773               $776,499
02/19 - $544,291               $799,739
03/19 - $551,251               $808,455
04/19 - $577,496               $836,473
05/19 - $547,963               $811,636
06/19 - $588,500               $853,525
07/19 - $601,555               $867,945
08/19 - $594,550               $862,292

09/19 - $601,942                 $871,711

An increase is always appreciated!!

clarkfan1979

  • Magnum Stache
  • ******
  • Posts: 3352
  • Age: 44
  • Location: Pueblo West, CO
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1319 on: October 01, 2019, 06:45:11 PM »
We are currently around 700K. Over the last 4 years, we have averaged an increase of 100K of our net worth each year. However, that was partially explained by massive real estate appreciation among our 3 rentals.

I think a conservative estimate going forward is 60K/year, so we are about 5 years away from hitting 1 million. After we hit 1 million for net worth, the next month I will pay off all my student loans. It's 30K right now. The balance should be around 20K in 5 years.

I really want to hit 1 million before I pay off my student loans. I know it's a weird goal to have. I don't agree with the philosophy that you cannot accumulate wealth when you have student loans. My current student loan rate is around 5.25%. My real estate returns have been much higher than 5.25%.

Zamboni

  • Magnum Stache
  • ******
  • Posts: 3882
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1320 on: October 01, 2019, 06:59:37 PM »
Month Year: Investments
June 2017: 504K
July 2017: 523K
Add in home value - debts; net worth as second number:
Aug 2017: 533K / 666K
Sep 2017: 539K / 679K
Oct 2017: 551K / 698K
Nov 2017: 561K / 711K
Dec 2017: 569K / 724K

Jan 2018: 589K / 751K
Feb 2018: 577K / 741K
May 2018: 585K / 744K
July 2018: 600K / 763K
Aug 2018: 618K / 779K
Sept 2018: 621K / 795K
Oct 2018:  587K / 764K
Nov 2018: 599K / 778K
Dec 2018: 568K / 739K

Jan 2019: 607K / 767K
Feb 2019: 627K / 790K
Mar 2019: 636K / 802K
Apr 2019: 656K / 830K
May 2019: 636K / 809K
Jun 2019: 652K / 841K
Jul 2019: 663K / 851K
Aug 2019: 648K / 837K
Sep 2019: 665K / 851K

FIreDrill

  • Handlebar Stache
  • *****
  • Posts: 1096
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1321 on: October 01, 2019, 08:47:59 PM »
Slow and steady....


End of       NW         Change

12/13:   $41,032   
12/14:   $106,801    $65,769
12/15:   $197,262    $90,461
12/16:   $276,361    $79,099
12/17:   $368,051    $91,690
12/18:   $394,472    $26,421

01/19:   $427,275    $32,803
02/19:   $442,833    $15,558
03/19:   $455,412    $12,579
04/19:   $480,317    $24,905
05/19:   $460,880    $-19,437
06/19:   $491,598    $30,718
07/19:   $503,112    $11,514
08/19:   $501,648    $-1,464
09/19:   $509,594    $7,946

Year to date:             $115,122


Res Ipsa

  • 5 O'Clock Shadow
  • *
  • Posts: 45
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1322 on: October 02, 2019, 06:55:06 AM »
June 1, 2017:    $349,328
July 1, 2017:     $362,675
Aug. 1, 2017:    $373,748
Sept. 1, 2017:   $378,549
Oct. 1, 2017:     $389,829
Nov. 1, 2017:    $396,444
Dec. 1, 2017:    $407,245
Jan. 1, 2018:     $412,626
Feb. 1, 2018:     $433,521
Mar. 1, 2018:     $418,873
Apr. 1, 2018:     $410,875
May 1, 2018:     $439,719
June 1, 2018:    $446,814
July 1, 2018:     $451,330
Aug. 1, 2018:    $469,413
Sept. 1, 2018:   $491,582
Oct. 1, 2018:     $496,037
Nov. 1, 2018:    $465,386
Dec. 1, 2018:    $473,869
Jan. 1, 2019:     $436,390
Feb. 1, 2019:    $472,423
Mar. 1, 2019:    $488,585
Apr. 1, 2019:     $500,442
May 1, 2019:     $508,168
June 1, 2019:    $493,942
July 1, 2019:     $528,114
Aug. 1, 2019:    $539,640
Sept. 1, 2019:   $536,031
Oct. 1, 2019:     $546,248

Sailor Sam

  • CMTO 2023 Attendees
  • Walrus Stache
  • *
  • Posts: 5731
  • Age: 43
  • Location: Steel Beach
  • Semper...something
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1323 on: October 02, 2019, 07:23:51 AM »
1-Jan-2011:  $82,795
1-Jan-2012:  $106,303
1-Jan-2013:  $147,328
1-Jan-2014:  $212,595
1-Jan-2015:  $264,308
1-Jan-2016:  $299,216
1-Jan-2017:  $371,623
1-Jan-2018:  $500,083  (graduated from 250-->500k thread!)

1-Jan-2019:  $551,753
1-Feb-2019:  $584,414
1-Mar-2019:  $606,970
1-Apr-2019:  $616,505
1-May-2019: $636,497
1-Jun-2019:  $607,676
1-Jul-2019:   $656,706
1-Aug-2019:  $664,623
1-Sep-2019:  $658,464.

1-Oct-2019:  $675,812  Zoinks!

mizzourah2006

  • Handlebar Stache
  • *****
  • Posts: 1063
  • Location: NWA
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1324 on: October 02, 2019, 09:13:12 AM »
Just crossed over $500k for the stache this past month, so I'll jump in on the race.

Started tracking:
Jan 16: $181.2k

Feb 19: $532.8k

Update to April 1st. $546.25k

Update to October 1st: $620.15k

MikeO

  • 5 O'Clock Shadow
  • *
  • Posts: 67
  • Age: 51
  • Location: Central Florida
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1325 on: October 02, 2019, 10:17:02 AM »
Investment Accounts
EOM         Dollar Amount   (I invested)     {total change}
Dec 2016  $322,818          ($30,604)       
Dec 2017  $438,627          ($40,177)        {$115,809}
Dec 2018  $518,373           ($87,168)       {$79,746}

Jan 2019  $572,058            ($9,743)         {$53,685}
Feb 2019  $603,363            ($4,010)         {$31,305}
Mar 2019  $616,382            ($7,800)         {$13,019
Apr 2019  $643,599            ($2,500)         {$27,217}
May 2019 $638,398            ($29,928)        {-$5,201}
June 2019 $679,549           ($2,200)          {$41,151}
July 2019  $702,460           ($12,000)        {$22,911}
Aug 2019 $691,691            ($3,456)           {-10,769}

Sep 2019  $699,235            ($2,122)           {$7,544)

JGS1980

  • Pencil Stache
  • ****
  • Posts: 907
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1326 on: October 04, 2019, 10:22:05 AM »


Maybe 1 Million for Christmas?

JGS

Nice job. I'm still two years out.

What's kind of funny/disgusting is that I'm getting impatient.  I took another look at the data and I'm up nearly 200K in 9 months.... and yet I feel like things aren't going fast enough. That 200K increase is more than my actual gross income during that time period, so what the f*** do I have to complain about?  From another perspective, it took my 5 years of work after graduation to get over 200K net worth.

Patience, little grasshopper.

JGS

Dr Kidstache

  • Bristles
  • ***
  • Posts: 490
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1327 on: October 05, 2019, 09:27:30 AM »
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  (+$9,813)

NinetyFour

  • CMTO 2023 Attendees
  • Walrus Stache
  • *
  • Posts: 6876
  • Age: 62
  • Location: Southwestern US
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1328 on: October 05, 2019, 09:57:58 AM »
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  (+$9,813)

Nice $56K bump in 6 months!!!  :)

Dr Kidstache

  • Bristles
  • ***
  • Posts: 490
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1329 on: October 05, 2019, 06:53:44 PM »
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  (+$9,813)

Nice $56K bump in 6 months!!!  :)

Thanks NinetyFour! Appreciate the encouragement from someone ahead of me ;-)

Irene

  • 5 O'Clock Shadow
  • *
  • Posts: 2
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1330 on: October 06, 2019, 08:38:29 PM »
Just joined the forum so I could participate in this race. I'm right at 900k right now so millionaire status feels tantalizingly close (yet still far away). I can't/don't tell many people about this in real life, so I was happy to see this thread full of people who are in a similar position. 

Oct 6, 2019 900K

RWD

  • Walrus Stache
  • *******
  • Posts: 6530
  • Location: Arizona
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1331 on: October 06, 2019, 09:01:13 PM »
Quarterly update:

10/1/2017 - 502k
1/1/2018 - 544k
4/1/2018 - 559k
7/1/2018 - 604k
10/1/2018 - 640k
1/1/2019 - 608k
4/1/2019 - 710k
7/1/2019 - 754k
10/1/2019 - 779k

Zamboni

  • Magnum Stache
  • ******
  • Posts: 3882
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1332 on: October 07, 2019, 05:49:42 AM »
Sold the house, so back to one reporting number. I'll probably stick to a single reporting number from here on out and ignore the value of any new house.

Month Year: Investments
June 2017: 504K
July 2017: 523K
Add in home value - debts; net worth as second number:
Aug 2017: 533K / 666K
Sep 2017: 539K / 679K
Oct 2017: 551K / 698K
Nov 2017: 561K / 711K
Dec 2017: 569K / 724K

Jan 2018: 589K / 751K
Feb 2018: 577K / 741K
May 2018: 585K / 744K
July 2018: 600K / 763K
Aug 2018: 618K / 779K
Sept 2018: 621K / 795K
Oct 2018:  587K / 764K
Nov 2018: 599K / 778K
Dec 2018: 568K / 739K

Jan 2019: 607K / 767K
Feb 2019: 627K / 790K
Mar 2019: 636K / 802K
Apr 2019: 656K / 830K
May 2019: 636K / 809K
Jun 2019: 652K / 841K
Jul 2019: 663K / 851K
Aug 2019: 648K / 837K
Sep 2019: 665K / 851K
Oct 2019: 908K

Dr Kidstache

  • Bristles
  • ***
  • Posts: 490
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1333 on: October 07, 2019, 11:53:50 AM »
Just joined the forum so I could participate in this race. I'm right at 900k right now so millionaire status feels tantalizingly close (yet still far away). I can't/don't tell many people about this in real life, so I was happy to see this thread full of people who are in a similar position. 

Oct 6, 2019 900K

Welcome!

Angelhair

  • 5 O'Clock Shadow
  • *
  • Posts: 29
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1334 on: October 08, 2019, 04:21:45 AM »
Update of our
NW
10/1/2018 = $811,061
11/1/2018 = $792,866
6/20/2019 = $869,092
7/18/2019 = $878,179
8/6/2019 = $909,179
9/9/2019 = $911,358
10/8/2019 = $913,179

golfreak12

  • Bristles
  • ***
  • Posts: 365
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1335 on: October 08, 2019, 11:01:41 AM »
I'm going to join this thread but its going to take us a while to get to $1 million. Hopefully end of 2020.
Wife is still going to school. On track to graduate in 2 yrs so the main income is from me. I mdee around $10K0-$120K for the past 3 yrs and I don't know if I can keep up the rate for the next 4 yrs. ~$80K is more in range of what I can make.
Once my wife graduate from college hopefully our NW will skyrocket.....

$240K- Our main house already paid off. Zillow say >>$300K but thats not realistic.
$90K- Rental house. Owes $55K. Worth ~$150K. Zillow say $175K but thats not realistic either.
$73K- Vanguard IRA. I moved it to a money market account after Trump won. Stupid !!
$15K- 401K. Previous job. Same thing with IRA account. STUPID !!!
$50K- CASH.
$23K- 2 CDs maturing soon.
$11k- HSA account.
$10K- Gold.
$45K- We have 4 cars all paid off. Once is a almost new Lexus. Depreciating assets.
$35K- Wifes own account. Might be more now.
$50K- Safety deposit box. This is my own emergency money NOONE knows about except for you guys.
$15K- tax refund for 2016. Yeah I already figured out we'll get at least this much for 2016.

$657K as of right now. We have no debt except for the rental house but its not cost effective to pay it off.

- We can put away around $50K/yr even with my wife not working. That would put us at only $847K by the end of 2020.
- Our problem is all our assets are tied to the houses and not earning much for us. The rental is bringing us around $4K for the year. Our investments are LOW compares to others.
- So for us to hit $1 Mil by the end of 2020, my wife and/or our investments have to bring us the extra $150K.

I'm like everyone else, I had all my IRA and 401K in the Index funds before. I'm going to put everything back. If anyone have better ideas on how to get better returns on on NW, I'm all ears.

UPDATE: Just about 3 years later.

$210K- Rental house. Worth $225K. Paid off
$200K- House. Title in my name. Wifes sister is buying from us at 3.5% payment.
$130k- Main house equity.
$160k- MIne. Various investment. 401k, IRAs.
$46K- Wife. Various 401k, IRA
$45K- Various assets. All our cars are paid for.
$14K- HSA account
$6k- Gold
$62k- CDs. getting 3%
$36k- Cash at various savings account.

~$910K- all together.
From that last post, we were hoping to get to $1 million by the end of 2020 and we will get there easily.
Biggest difference is my wife graduate and got a job. $48k right out of school.
We're putting away around $44k of WIFEs salary away.(rest are taxes) plus with what I can put away.





« Last Edit: October 08, 2019, 11:05:27 AM by golfreak12 »

ToughMother

  • Bristles
  • ***
  • Posts: 374
  • Location: Western Mass.
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1336 on: October 09, 2019, 05:44:54 AM »
Here's an update on the goal to Investments = $1M.
We've slowed way down since we've bought a new house and took money out of the investments account for a downpayment, will be remodeling the place (also likely to take some from investments), and carrying the other house too until we can move into the new one and sell the old.

date         NW        Investments
4/3/14     $430k         $225k
9/19/14    $500k         $275k
11/6/14    $550k         $300K
5/9/15     $600k         $341k
4/13/16    $650k         $375k
9/7/16     $700k         $410k
5/6/17     $750k         $674k (*I think I lost history on one of our accounts prior to this)
9/9/17     $800k         $717k
11/22/17   Assets hit $1M
12/15/17   $850k         $770K
3/10/18    $900k         $770k (refinanced house, put $ in and moved from 30 to 15 yrs)
6/16/18    $950k         $818k
12/26/18   $900k         $750k
1/10/19    $950k         $803k
2/19/19    $1M !!!       $856k
6/12/19    $1.05M        $900k
10/9/19    $1.08M        $895k (downpayment on house and market misery)

talltexan

  • Walrus Stache
  • *******
  • Posts: 5344
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1337 on: October 09, 2019, 06:29:59 AM »
Here's an update on the goal to Investments = $1M.
We've slowed way down since we've bought a new house and took money out of the investments account for a downpayment, will be remodeling the place (also likely to take some from investments), and carrying the other house too until we can move into the new one and sell the old.

date         NW        Investments
4/3/14     $430k         $225k
9/19/14    $500k         $275k
11/6/14    $550k         $300K
5/9/15     $600k         $341k
4/13/16    $650k         $375k
9/7/16     $700k         $410k
5/6/17     $750k         $674k (*I think I lost history on one of our accounts prior to this)
9/9/17     $800k         $717k
11/22/17   Assets hit $1M
12/15/17   $850k         $770K
3/10/18    $900k         $770k (refinanced house, put $ in and moved from 30 to 15 yrs)
6/16/18    $950k         $818k
12/26/18   $900k         $750k
1/10/19    $950k         $803k
2/19/19    $1M !!!       $856k
6/12/19    $1.05M        $900k
10/9/19    $1.08M        $895k (downpayment on house and market misery)


ToughMother-
I'm selecting a mortgage for my home right now: can you give some insight about why you selected a 15-year mortgage term?

Lucky Recardito

  • Pencil Stache
  • ****
  • Posts: 520
  • Location: Major US City
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1338 on: October 10, 2019, 08:19:16 AM »
Quarterly:
10/1/18 $502K
01/1/19 $480K - this was all market drop; no change to savings behavior
04/1/19 $546K
07/1/19 $579K
10/1/19 $586K - pulled a chunk out of our HSA to pay for childbirth costs incurred earlier in the year; also started daycare; husband took 2 months unpaid paternity leave... savings rate currently in the toilet

Includes home equity. Doesn't include roughly $30K in cash.

Anticipated graduation: mid-2023
« Last Edit: October 17, 2019, 07:47:07 AM by Lucky Recardito »

monarda

  • Handlebar Stache
  • *****
  • Posts: 1553
  • Age: 63
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1339 on: October 10, 2019, 08:56:30 AM »
I just found these calculators.
We come out at about the 80th percentile.
https://dqydj.com/net-worth-by-age-calculator-united-states/
https://dqydj.com/net-worth-brackets-wealth-brackets-one-percent/

Do you agree with what the numbers say for you? Are you surprised?
(Could post elsewhere, but not sure where)

Really important distinction between average and median at every age!

And EVERYONE on this thread is on average (any age) above the 80th percentile.
« Last Edit: October 10, 2019, 09:36:23 AM by monarda »

YellowCat

  • Bristles
  • ***
  • Posts: 488
  • Age: 34
  • Location: Michigan
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1340 on: October 12, 2019, 05:54:20 AM »
Jan 2017: $444,411
Feb 2017: $466,365 (+$21,954)
Mar 2017: $473,859 (+$7,494)
Apr 2017: $496,610 (+$22,751)
May 2017: $509,180 (+$12,570)
Jun 2017: $522,280 (+$13,100)
Jul 2017: $539,829 (+$17,549)
Aug 2017: $547,156 (+$7,327)
Sept 2017: $568,755 (+$21,599)
Oct 2017: $588,681 (+$19,926)
Nov 2017: $612,643 (+$23,962)
Dec 2017: $628,029 (+$15,386)
--------------------------
Jan 2018: $664,203 (+$36,174)
Feb 2018: $662,419 (-$1,784)
Mar 2018: $667,963 (+$5,544)
Apr 2018: $687,251 (+$19,288)
May 2018: $713,039 (+$25,788)
Jun 2018: $719,898 (+$6,859)
Jul 2018: $749,307 (+$29,409)
Aug 2018: $777,551 (+28,244)
Sept 2018: $782,645 (+$5,094)
Oct 2018: $747,078 (-$35,567)
Nov 2018: $768,361 (+$21,283)
Dec 2018: $718,610 (-$49,751)
--------------------------
Jan 2019: $777,609 (+$58,999)
Feb 2019: $820,306 (+$42,697)
Mar 2019: $840,459 (+$20,153)
Apr 2019: $881,921 (+$41,462)
May 2019: $852,437 (-$27,484)
Jun 2019: $898,121 (+$45,684)
Jul 2019: $923,880 (+$25,759)
Aug 2019: $919,801 (-$4,079)
Sept 2019: $943,063 (+$23,262)

Posting a little late, but here we go. I doubt that Oct will be an up month for us...we're doing an expensive home renovation project.

PacificaFog

  • 5 O'Clock Shadow
  • *
  • Posts: 53
  • Age: 51
  • Location: SF Bay Area
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1341 on: October 12, 2019, 09:59:27 AM »
Joining this race.  Currently at $692,000 NW.  For context:

10/1/15 - $181,000
10/1/16 - $267,000
10/1/17 - $408,800
10/1/18 - $553,000

I’m surprised at how consistent my year over year increase has been.  Looks like this will put me at $1M in just over 2 years, barring any majors surprises.  Not sure I’ll feel ready to FIRE then, but it will be a great milestone!

JGS1980

  • Pencil Stache
  • ****
  • Posts: 907
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1342 on: October 12, 2019, 10:41:06 AM »
--------------------------
Jan 2019: $777,609 (+$58,999)
Feb 2019: $820,306 (+$42,697)
Mar 2019: $840,459 (+$20,153)
Apr 2019: $881,921 (+$41,462)
May 2019: $852,437 (-$27,484)
Jun 2019: $898,121 (+$45,684)
Jul 2019: $923,880 (+$25,759)
Aug 2019: $919,801 (-$4,079)
Sept 2019: $943,063 (+$23,262)

Posting a little late, but here we go. I doubt that Oct will be an up month for us...we're doing an expensive home renovation project.

Really amazing progress YellowCat, and at age 29 too!

Welcome to the race, PacificaFog

ToughMother

  • Bristles
  • ***
  • Posts: 374
  • Location: Western Mass.
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1343 on: October 13, 2019, 05:35:01 AM »
ToughMother-
I'm selecting a mortgage for my home right now: can you give some insight about why you selected a 15-year mortgage term?
Hi @talltexan
At the time we were refinancing, I had three goals:
1. I was downsizing my job to about half my salary and wanted to refinance while my income was good.
2. When I bought my house, I was very ill and on disability.  I have since recovered.  I was in a “soft second” with a subsidy and the whole thing was at 5.375%.  That mortgage also had some rental restrictions because of its mission. Anyway, I wanted out of that and to pay back the subsidy so the next person in need could use the pool
3. 15 year rates were about 3.25% and the feds were chatting about their first rate raises.
4. I wanted to keep my monthly amount at $X and the 15year plus putting in $Y to make the mortgage amount Z made the most fiscal sense.

About 1 year after that, I got yet another new job back to my old salary. And then a few months later, we found our forever house. So all of that refinancing was for nothing but would have been perfect with what looked to be my future status quo.

Happy to clarify anything else in a PM.
~ToughMother
 

skcook

  • 5 O'Clock Shadow
  • *
  • Posts: 65
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1344 on: October 13, 2019, 08:55:02 PM »
A year has passed and we move slowly upward (other than this month, anyway, we bought a van):

Oct 2019 - $770k
Sep 2019 - $780k
Jul 2019 - $766k
Apr 2019 - $739k
Oct 2018 - $666k
Sep 2018 - $656k
July 2018 - $651k
June 2018 - $634k
May 2018 - $624k
Apr 2018 - $612k
Mar 2018 - $599k
Feb 2018 - $590k
Jan 2018 - $580k
Dec 2017 - $569k
Nov 2017 - $561k
Oct 2017 - $546k
Sep 2017 - $538k
Aug 2017 - $497k
July 2017 - $483k
Jun 2017 - $479k
May 2017 - $454k
Apr 2017 - $448k
Mar 2017 - $435k
Feb 2017 - $433k
Jan 2017 - $410k
Oct 2016 - $370k
Sep 2016 - $330k

Hoping to get to a mill by 2021!

actionjackson

  • Stubble
  • **
  • Posts: 121
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1345 on: October 17, 2019, 06:01:02 AM »
2018
Jan   398000
Feb   431000
Mar   448000
Apr   462580
May   481501
Jun - 489782
Jul - 507110
Aug - 523353
Sep - 529071
Oct - 519042
Nov - 532025

2019
Mar - 586808
May - 609872
Jun - 622961

Jul - 643390
Aug - 654710
Sep - 663790
Oct - 671853

skip207

  • Bristles
  • ***
  • Posts: 422
  • Location: UK
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1346 on: October 21, 2019, 04:03:58 PM »
Missed a couple of months posts due to work etc but was still tracking.

01/01/17 £374668
01/01/18 £497097
01/01/19 £547415
01/02/19 £561491
01/03/19 £568388
01/04/19 £572881
01/05/19 £583805
01/06/19 £599145
01/07/19 £610976
01/08/19 £623787
01/09/19 £626277
01/10/19 £633564

Just ticked past +£80k on the NW for 2019. 

Acorns

  • Stubble
  • **
  • Posts: 105
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1347 on: October 24, 2019, 01:42:57 PM »

End of 2007: $71,000
End of 2008: $87,600
End of 2009: $202,000
End of 2010: $257,000
2011: $298,000
2012: $364,000
2013: $371,000
2014: $615,000 (This looks like a big jump from 2013 because I started counting in my calculations an investment account which hadn't been counted in prior years)
2015: $644,000
2016: $740,000
July 2017: $813,000
Jan 2018: $926,000
June 2018: $969,000

September 2019: $1,087,056
After bouncing around the high $900k's for a while, I have been consistently above $1 Million for about 6mo now...cue recession and market drop.

This breaks down to roughly $780,000 in retirement accounts, $230,000 in other investment accounts, and $55,000 in 529s. No plans to retire anytime soon, too many unknown unknowns.

TempusFugit

  • Pencil Stache
  • ****
  • Posts: 633
  • Location: In my own head, usually
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1348 on: October 24, 2019, 01:55:38 PM »

End of 2007: $71,000
End of 2008: $87,600
End of 2009: $202,000
End of 2010: $257,000
2011: $298,000
2012: $364,000
2013: $371,000
2014: $615,000 (This looks like a big jump from 2013 because I started counting in my calculations an investment account which hadn't been counted in prior years)
2015: $644,000
2016: $740,000
July 2017: $813,000
Jan 2018: $926,000
June 2018: $969,000

September 2019: $1,087,056
After bouncing around the high $900k's for a while, I have been consistently above $1 Million for about 6mo now...cue recession and market drop.

This breaks down to roughly $780,000 in retirement accounts, $230,000 in other investment accounts, and $55,000 in 529s. No plans to retire anytime soon, too many unknown unknowns.

CONGRATS Acorns!  Always good to see new graduates of this thread! Welcome to the Millionaires Club.   Hop on over to the 1-2MM thread and join us for martinis and cigars. 

SEAK

  • Stubble
  • **
  • Posts: 111
Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1349 on: October 24, 2019, 04:36:24 PM »
Guess I'm moving threads for the time being. Been waiting for this day quite awhile it seems like. 45 yo, wife 42, two kids aged 12 and 10. Below numbers do not include $225k home equity, ~$800,000 pension value, and the kiddos ~ $90k in college savings. Now how to celebrate tonight?!

End 2015- $482k
End 2016- $628k
End 2017- $811k
End 2018- $813k
July 2019- $975k
     Today-  $1,001,000

 

Wow, a phone plan for fifteen bucks!