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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2200 on: February 27, 2021, 05:35:43 PM »
We've saving about $2k every two weeks and it's hard to even know when it hits the account given all the market fluctuations.

Kinda nuts.

Also kinda demoralizing in a lot of ways, lol.

I know what you mean. We're at the point now where if the market moves 0.1% it exceeds our combined gross income for the day. Hard to even notice the contributions sometimes.

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2201 on: February 27, 2021, 08:33:20 PM »
$503,757.

Well shit. Guess I have to mingle in *this* room now. Change is...hard.

Hello! Spare Change has been around for awhile now in these threads...first posted a net worth of $11,963 in June of 2014. To be honest, I don't particularly have any motivation to graduate from this one. I would be retired before I did. Essentially FI now. I downshifted to PT about a year and a half ago. I work 5 days on, 9 off. Occasionally extra. Have a boatload of pto saved up. I still invest, just smaller amounts. The tortoise has arrived, and he's happy to make you hares look even better:). Cheers everyone!

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2202 on: February 27, 2021, 08:38:08 PM »
We've saving about $2k every two weeks and it's hard to even know when it hits the account given all the market fluctuations.

Kinda nuts.

Also kinda demoralizing in a lot of ways, lol.

I know what you mean. We're at the point now where if the market moves 0.1% it exceeds our combined gross income for the day. Hard to even notice the contributions sometimes.

It is what it is.

Buying shares either way right? Even if we break even on a year we still own more shares at the end :-)

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2203 on: February 28, 2021, 01:44:15 AM »
Jan 2014 - £222,149
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Jan 2015 - £250,275 (+£28,126)
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Jan 2016 - £272,607 (+£22,332)
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Jan 2017 - £346,854 (+£74,247)
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Jan 2018 - £456,088 (+£109,234)
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Jan 2019 - £495,379 (+£39,291)
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Jan 2020 - £606,791 (+£111,412)
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Jan 2021 £710,244 (+£103,453)
Feb 2021 £692,104 (-£18,141)
Mar 2021 £689,239 (-£2,865)

Ouch! Markets down again this week.

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2204 on: February 28, 2021, 02:28:51 AM »
$503,757.

Well shit. Guess I have to mingle in *this* room now. Change is...hard.

Hello! Spare Change has been around for awhile now in these threads...first posted a net worth of $11,963 in June of 2014. To be honest, I don't particularly have any motivation to graduate from this one. I would be retired before I did. Essentially FI now. I downshifted to PT about a year and a half ago. I work 5 days on, 9 off. Occasionally extra. Have a boatload of pto saved up. I still invest, just smaller amounts. The tortoise has arrived, and he's happy to make you hares look even better:). Cheers everyone!

Welcome from a fellow tortoise @SpareChange!  I've been in this thread many years and never expected to graduate.  But the stash has kept growing since we retired so it seems kind of fun to follow along and see if we can cross $1M.

Nice job on the work/life balance!

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2205 on: February 28, 2021, 02:32:50 AM »
Investments only, household combined.  Post is getting long -- I really gotta bite the bullet and do a table.

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  FIREd
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
2/1/20     $881
3/1/20     $845
4/1/20     $745
5/1/20     $815
6/1/20     $848
7/1/20     $867
8/1/20     $893
9/1/20     $917
10/1/20   $900
11/1/20   $888
12/1/20   $953

1/1/21     $970
2/1/21     $976
3/1/21     $980


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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2206 on: February 28, 2021, 06:12:59 AM »
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 FIRE'd
11/1/2019 - $675,000
12/1/2019 - $695,700
01/1/2020 - $717,000
02/1/2020 - $721,000
03/1/2020 - $702,500
04/1/2020 - $651,000
05/1/2020 - $686,700
06/1/2020 - $702,200
07/1/2020 - $710,000
08/1/2020 - $731,800
09/1/2020 - $753,000
10/1/2020 - $736,600
11/1/2020 - $731,900 Back to work, whoops!
12/1/2020 - $769,100
01/1/2021 - $800,400
02/1/2021 - $809,400
03/1/2021 - $829,100

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2207 on: February 28, 2021, 09:40:34 AM »
2015201620172018201920202021
January-$125,152 $190,212 $277,747 $300,773 $391,367 $503,318
February-$132,476 $205,111 $276,647 $312,970 $372,287 $516,580
March-$142,868 $207,302 $277,401 $328,015 $316,940 -
April-$146,221 $213,616 $279,721 $332,703 $357,205 -
May-$153,151 $220,848 $292,665 $321,134 $404,385 -
June-$151,884 $221,782 $288,234 $344,636 $401,862 -
July$111,061 $162,292 $229,419 $300,537 $340,103 $424,226 -
August$109,293 $164,716 $233,575 $306,219 $341,637 $440,114 -
September$104,752 $167,126 $242,747 $293,075 $347,779 $436,932 -
October$112,604 $167,659 $246,050 $293,488 $361,290 $458,230 -
November$112,690 $177,602 $255,539 $293,026 $369,972 $485,863 -
December$120,262 $182,345 $262,362 $301,471 $390,730 $498,601 -

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2208 on: February 28, 2021, 10:32:24 AM »
(tracking retirement accounts, cash accounts and conservative equity in my rental properties and side businesses)

12/2014    $32,000
12/2016    $64,000 (24 months)
1/2018      $128,000 (25 months)
5/2019      $256,000 (16 months)
11/2020  $512,000 (19 months)
[12/2022 $1,024,000 (24 months)] **TARGET**
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11/1/2020 $506,667.23
12/1/2020 $552,641.05 (tons of market gains...sustainable/real?)
1/1/2021   $574,330.90 (very excited for the next couple of months...bonus, raises, 401K match all hit!!!)
2/1/2021   $637,442.01
3/1/2021    $730,728.94 (still waiting on that 401k match/employer-side contribution to hit for another 38k)
« Last Edit: February 28, 2021, 10:34:35 AM by ingrownstudentloans »

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2209 on: February 28, 2021, 11:52:10 AM »
Welcome SpareChange! You might have outgrown you name with your arrival here. Curious about your budget if you're FI at $500k. Could you live on $20k a year?

Trifele, you will earn yourself a nice stiff drink if you do the table. It took me an embarrassingly long time to get mine converted but its nice now.


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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2210 on: February 28, 2021, 12:04:38 PM »
Month   Invested   Networth   
04/30/17   $67,858   $125,786   <---- Discovered MMM / LBYM
09/30/17   $100,416   $168,105   <---- 100k Invested
01/31/19   $251,061   $311,711   <---- 250k Invested
06/30/20   $501,158   $573,100   <---- 500k Invested
07/31/20   $534,311   $613,166   
08/31/20   $582,298   $662,814   
09/30/20   $568,854   $652,181   
10/31/20   $576,142   $672,826   
11/30/20   $645,423   $741,146   
12/31/20   $705,754   $811,062   
01/31/21   $726,286   $824,521   
02/28/21   $756,396   $857,552   

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2211 on: February 28, 2021, 01:13:53 PM »
$503,757.

Well shit. Guess I have to mingle in *this* room now. Change is...hard.

Hello! Spare Change has been around for awhile now in these threads...first posted a net worth of $11,963 in June of 2014. To be honest, I don't particularly have any motivation to graduate from this one. I would be retired before I did. Essentially FI now. I downshifted to PT about a year and a half ago. I work 5 days on, 9 off. Occasionally extra. Have a boatload of pto saved up. I still invest, just smaller amounts. The tortoise has arrived, and he's happy to make you hares look even better:). Cheers everyone!

Welcome from a fellow tortoise @SpareChange!  I've been in this thread many years and never expected to graduate.  But the stash has kept growing since we retired so it seems kind of fun to follow along and see if we can cross $1M.

Nice job on the work/life balance!

Thanks! Nice to meet you before you outgrow this thread. Congrats in advance! 

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2212 on: February 28, 2021, 01:57:07 PM »
Welcome SpareChange! You might have outgrown you name with your arrival here. Curious about your budget if you're FI at $500k. Could you live on $20k a year?

Thanks! Hmmm. Maybe I'll have to consider changing my avatar to precious metal coins at some point :). Outside of income taxes, my regular monthly, semi-annual, and annual expenses were just under 18k last year. So technically yes, but I wouldn't FIRE myself on it.

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2213 on: February 28, 2021, 02:05:14 PM »


$503,757.

Well shit. Guess I have to mingle in *this* room now. Change is...hard.

Welcome!!!! Always good to see my doppelganger :)

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2214 on: February 28, 2021, 02:22:25 PM »
1/1/20: 491k
2/1/20: 525k
3/1/20: 538k
4/1/20: 477k
5/1/20: 444k
6/4/20: 595k
7/1/20: 596k
8/1/20: 639k
9/1/20: 655k
10/1/20: 692k
11/1/20: 687k
12/1/20: 793k
12/31/20: 813k
1/23/21: 864k
2/3/21: 883k
2/28/21: 893k

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2215 on: February 28, 2021, 05:32:57 PM »


$503,757.

Well shit. Guess I have to mingle in *this* room now. Change is...hard.

Welcome!!!! Always good to see my doppelganger :)

Haha, indeed! I'll do my best to represent!

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2216 on: February 28, 2021, 06:27:33 PM »
Investments only, solo journey (so far)

                       2017                2018                2019                2020                2021               
January-$232,213$356,542$500,087$659,936
February-$245,447$383,348$502,244$662,250
March-$242,789$394,563$475,671$684,929
April$164,900$246,140$403,461$429,092-
May-$318,398$421,194$474,155-
June-$328,870$409,591$500,241-
July$180,808$342,159$435,981$516,358-
August$189,280$354,936$443,135$544,475-
September$193,727$366,727$441,101$579,806-
October$209,968$374,465$452,232$568,885-
November$220,602$361,296$466,688$562,892-
December$225,918$370,140$482,944$632,574-


I briefly saw myself hit 700K this past month.  It felt good to see that milestone, but I feel like 750k is the next big hurdle.  Hopefully I can pass it sometime soon.  Already received my federal tax return and should get my state return this next month and whatever stimulus is passed as well.  Got my first COVID vaccine this week and will hopefully get the second shot this next month, so things are looking up.

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2217 on: February 28, 2021, 10:51:33 PM »
LNW:

08/13/2020 $700,373
09/01/2020 $726,934
10/01/2020 $755,557 (windfall is the reason for the gain)
11/01/2020 $749,499
12/01/2020 $830,172
01/01/2021 $870,983
02/01/2021 $898,071
03/01/2021 $812,244 (house down payment = reason for the decrease)

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2218 on: March 01, 2021, 12:43:14 AM »
Bit late with the update but December was still solid, we ended the month at around $702k for another big milestone. 2020 was bonkers as far as year over year gains, partly due to selling it all and throwing it into the market in late July so it's not really 100% fair to compare.

Ever since moving to Europe and living in rented accommodations we have been able to stick to our generous budget and feel good about where the numbers will go in 2021. I might move to quarterly updates as the lack of contributions will this a very slow process.

Who was I kidding, I still check my investments at least every other day even though I'm coasting through a sabbatical.

Will add some high level context to clean it up/be more numbers focused:
January 2018: $95k
January 2019: $142k
January 2020: $264k
January 2021: $702k (invested over $200k from home sale mid 2020)
February 2021: $706k
March 2021: $725k

Let's keep on keeping on.

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2219 on: March 01, 2021, 06:39:19 AM »
                       2018                2019                2020                2021               
January$222,019$261,809$403,264$550,326
February$236,831$286,584$414,417$555,120
March$234,104$303,681$388,201$577,440
April$234,452$314,939$355,475-
May$241,470$331,080$398,672-
June$249,398$320,926$417,280-
July$253,884$342,700$424,818-
August$264,666$354,784$456,512-
September$276,905$351,842$491,411-
October$285,986$360,853$482,214-
November$267,359$374,706$475,471-
December$281,461$391,293$531,137-

As others have said, the end of the month dip certainly played a little havoc. But still a great month overall.

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2220 on: March 01, 2021, 07:26:10 AM »


Paid off the last of my student loans from law school. Feel great about it. Debt-free other than our home.

Congratulations!!!

Thanks so much! Now if I can only get my law school to stop asking me for donations.

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2221 on: March 01, 2021, 07:38:09 AM »
Thanks so much! Now if I can only get my law school to stop asking me for donations.

John Mulaney captures my thoughts pretty perfectly about colleges asking for donations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiqKK4ysI7g

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2222 on: March 01, 2021, 08:41:22 AM »


Paid off the last of my student loans from law school. Feel great about it. Debt-free other than our home.

Congratulations!!!

Thanks so much! Now if I can only get my law school to stop asking me for donations.

My husband and I went to the same college. They alternate calling us EVERY WEEK. I get the first and third week of each month, he gets the second and fourth... Honestly, I had a good experience there, I'd being willing to chip in a bit to support scholarships for students. But the frequency of the calls that started the month I graduated and no amount of asking them to stop calling or stopping because we decline the calls has frustrated me enough that they likely will get no money. Ever.

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2223 on: March 01, 2021, 09:27:24 AM »

                       2020                20212022
January-$580,000-
February-$584,000-
March-$605,000-
April---
May---
June---
July---
August---
September$517,937.94--
October$511,000.00--
November$514,001.00--
December$567,000.00--

Holding some cash, looking for a next rental property.

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2224 on: March 01, 2021, 10:32:33 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
Oct 2019    $583.5K / $664.5K
Nov 2019   $602.3K / $683.7K
Dec 2019   $621.3K / $703.1K
June 2020  $641.8K / $722.8K
July 2020   $674.1K / $755.9K
Aug 2020   $715.5K / $798.1K
Sep 2020   $704K / $787.3K
Oct 2020   $698.3K / $782.2K
Nov 2020   $770.4K / $854.9K
Dec 2020   $804.3K / $889.2K
Jan 2021   $809.6K / $895K
Feb 2021   $829.7K / $915.7K

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2225 on: March 01, 2021, 07:28:37 PM »
                         2017                2018                2019                2020               2021               2022               
January-318,100359,000465,145556,220-
February-321,800370,750467,380579,169-
March-313,540378,525418,695--
April255,900322,810391,005454,145--
May263,800328,600397,260472,320--
June268,100331,860407,265485,420--
July273,100340,250413,395502,730--
August276,800341,770413,070513,600--
September284,500348,465420,460511,466--
October292,100343,960429,655508,153--
November302,000347,470442,315537,343--
December309,500340,950447,950553,788--

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2226 on: March 02, 2021, 07:17:51 AM »
2015              2016              2017              2018              2019              2020              2021             
Jan141,251.00$193,414.19$283,829.36$359,505.30$546,089.75$762,355.51
Feb$135,573.00$200,758.63$304,851.88$397,087.41$557,258.06$780,137.13
Mar$138,331.39$211,677.78$303,796.17$428,309.57$522,077.78$815,764.71
Apr$98k$146,788.37$217,643.71$307,682.67$440,342.71$451,185.96
May$111k$149,149.52$225,773.04$315,634.59$456,285.80$510,875.92
Jun$112k
$161,205.21$232,222.09$337,046.55$441,047.77$551,923.37
Jul$113k$165,947.80$235,779.19$340,399.63$476,489.51$567,485.67
Aug$113k$176,198.00$244,461.55$363,304.76$486,559.27$601,161.19
Sept $116k
$178,840.37$247,101.69$385,572.12$483,967.28$653,037.25
Oct$184,372.64$256,365.91$392,296.56$490,200.54$639,398.62
Nov$120,330.91$181,625.28$266,140.14$370,000.25$501,003.17$637,260.06
Dec$138,810.56$187,972.57$279,806.93$386,361.40$531,904.82$723,586.82

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2227 on: March 02, 2021, 07:58:43 AM »
@turketron @hudsoncat I feel seen. And I totally lived like a Ninja Turtle during law school.

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2228 on: March 02, 2021, 09:07:27 AM »
Primary home equity and personal property not included.
Goals:
50/50 real estate to liquid equities and paying off all mortgages in the next 10 years. 
Move to $1MM to $2MM thread by 2023

Total Investable NW/Liquid
                                                       2021               
2001$133k/$14kJanuary$785k/$340k
2002$90k/$15kFebruary$803k/$349k
2003$142k/$15kMarch-
2004$271k/$16kApril-
2005$289k/$17kMay-
2006$275k/$18kJune-
2007$233k/$19kJuly-
2008$159k/$26kAugust-
2009$82k/$31kSeptember-
2010$46k/$45kOctober-
2011$-48k/$52kNovember-
2012$19k/$103kDecember-
2013$88k/$98k
2014$201k/$99k
2015$240k/$103k
2016$298k/$130k
2017$389k/$141k
2018$497k/$140k
2019$562k/$202k
2020$777k/$338k

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2229 on: March 02, 2021, 09:47:29 AM »


Paid off the last of my student loans from law school. Feel great about it. Debt-free other than our home.

Congratulations!!!

Thanks so much! Now if I can only get my law school to stop asking me for donations.

What better way to flex your lawyer muscles than to send them a cease and desist letter??!

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2230 on: March 02, 2021, 09:48:01 AM »
Looks like I'm a new entrant to this thread.  Hello!

I keep track using Net Worth // Invested Assets (ignores cash and equity in house/car)

1/1/17 - $102,000 // $72,403
6/27/17 - created MMM forum account
3/1/19 - $268,584 // $154,100
1/1/21 - $500,317 // $346,651
2/1/21 - $513,258 // $355,473

Net Worth // Invested Asset
1/1/21 - $500,317 // $346,651
2/1/21 - $513,258 // $355,473
3/1/21 - $531,847 // $366,107

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2231 on: March 02, 2021, 01:14:55 PM »
NW:
April 2017: 175k
April 2018: 333k
April 2019: 400k
February 2020: 515k
August 2020: 602k (415k invested/$50k cash)
December 2020: 669k (478k invested)
January 2021: 690k (507k invested)
March 2021: 716k (529k invested)

I tried to market time (ie take advantage of the sale) a little last week and ended up buying 2 days before the 3% dip 🙄

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2232 on: March 02, 2021, 04:35:34 PM »

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!?
Feb 3rd  $523
March 1st  $499  I am glad I rebalanced the end of Jan, bought more bonds to maintain my IPS.
April 1st $455
May 1st $498.5 didn't check all month, so surprised at this.
June 1st $519.5
July 1st $534 yay back up again!
August 10 $547.5  Had to replace my car this month, paid in full of course and still up! :)
Sept 3rd  $577
Oct 1st: $558
Nov 1st:
Dec 5th: $615
Dec 29th: $624 UP 90.5k for 2020

2021
Mar 2nd: $665

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2233 on: March 03, 2021, 02:59:22 AM »
Trifele, you will earn yourself a nice stiff drink if you do the table. It took me an embarrassingly long time to get mine converted but its nice now.

It's a deal @fuzzy math !

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2234 on: March 03, 2021, 06:32:43 AM »
July 2016 - $257,306
August 2016 - $264,625
September 2016 - $270,695
October 2016 - $283528
November 2016 - $291396
December 2016 - $295603
January 2017 - $303,195
March 2017 - $333,323
April 2017 - $340,884
May 2017 - $346,568
June 2017 - $357,230
July 2017 - $365,912
August 2017 - $370,689
September 2017 - $380,412
October 2017 - $390,025
November 2017 - $400,070
December 2017 - $404,188
January 2018 - $419426
February 2018 - $423744
May 2019 - $623013
August 2019 - $681260
November 2020 - $856576
December 2020 - $887822
January 2021 - $906,532
February 2021 - $933655

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2235 on: March 03, 2021, 06:45:59 AM »
                       2014                2015                2016                2017                2018                2019                2020                2021                2022               
January$-$292,190$304,411$437,806$581,831$615,789$767,806$941,921-
February$-$332,002$331,197$162,424$585,663$662,207$735,649$961,753-
March$-$332,209$331,749$481,340$583,773$683,014$683,851--
April$-$336,743$260,548$483,994$582,862$719,849$734,510--
May$256,131$338,884$373,153$483,982$585,929$701,938$760,661--
June$258,642$321,529$377,807$490,951$590,577$731,170$777,705--
July$276,381$320,767$414,764$503,706$601,024$721,753$819,352--
August$296,700$313,896$405,676$513,111$606,442$686,503$860,605--
September$290,244$301,079$422,204$525,158$610,690$698,968$868,597--
October$274,986$308,291$413,967$533,760$585,817$577,615$868,808--
November$282,762$308,558$419,572$549,074$595,773$620,036$910,235--
December$292,942$312,281$431,458$557,941$575,877$760,501$940,128--

Inching my way towards the break out point!  Up quite a bit these last 3 days but we will see what the month brings.  Still need over $25K to break into the two comma club.
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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2236 on: March 03, 2021, 05:26:04 PM »
                       2014                2015                2016                2017                2018                2019                2020                2021                2022               
January$-$292,190$304,411$437,806$581,831$615,789$767,806$941,921-
February$-$332,002$331,197$162,424$585,663$662,207$735,649$961,753-
March$-$332,209$331,749$481,340$583,773$683,014$683,851--
April$-$336,743$260,548$483,994$582,862$719,849$734,510--
May$256,131$338,884$373,153$483,982$585,929$701,938$760,661--
June$258,642$321,529$377,807$490,951$590,577$731,170$777,705--
July$276,381$320,767$414,764$503,706$601,024$721,753$819,352--
August$296,700$313,896$405,676$513,111$606,442$686,503$860,605--
September$290,244$301,079$422,204$525,158$610,690$698,968$868,597--
October$274,986$308,291$413,967$533,760$585,817$577,615$868,808--
November$282,762$308,558$419,572$549,074$595,773$620,036$910,235--
December$292,942$312,281$431,458$557,941$575,877$760,501$940,128--

Inching my way towards the break out point!  Up quite a bit these last 3 days but we will see what the month brings.  Still need over $25K to break into the two comma club.
I'd be almost peeing with excitement if we were that close :)

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2237 on: March 04, 2021, 06:52:08 PM »
Liquid net worth on mint:
Apr ‘20: $528k
May ‘20: $539k
Jun ‘20: $593k
Jul ‘20: $598k
Aug ‘20: $631k
Sep ‘20: $621k
Oct ‘20: $638k
Nov ‘20: $671k

Checking in after bonus & RSU vesting!
Dec ‘20: $728k
Jan ‘21: $748k
Feb ‘21: $776k
Mar ‘21: $878k

Continuing the corporate slog as long as I can stand it is at least supported by the impact on my NW #s. As shitty as this pandemic year was in many ways, at least I took a big step towards eventually being able to tell my corporate overlords to stuff it when I FIRE.

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2238 on: March 04, 2021, 07:53:12 PM »
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 (crossed $250k)

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 (Crossed $500k)

Dec 1, 2019 - $518,285
Jan 1, 2020 - $544,655
Feb 1, 2020 - $573,474
Mar 1, 2020 - $557,410
Apr 1, 2020 - $494,414
May 1, 2020 - $572,376
June 1, 2020 - $618,048
July 1, 2020 - $600,510
Aug 1, 2020 - $659,872
Sep 1, 2020 - $704,682
Oct 1, 2020 - $696,932
Nov 1, 2020 - $694,944
Dec 1, 2020 - $782,831
Jan 1, 2021 - $823,189
Feb 1, 2021 - $846,277
Mar 1, 2021 - $891,092

Meh - good market gains that dropped significantly since. Hit $899k at one point but still haven’t crossed that $900k yet. Really hoping I can hit the $1MM this year.

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2239 on: March 05, 2021, 08:27:32 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 
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 ($2,844

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2240 on: March 05, 2021, 10:16:23 AM »
November 11, 2020:  $527,000
December 11, 2020:  $607,796 (501,797 euros). This month's total is more accurate than last month's, because I actually did the euro conversions and the math with a calculator instead of just spitballing it.  I STILL don't have an answer from the government about how much taxes they want for 2019, but I don't think it's going to bust my butt back down under 500K DOLLARS.

Thanks to a previous mathematical error on my part, a good stock market (for now), the resolution of my tax situation, and clients paying before year-end, I've rocketed past 500K in both euros and dollars, so drum roll please:

January 4, 2020:  564,565 in euros/692,608 in dollars.

The dollar is just limping along and I'm keeping my fingers crossed for some improvement in 2021 but am not optimistic on that front.  Next stop 750K in dollars because that'll mean I'm halfway through this stage.  Will have to have a good year for that to happen.

I have officially made it to 750K in dollars.

March 5, 2021:  642,068 in euros/764,565 in dollars!  March will probably be a good month too.  Next stop 900K.

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2241 on: March 06, 2021, 06:14:26 AM »
@use2betrix @Dr Kidstache Alright you guys are on the most similar trajectory to me.  I'm following y'all/youse to keep myself accountable.

1/1/20: 491k
2/1/20: 525k
3/1/20: 538k
4/1/20: 477k
5/1/20: 444k
6/4/20: 595k
7/1/20: 596k
8/1/20: 639k
9/1/20: 655k
10/1/20: 692k
11/1/20: 687k
12/1/20: 793k
12/31/20: 813k
1/23/21: 864k
2/3/21: 883k
2/28/21: 893k

I wonder if smaller net worth brackets would work better (for me.)  Like, race from 1-1.1, 1.1-1.2 etc.  I'm going to make one if/when I graduate from this thread.

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2242 on: March 06, 2021, 08:25:38 AM »
@use2betrix @Dr Kidstache Alright you guys are on the most similar trajectory to me.  I'm following y'all/youse to keep myself accountable.

1/1/20: 491k
2/1/20: 525k
3/1/20: 538k
4/1/20: 477k
5/1/20: 444k
6/4/20: 595k
7/1/20: 596k
8/1/20: 639k
9/1/20: 655k
10/1/20: 692k
11/1/20: 687k
12/1/20: 793k
12/31/20: 813k
1/23/21: 864k
2/3/21: 883k
2/28/21: 893k

I wonder if smaller net worth brackets would work better (for me.)  Like, race from 1-1.1, 1.1-1.2 etc.  I'm going to make one if/when I graduate from this thread.

For most people with their net worth invested, the $100k jumps after $1MM will likely happen quick if they’re still working and have been accumulating rapidly.

The $500k-$1MM is a pretty big jump. While I’ll keep tracking and saving the same past $1MM, I won’t feel like I have a major “milestone goal” past a million. Simply “being a millionaire” is going to reap some sweet satisfaction.

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2243 on: March 06, 2021, 08:33:31 AM »
For most people with their net worth invested, the $100k jumps after $1MM will likely happen quick if they’re still working and have been accumulating rapidly.

The $500k-$1MM is a pretty big jump. While I’ll keep tracking and saving the same past $1MM, I won’t feel like I have a major “milestone goal” past a million. Simply “being a millionaire” is going to reap some sweet satisfaction.

I track 12/24 month gains in my net worth spreadsheet.

For most of the last 5 years it's been about $100k/year gains year over year. If the market keeps going like it's been going that interval it's pretty crazy how fast things go up. But, the more you have invested, the more major market corrections impact things.

I was happy that even in last years dip our year over year net worth was a gain (but barely). A 30%+ drop in this year would make that pretty challenging to pull off indefinitely.

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2244 on: March 06, 2021, 06:14:22 PM »
Date:  Investments / Net Worth

7/2016: 57,000 / 90,000
7/2017: 125,000 / 225,000
7/2018: 200,000 / 311,000
7/2019: 268,000 / 397,000
7/2020: 369,000 / 544,000
3/2021: 512,000 / 765,000

Excited to join the 500k invested club!  Looking forward to achieving 1mil faster than 500k!
« Last Edit: March 06, 2021, 06:17:23 PM by EastCoastBestCoast »

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2245 on: March 07, 2021, 03:38:14 AM »
Date:  Investments / Net Worth

7/2016: 57,000 / 90,000
7/2017: 125,000 / 225,000
7/2018: 200,000 / 311,000
7/2019: 268,000 / 397,000
7/2020: 369,000 / 544,000
3/2021: 512,000 / 765,000

Excited to join the 500k invested club!  Looking forward to achieving 1mil faster than 500k!

Welcome @EastCoastBestCoast!  You're doing fantastic, especially for your age.  Out of curiosity, do you have a target number?

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2246 on: March 07, 2021, 09:26:02 AM »
I'm officially joining this club. My invested net worth is $850k or so, depending on market fluctuations. I'm recently divorced and that number is half of what it was last year when combined with my ex.

I'm not sure what my new number is based on all my life changes. I also know that I am probably sticking where I am until my youngest graduates from high school in 12 years. I've gone from planning to stop working as soon as possible to planning to work for another 13 years 😂. And it's all fabulous because I'm doing it on my terms.

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« Reply #2247 on: March 08, 2021, 09:21:38 AM »
Investments only. Stashing cash for our big life change/move. Husband will retire from active duty army in June/July this year and no future jobs yet😬

Dec 20 - $501
Jan 21 - $510
Feb 21- ???
March 21- $530

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2248 on: March 08, 2021, 01:19:28 PM »
Date:  Investments / Net Worth

7/2016: 57,000 / 90,000
7/2017: 125,000 / 225,000
7/2018: 200,000 / 311,000
7/2019: 268,000 / 397,000
7/2020: 369,000 / 544,000
3/2021: 512,000 / 765,000

Excited to join the 500k invested club!  Looking forward to achieving 1mil faster than 500k!

Welcome @EastCoastBestCoast!  You're doing fantastic, especially for your age.  Out of curiosity, do you have a target number?

Thank you @Trifele for the welcome.  I do not have a number set at this time, still some big upcoming life changes to settle into before nailing down a number.  Next goal is 750k invested and a paid off mortgage, hoping to achieve both by 2025.  Will be revaluating at that point but until then, i'll be updating here periodically. 

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Re: Race from 500k to 1M!
« Reply #2249 on: March 09, 2021, 05:51:44 AM »
Just arrived to this discussion, $515k on 3/1/2021, and looking forward to the acceleration everyone describes!