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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1450 on: December 31, 2019, 12:12:08 PM »

12/31/2014: INV-$10,584.06     NW-$-20,000
12/31/2015: INV-$49,877.48     NW-$78,264.92
12/31/2016: INV-$106,390.73    NW-$188,244.13
12/31/2017: INV-$265,731.22    NW-$277,837.89
12/31/2018: INV-$332,761.13    NW-$357,901.80

10/31/2019: INV-$499,757.48    NW-$533,787.48
11/30/2019: INV-$528,711.69    NW-$564,459.69
12/31/2019: INV-$545,957.38    NW-$583,896.83

Market definitely did the heavy lifting this year.  Looking forward to 2020!

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1451 on: December 31, 2019, 05:32:21 PM »
Net Worth
1/31/2016:       $254,591
...
7/30/2018:       $486,199
8/31/2018:       $502,494 (+16,295)
9/30/2018:       $519,994 (+17,500)
10/31/2018:     $520,014 (+20)
11/30/2018:     $532,342 (+12,328)
12/31/2018:     $502,059 (-30,283)
1/31/2019:       $505,379 (+3,320)
2/28/2019:       $509,086 (+3,707)
3/31/2019:       $557,340 (+48,254)
...
6/30/2019:       $576,632 (+19,292)
9/30/2019:       $601,219 (+24,587)
12/31/2019:     $650,943 (+49,274)

Q3/Q4 changes. Or $148,884 for the year...

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1452 on: January 01, 2020, 12:43:52 AM »
April 2015: $98k
May 2015: $111k
June 2015: $112k
July 2015: $113k
Aug 2015: $113k
Sept 2015: $116k
Nov 1 2015: $120,330.91
Dec 1 2015: $138,810.56

Jan 1 2016: $141,251.00
Feb 1 2016: $135,573.00
Mar 4 2016: $138,331.39
Apr 1 2016: $146,788.37
May 1 2016: $149,149.52
Jun 1 2016: $161,205.21
July 1 2016: $165,947.80
Aug 1 2016: $176,198.00
Sep 1 2016: $178,840.37
Oct 1 2016: $184,372.64
Nov 1 2016: $181,625.28
Dec 1 2016: $187,972.57

Jan 1 2017: $193,414.19
Feb 1 2017: $200,758.63
Mar 1 2017: $211,677.78
Apr 1 2017: $217,643.71
May 1 2017: $225,773.04
Jun 1 2017: $232,222.09
July 1 2017: $235,779.19
Aug 1 2017: $244,461.55
Sept 1 2017: $247,101.69
Oct 1 2017: $256,365.91
Nov 1 2017: $266,140.14
Dec 1 2017: $279,806.93

Jan 1 2018: $283,829.36
Feb 1 2018: $304,851.88
Mar 1 2018: $303,796.17
Apr 1 2018: $307,682.67
May 1 2018: $315,634.59
Jun 1 2018: $337,046.55
July 1 2018: $340,399.63
Aug 1 2018: $363,304.76
Sept 1 2018: $385,572.12
Oct 1 2018: $392,296.56
Nov 1 2018: $370,000.25
Dec 1 2018: $386,361.40

Jan 1 2019: $359,505.30
Feb 1 2019: $397,087.41
Mar 1 2019: $428,309.57
Apr 1 2019: $440,342.71
May 1 2019: $456,285.80
Jun 1 2019: $441,047.77
Jul 1 2019: $476,489.51
Aug 1 2019: $486,559.27
Sept 1 2019: $483,967.28
Oct 1 2019: $490,200.54
Nov 1 2019: $501,003.17
Dec 1 2019: $531,904.82
Jan 1 2020: $546,089.75

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1453 on: January 01, 2020, 06:10:06 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)
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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)
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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)
Oct 2019: $968,240 (+$25,177)
Nov 2019: $999,110 (+$30,870)
Dec 2019: $1,030,547 (+$31,437)

Well, that's a wrap. End of the year / decade and we broke $1 Mio! Total NW increase for 2019 was a staggering $311,937 thanks to Dec 2018's market decline. Moving on to the Race to $2 Mio thread...wishing all of you the best of luck.

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1454 on: January 01, 2020, 06:54:49 AM »

         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
10/19 - $625,199               $896,352
11/19 - $651,705               $924,134


12/19 - $669,819              $943,739

This has been a crazy, crazy year.  It's more than made up for the crappy end of last year!!

My list is too long so I will abbreviate going forward.

12/16 - $360,891     $570,338
12/17 - $473,407     $697,411
12/18 - $480,550     $732,108
12/19 - $669,819     $943,739

In the middle of 2016, I decided I needed a route out of my job.  My husband and I cut spending some but what we really did was start paying attention and being strategic with our money.  In 3 years, we've increased our investments by ~$300,000!  Half contributions, half market gains.  We've been super lucky that the market went crazy at the same time that we started saving. 18 more months for us!!

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1455 on: January 01, 2020, 07:10:23 AM »
Month (and Year) 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
Oct 2019    $583.5K / $664.5K
Nov 2019   $602.3K / $683.7K
Dec 2019   $621.3K / $703.1K

Nice wrap up to the year!

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1456 on: January 01, 2020, 08:28:09 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
1-Nov-2019:  $693,673


1-Dec-2019:  $711,924
1-Jan-2020:   $706,933 —> $30k car note.

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1457 on: January 01, 2020, 08:46:54 AM »
2015 DEC:252k<- Crossed 250k
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2016 JAN:260k(+8k)
2016 FEB:281k(+21k)
2016 MAR:285k(+4k)
2016 APR:298k(+13k)
2016 MAY:305k(+7k)
2016 JUN:307k(+2k)
2016 JUL:320k(+13k)
2016 AUG:326k(+6k)
2016 SEP:336k(+10k)
2016 OCT:337k(+1k)
2016 NOV:361k(+24k)
2016 DEC:368k(+7k)
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2017 JAN:382k(+14k)
2017 FEB:403k(+21k)
2017 MAR:416k(+13k)
2017 APR:427k(+11k)
2017 MAY:436k(+9k)
2017 JUN:449k(+13k)
2017 JUL:464k(+15k)
2017 AUG:478k(+14k)
2017 SEPT:494k(+16k)
2017 OCT:510k(+16k) <- Crossed 500k
2017 NOV:523k(+13k)
2017 DEC:534k(+11k)
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2018 JAN:558k(+24k)
2018 FEB:569k(+11k)
2018 MAR:560k(-9k)
2018 APR:574k(+14k/+5k)
2018 MAY:575k(+1k)
2018 JUNE:575k(+0k)
2018 JULY:599k(+24k)
2018 AUG:620k(+21k)
2018 SEPT:625k(+5k)
2018 OCT:597k(-28k)
2018 NOV:606k(+9k/-19k)
2018 DEC:580k(-26k/-45k)
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2019 JAN:628k(+48k/+3k)
2019 FEB:666k(+38k)
2019 MAR:677k(+11k)
2019 APR:706k(+29k)
2019 MAY:670k(-36k)
2019 JUNE:709k(+39k/+3k)
2019 JULY:712k(+3k)
2019 AUG:720k(+8k)
2019 SEPT:725k(+5k)
2019 OCT:753k(+28k)  <- Crossed 750k
2019 NOV:777k(+24k)
2019 DEC:798k(+21k)

2019 was a wild ride. We bought a beautiful home (that probably pushes FIRE back 3-4 years simply because after we hit our number we want to pay it off in full)

Just shy of $800,000 NW. $624,000 of that is pure liquid assets.

From Dec to Dec we are up $218k, which feels insane, but last year we were only up $46k due to the year end slump in the market. So I view this as almost 2 years of gain in one.


If the market is ANYTHING like it was this year (Unlikely, I know) we would graduate this thread in 2020. Though, if returns are flat, more likely 2021.


It is crazy to think I have been logging this on here for 4 (FOUR!) YEARS now. Having gone from 250k to 800k in that time. Not too shabby, maybe slower than some here, but I am happy with the results.

Here is to a great 2020 guys/gals!

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1458 on: January 01, 2020, 09:33:53 AM »
What a monster year. Feeling a little more firmly over the $500k line now. A 68% savings rate for the year and hoping to up that to at least 75% in 2020. Happy New Year all.

12/31/19: $524k
11/30/19: $496k
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12/31/18: $318k

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1459 on: January 01, 2020, 09:51:12 AM »
DEC 2019 - 933k
 
Up 196k for the year.


JUN 2019 - 844k


DEC 2018 NW: 737K
DEC 2017 NW: 697k
DEC 2016 NW: 559k
DEC 2015 NW: 444k
DEC 2014 NW: 385k
DEC 2013 NW: 337k
DEC 2012 NW: 253k
DEC 2011 NW: 209K
DEC 2010 NW: 184k


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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1460 on: January 01, 2020, 09:55:27 AM »
Fantastic year!

Our update, tracking retirement accounts only:

5/1/17     $631     
6/1/17     $647     
7/1/17     $655   
8/1/17     $665     
9/1/17     $672   
10/1/17   $684     
11/1/17   $702
12/1/17   $724

1/1/18     $731
2/1/18     $761
3/1/18     $737
4/1/18     $731
5/1/18     $738
6/1/18     $747
7/1/18     $744
8/1/18     $761
9/1/18     $776
10/1/18   $776
11/1/18   $729
12/1/18   $745

1/1/19     $703
2/1/19     $751
3/1/19     $769
4/1/19     $813
5/1/19     $841
6/1/19     $810
7/1/19     $841
8/1/19     $849
9/1/19     $826
10/1/19   $832
11/1/19   $854
12/1/19   $870

1/1/20     $886

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1461 on: January 01, 2020, 10:30:53 AM »
Dec 2019: $1,030,547 (+$31,437)

Well, that's a wrap. End of the year / decade and we broke $1 Mio! Total NW increase for 2019 was a staggering $311,937 thanks to Dec 2018's market decline. Moving on to the Race to $2 Mio thread...wishing all of you the best of luck.

Congrats!

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1462 on: January 01, 2020, 10:35:43 AM »
From Dec to Dec we are up $218k, which feels insane, but last year we were only up $46k due to the year end slump in the market. So I view this as almost 2 years of gain in one.
We had a similar year and I feel the same about it being like two years of gains in one. Looking at the average of 2018 and 2019 it almost feels "normal".

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1463 on: January 01, 2020, 11:08:53 AM »
12/2014: $97,686
12/2015: $129,157
12/2016: $206,179
12/2017: $317,990

1/2018: $341,983
2/2018: $333,875
3/2018: $328,485
4/2018: $338,787
5/2018: $353,747
6/2018: $361,028
7/2018: $381,336
8/2018: $402,486
9/2018: $408,560
10/2018: $383,538
11/2018: $397,907
12/2018: $366,214

1/2019: $403,773
2/2019: $423,854
3/2019: $435,590
4/2019: $455,332
5/2019: $439,288
6/2019: $471,706
7/2019: $483,830
8/2019: $479,814
9/2019: $494,165
10/2019: $512,168
11/2019: $537,136

12/2019: $557,416

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1464 on: January 01, 2020, 12:33:01 PM »
11/30/2017    $228,503.37
12/31/2017    $237,592.34
1/31/2018    $254,582.33
2/28/2018    $257,732.67
3/31/2018    $265,481.54
4/30/2018    $269,342.61
5/31/2018    $277,950.05
6/30/2018    $285,254.10
7/31/2018    $299,199.64
8/31/2018    $319,335.25
9/30/2018    $347,418.14
10/31/2018    $332,242.01
11/30/2018    $348,536.76
12/31/2018    $325,602.90
1/31/2019    $350,696.67
2/28/2019    $369,513.27
3/31/2019    $379,192.30
4/30/2019    $399,481.40
5/31/2019    $384,294.80
6/30/2019    $408,707.83
7/31/2019    $426,022.76
8/31/2019    $422,250.44
9/30/2019    $460,845.28
10/31/2019    $476,501.03
11/30/2019    $500,079.13
12/31/2019    $517,464.57

Hello everyone! I graduated from the 500K thread, so joining you in this race!

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1465 on: January 01, 2020, 12:36:48 PM »
Welcome @bigote2032

Congratulations @YellowCat!  Great job 

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1466 on: January 01, 2020, 01:18:40 PM »
A little tardy to joining this race, but better late than never.

March 2019 = $514k
Dec 2019 = $610k

I turned 35 this year. Not bad for someone who probably had a $20k net worth at 25 and didn't find MMM until 30. Still on pace to part-time it by my mid-40s.

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1467 on: January 01, 2020, 08:25:36 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
11/1/2019 - $675,000
12/1/2019 - $695,700
01/1/2020 - $717,000

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1468 on: January 02, 2020, 09:40:39 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
Nov 1, 2019: $827.9k
Dec 2, 2019: $863.6k

Jan 2, 2020: $894.8k - based on our current savings rate, 2020 will be the year we'll hit $1m*

*If the market is flat, if it drops then we'll wait it out ;)

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1469 on: January 02, 2020, 09:54:09 AM »
End-of-year update on the goal to Investments = $1M.
We've slowed down since we've bought a new house, took money out of the investments account for a downpayment, and start a major remodel also using money from our investments. Meanwhile, we are carrying our current 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)
12/31/19   $1.16M        $974k


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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1470 on: January 02, 2020, 10:28:37 AM »
I don't belong to this thread yet, but have been creepily lurking. I hear people saying 500k is the milestone after which you start to see crazy gains, can anyone comment on their experience with this?
Just squeaked in at $502k on 4/1/19 so I'm hoping you're right haha. So we'll see how the progress goes from here.
The gains have definitely exceeded my expectations as we're past 600k now, less than a year since hitting 500k.

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« Reply #1471 on: January 02, 2020, 08:50:19 PM »
Correcting error in previous post. Forgot to include December paycheck!
             cash+rental equity   add primary residence equity
1/2016      $507K                 $627K
1/2017      $625K                 $797K
9/2017      $784K                 $904K
12/2017    $762K                 $903K  begin remodeling primary residence
3/2018     $725K                  $866K
6/2018     $763K                  $910K  Zillow values for rental properties went way up
9/2018     $830K                  $945K   
12/2018   $821K                  $964K   
3/2019     $833K                  $977K  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.
9/2019     $832K                  $977K  Closed on the rental house!
12/2019   $818K                  $965K  Passed final inspection on our remodel. Paying off 0% CC bills. Installing solar panels on a rental. Upward trajectory should resume at the next update. But if we use the Nextdoor valuation for the primary residence, then we're at $1,031K for the second number right now. Pretend numbers. Not selling.


Adding in monthly updates for this home stretch for the TNW including home equity! Will go back to quarterly updates for the cash and rental equity goal.

1/2020     $836K              $996K       It's been a good month for real estate valuations even outside of Nextdoor. And the mutual funds also had a good month.



1MM dates      3/2022            2/2020 or maybe 3/2020

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1472 on: January 04, 2020, 03:57:48 PM »
Tracking liquid net worth only: Cash/Savings/Investments - do not have a mortgage or debt

Feb 1, 2016 - $90k
Apr 1, 2016 - $100k 
Jan 1, 2017 - $177k
(Took 7 month sabbatical between Jan 1st 2017 and December 1st 2017)
Dec 1, 2017 - $187k
Jan 1, 2018 - $196k
Feb 1, 2018 - $214,462
Mar 1, 2018 - $225,651
Apr 1, 2018 - $238,764
May 1, 2018 - $251,725
June 1, 2018 - $265,145
July 1, 2018 - $272,423
Aug 1, 2018 - $277,896
Sep 1, 2018 - $298,543
Oct 1, 2018 - $296,603
Nov 1, 2018 - $288,618
Dec 1, 2018 - $304,127
Jan 1, 2019 - $294,621
Feb 1, 2019 - $326,081
Mar 1, 2019 - $354,771
Apr 1, 2019 - $384,308
May 1, 2019 - $407,770
June 1, 2019 - $404,625
July 1, 2019 - $420,082
Aug 1, 2019 - $441,976
Sep 1, 2019 - $458,940
Oct 1, 2019 - $481,915
Nov 1, 2019 - $501,937
Dec 1, 2019 - $518,285
Jan 1, 2020 - $544,655

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1473 on: January 05, 2020, 02:36:03 AM »
01/01/17 £374668
01/01/18 £497097
01/01/19 £547415
01/01/20 £649762

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« Reply #1474 on: January 05, 2020, 08:48:40 AM »
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
1/1/2020 - 853k

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1475 on: January 05, 2020, 09:07:23 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 
Nov 5 2019: $602,772   
Dec 5 2019: $607,806

Jan 5 2020: $634,119  (+ $26,313.36)

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1476 on: January 05, 2020, 08:03:07 PM »
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
Nov. 1, 2019:    $559,267
Dec. 1, 2019:    $578,973

Jan 1, 2020:      $596,311

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1477 on: January 06, 2020, 09:43:25 AM »
Here's my progress thus far:

1/1/2015 - $319,018
3/31/2015 - $358,647
6/30/2015 - $350,887
9/30/2015 - $329,044
12/31/2015 - $340,246
3/31/2016 - $390,030
6/30/2016 - $408.983
9/1/2016 - $447,834
12/31/2016 - $459,043
3/31/2017 - $509,618
6/30/2017 - $520,691
9/30/17 - $553,269
12/31/17 - $557,941
3/31/18 - $583,773
6/30/18 - $590,057
9/30/18 - $610,690
12/31/18 - $579,919
3/31/19 - $683,428
6/30/19 - $706,159
9/30/19 - $698.968
12/31/19 - $760,501

Nice movement based on the great market in 2019.  Had to replace a totaled car so pulled out about $6K in the last two months but still good growth.  I also am still including the kids college savings which has now been moved to a savings account so less growth will happen in that account and may slow things in 2020 and beyond and obviously withdrawals for tuition will hit net worth, but as these funds not consumed would return to our stash figured it best to leave them in rather than take them out.

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1478 on: January 06, 2020, 02:20:51 PM »
How is everyone positioned for 2020?   I'm always thinking of ways to optimize my portfolio, and want to share an amazing investment vehicle not many consider for whatever reason (according to WSJ), and that is the Health Savings Account if you are enrolled in a qualifying high-deductible health insurance plan. This account has triple tax benefits, and can be an amazing addition to your retirement accounts, as a HSA also does not require minimum distributions once you reach retirement age.  I'll post additional details and personal tips soon on how to optimize your HSA.

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« Reply #1479 on: January 06, 2020, 02:29:45 PM »
How is everyone positioned for 2020?   I'm always thinking of ways to optimize my portfolio, and want to share an amazing investment vehicle not many consider for whatever reason (according to WSJ), and that is the Health Savings Account if you are enrolled in a qualifying high-deductible health insurance plan. This account has triple tax benefits, and can be an amazing addition to your retirement accounts, as a HSA also does not require minimum distributions once you reach retirement age.  I'll post additional details and personal tips soon on how to optimize your HSA.
I have been aware of this strategy but have not utilized it yet.  Not at a point where I can fund to that level.

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« Reply #1480 on: January 06, 2020, 03:07:05 PM »
How is everyone positioned for 2020?   I'm always thinking of ways to optimize my portfolio, and want to share an amazing investment vehicle not many consider for whatever reason (according to WSJ), and that is the Health Savings Account if you are enrolled in a qualifying high-deductible health insurance plan. This account has triple tax benefits, and can be an amazing addition to your retirement accounts, as a HSA also does not require minimum distributions once you reach retirement age.  I'll post additional details and personal tips soon on how to optimize your HSA.
I have been aware of this strategy but have not utilized it yet.  Not at a point where I can fund to that level.

Awesome - knowledge is half the battle.  I think folks should strongly consider increasing the priority of investing in a HSA if available to them, versus doing it as an afterthought.  For example, contribute to the 401K up to the amount that the employer will match, then consider contributing to a HSA.

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« Reply #1481 on: January 06, 2020, 03:17:12 PM »
How is everyone positioned for 2020?   I'm always thinking of ways to optimize my portfolio, and want to share an amazing investment vehicle not many consider for whatever reason (according to WSJ), and that is the Health Savings Account if you are enrolled in a qualifying high-deductible health insurance plan. This account has triple tax benefits, and can be an amazing addition to your retirement accounts, as a HSA also does not require minimum distributions once you reach retirement age.  I'll post additional details and personal tips soon on how to optimize your HSA.
I have been aware of this strategy but have not utilized it yet.  Not at a point where I can fund to that level.

Awesome - knowledge is half the battle.  I think folks should strongly consider increasing the priority of investing in a HSA if available to them, versus doing it as an afterthought.  For example, contribute to the 401K up to the amount that the employer will match, then consider contributing to a HSA.

This is already suggested in the sticky Investment Order post. The Mad Fientist post is very good reading on this subject as well.

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« Reply #1482 on: January 06, 2020, 08:40:36 PM »
How is everyone positioned for 2020?   I'm always thinking of ways to optimize my portfolio, and want to share an amazing investment vehicle not many consider for whatever reason (according to WSJ), and that is the Health Savings Account if you are enrolled in a qualifying high-deductible health insurance plan. This account has triple tax benefits, and can be an amazing addition to your retirement accounts, as a HSA also does not require minimum distributions once you reach retirement age.  I'll post additional details and personal tips soon on how to optimize your HSA.

-Jay

This is my 3rd year in a row maxing out my HSA. I immediately transfer it from my HSA account into my TDAmeritrade acct and invest the money. This year, I’m having $3550 (half) taken out of each of my first two January paychecks. The first one hit my investment account today.

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1483 on: January 07, 2020, 03:53:08 AM »
Welcome @ender and @bzzzt !

Congratulations @Roots&Wings!  Very well done indeed!

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« Reply #1484 on: January 07, 2020, 08:31:21 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}
Dec 2019  $778,776          ($95,881)        {$164,522}

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}
Oct 2019  $722,383             ($4,534)           {$23,148}
Nov 2019  $758,260            ($12,842)         {$35,877)
Dec 2019  $778,776            ($3,737)           {$16,780}
                         

Not too shabby $518,000 to $778,000 in a single year.  Hopefully 2020 doesn't try to make up for the good gains.  A few good years like this and I'd be in a great position to just stop working so much.  One can dream


Congrats to Yellowcat for hitting the 1M mark, hope to see you over in that thread sooner than later.  Keep up the great work everyone, just gotta keep plugging away at it.

 But don't forget to live today as well, tomorrow is never promised - As I have learned by saying good bye to several friends this year and a couple more found out they have cancer. 

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1485 on: January 07, 2020, 12:32:21 PM »
Long time lurker here. Decided to finally jump into the mix. Total NW 702k. Let’s do it!

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« Reply #1486 on: January 07, 2020, 01:56:52 PM »
Long time lurker here. Decided to finally jump into the mix. Total NW 702k. Let’s do it!
Glad to have you and have your first post be in this thread. 

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1487 on: January 07, 2020, 09:20:26 PM »
Jan 2017  $275k
Jan 2018 $356k
Jan 2019 $447k
Jan 2020 $559k (433 liquid + 126 prop)

I'm here from the last thread. I'm not quite sure when we crossed the 500k mark last year as it's been absolutely whirlwind for us, but the nice thing of set it and forget it is that it works when you're not paying attention!

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #1488 on: January 08, 2020, 08:53:50 AM »
Finally made it to this thread!

Jan 2018 -  $330,883
July 2018 - $372,389
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Jan 2019 -  $376,421
July 2019 - $449,818
Aug 2019 - $461,802
Sept 2019 -$471,690
Nov 2019 - $486,235
Dec 2019 - $498,006
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Jan 2020 - $501,901



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« Reply #1489 on: January 08, 2020, 03:51:37 PM »
Finally made it to this thread!

Jan 2018 -  $330,883
July 2018 - $372,389
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Jan 2019 -  $376,421
July 2019 - $449,818
Aug 2019 - $461,802
Sept 2019 -$471,690
Nov 2019 - $486,235
Dec 2019 - $498,006
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Jan 2020 - $501,901

Welcome Lollylegs!  Well done!

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« Reply #1490 on: January 08, 2020, 06:59:59 PM »
How is everyone positioned for 2020? 

I'm probably the weird one since after years of frontloading everything, this year we're moving right now and so we're doing minimums for retirement to cashflow some excess expenses and then will backload things once we're settled.

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« Reply #1491 on: January 09, 2020, 06:54:09 AM »
How is everyone positioned for 2020?
Same as 2019...and 2018 and 2017 and 2016........  Index funds make things pretty standard.  Until the stock market ceases to exist I will likely stay positioned in much the same way.  Perhaps several years after I hit FIRE I might need to readjust.

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« Reply #1492 on: January 09, 2020, 05:08:37 PM »
How is everyone positioned for 2020? 

I'm probably the weird one since after years of frontloading everything, this year we're moving right now and so we're doing minimums for retirement to cashflow some excess expenses and then will backload things once we're settled.

Life happens and we have to adjust accordingly!  I've done this too in years past.

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« Reply #1493 on: January 09, 2020, 05:10:21 PM »
How is everyone positioned for 2020?
Same as 2019...and 2018 and 2017 and 2016........  Index funds make things pretty standard.  Until the stock market ceases to exist I will likely stay positioned in much the same way.  Perhaps several years after I hit FIRE I might need to readjust.

I take it you are 100% equities?

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« Reply #1494 on: January 10, 2020, 09:14:56 AM »
yay I get to plonk myself down here now :) Is there a spreadsheet for this race?

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 (marking the 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- wow did I make a mistake lol!?
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« Reply #1495 on: January 10, 2020, 09:20:28 AM »
yay I get to plonk myself down here now :) Is there a spreadsheet for this race?

Welcome! I am not aware of a spreadsheet for this race.

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« Reply #1496 on: January 10, 2020, 10:13:44 AM »
How is everyone positioned for 2020?
Same as 2019...and 2018 and 2017 and 2016........  Index funds make things pretty standard.  Until the stock market ceases to exist I will likely stay positioned in much the same way.  Perhaps several years after I hit FIRE I might need to readjust.

I take it you are 100% equities?
No, 85 stock/15 bonds

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« Reply #1497 on: January 10, 2020, 11:11:18 AM »
We hit $500,606 today! I'm sure we'll hover around the line for a bit, but figured I'd go ahead throw in my lot here with you guys. I'm tracking investments only.

2014 -40k  <--- boo student loans
APR 2019: $250k
JUN 2019: $380k <-- got married and added his investments
JAN 2020: $500,606

It took me 4.5 years to get to $250k. It took 9 months to get to $500 (marriage boost sped that up nicely). :D

Can't wait to see what we'll accomplish in 2020. I heard the next $500k goes a lot faster. Anyone have estimates/predictions on how the time to graduate to the next thread changes? I hope we can hit it in five years.

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« Reply #1498 on: January 10, 2020, 11:46:57 AM »

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« Reply #1499 on: January 10, 2020, 12:59:37 PM »
We hit $500,606 today! I'm sure we'll hover around the line for a bit, but figured I'd go ahead throw in my lot here with you guys. I'm tracking investments only.

2014 -40k  <--- boo student loans
APR 2019: $250k
JUN 2019: $380k <-- got married and added his investments
JAN 2020: $500,606

It took me 4.5 years to get to $250k. It took 9 months to get to $500 (marriage boost sped that up nicely). :D

Can't wait to see what we'll accomplish in 2020. I heard the next $500k goes a lot faster. Anyone have estimates/predictions on how the time to graduate to the next thread changes? I hope we can hit it in five years.
Great news that you found someone with investments to add when you got married.  So many times people have 0 assets (or they think they do and it is their car).

 

Wow, a phone plan for fifteen bucks!