My main goal* was to build an investment and cash portfolio of $1,120,000* in 1500 days**, starting from 1/1/2013 and ending in February of 2017. I made my goal in 2016, my 1500 Days are over, and I’ve left my job. In the interest of openness, I’ll continue to share my numbers. My Favorite Employees In my last post, I […]
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2018 Midpoint: Portfolio Pops, Fitness Flops And FI Thoughts
Hey look, we’re halfway through 2018 already! Time to look back on the first half and a little more… Portfolio Pops The S&P 500 was flat for the first half of 2018, but my portfolio is up $87,269. About $20,000 of this is due to 401k contributions! (Thanks blog income and Mrs. 1500’s job!) Another […]
50 Years Left Of Vacation Days
One of the great parts about FIRE life is that it allows you to live unconventionally. Instead of a hurried, one week vacation, you can enjoy lazy, multi-week road trips. I’m in the middle of one right now. The Road More Traveled We left Colorado on a Saturday and our first stop was Casey Brewing, […]
Cavorting In Cuba
Summertime is funnertime! Funnertime? Really dude? What the hell kind of a word is that? OK, it’s a bad one. One that I just made up. I’m in Las Vegas right now and it’s about 1,000 degrees outside, so the heat must be melting whatever brain I have left. Sorry, I won’t use that word […]
Ask The Readers: Stress From The IRS Mess
Usually, I post Ask The Reader questions on Monday. However, my current situation calls for some urgency, so I’m getting this one out now. Also, it’s a bit of a rant and Thursdays were traditionally my day to complain. UPDATE! Thank you so much to Eric Bowlin, Danny the Pizza Guy, Rob, freddy smidlap and and Fiery […]
May Performance Update (Day 1976): Up $51,438! (Random Crap Edition)
My main goal* was to build an investment and cash portfolio of $1,120,000* in 1500 days**, starting from 1/1/2013 and ending in February of 2017. I made my goal in 2016, my 1500 Days are over, and I’ve left my job. In the interest of openness, I’ll continue to share my numbers. Random Crap Edition! Sometimes, you just can’t think […]
Tumultuous Times And Some Cuban Downtime
Life has been tumultuous lately. Mrs. 1500 and I thought that we’d raise our girls in our current home. We put a lot of work into it and were happy with it: Even though I’ve written about moving before, we never thought that we’d go through with it. However, something recently changed which has us […]
Thursday Rant: I’m A Quadrillionaire! (And Other Crap)
It’s been a while since I tossed a rant your way. The weather is warm and the drinks are cold. Life has been good. Rants are largely a product of foul moods, so I just haven’t been feeling it. However, the other day, I noticed a ridiculous story on a financial “news” website. It went […]
Trailer Park #2: Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems?
Our net worth now sits at $2,156,341: The money breaks down like this: $755,264: Real estate including one private loan, one trailer park and multiple syndication deals $866,077: Stocks and index funds $515,000: Home equity, cars and dinosaurs Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems? We have enough money to never have to worry about money. We […]
Zen And The Art Of Mind Maintenance: Mr. PP And Mental Space
Every other Friday, I provide an update on my exercise goals. In between, I’m writing about mental fitness. I didn’t post anything on Monday. I had something ready to go, but then I read it over a couple times and realized that what I had written wasn’t so great. I was disappointed because the words I […]
Strength Training Update #4: Mind Over Muscle
I like to set fitness goals for myself. In the first quarter, my goal was to run a half marathon which I did on March 31st. Now it’s time for a new goal and in the second quarter, I’m focusing on strength training. I’ll see how much I can increase my push-up and pull-up maximum repetitions before […]