It's hard to believe, just three years ago I was sitting on about 150K in assets. Now I'm sitting on close to 600K. Between saving a lot of money and real estate appreciation, in just three years it went up that much. Of course it's market timing. I had money to invest in a down market. I had been waiting for an opportunity. I bought pretty close to the bottom in general. Hoping to do more of the same next down turn. I know they say the second half comes faster and easier than the first. Of course a down turn could change that temporarily. I say temporarily because I plan on having capital to invest during the downturn, which when it recovers, would be even more powerful.
Alas, the last three years have been good to me. Work sucked something fierce sometimes, even now at times, but man was it good for my net worth and cash flow. It's amazing how three years can change your net worth that fast.