Lending Club and Prosper

Ask the Readers: How would you divvy up One Million Dollars?

May 5, 2014 by Mr. 1500 Days 28 Comments

Hi there! Mrs. 1500 back after an exhausting few weeks of working on the house.Last time I posted an Ask the Readers question, I asked what YOU wanted to know. I originally started this (mostly) weekly series of questions because I had some questions that I wanted answers to. I have been scraping the bottom of my barrel lately, so I thought I would open it up to you and see … [Read more...] about Ask the Readers: How would you divvy up One Million Dollars?

Lending Club verses Prosper

March 16, 2013 by Mr. 1500 Days 14 Comments

While I've only been blogging about my Lending Club returns so far, I also have a Prosper account. I've actually been a lender with Prosper longer than Lending Club, almost 2.5 years now. I've been a lender with Lending Club for almost 2 years.You would think that by now, I'd be able to choose a favorite. However, I cannot. They both have features that I like. Prosper has … [Read more...] about Lending Club verses Prosper

My goal was to build a portfolio of $1,000,000 by February of 2017; 1500 days from the birth of this blog (January 1, 2013). And hey look, I’ve since retired!

Investments only (primary home excluded)
1/1/13 (The Start): $586,043
1/1/14 (1 Yr Later): $869,635
1/1/15 (2 Yrs Later): $987,351
1/1/16 (3 Yrs Later): $1,057,961
1/1/17 (4 Yrs Later): $1,257,128
1/1/18 (5 Yrs Later): $1,527,701
1/1/19 (6 Yrs Later): $1,549,440
1/1/20 (7 Yrs Later): $2,035,040*
1/1/21 (8 Yrs Later): $3,379,746**
1/1/22 (9 Yrs Later): $4,762,642
1/1/23 (10 Yrs Later): $3,112,821

2023: Investments only
1/1: $3,112,821
2/1: $3,582,368
3/1: $3,716,852
4/1: $3,861,599
5/1: $3,694,445
6/1: $4,089,141
7/1: $4,384,858
8/1: $4,539,865
9/1: $4,468,622
10/1: $4,353,063
11/1: $4,027,929

Gains: $915,108

Overall
Gains since 1/1/2013: $3,441,886
Net worth***: $4,257,929

* The big jump between 2019 and 2020 was partly because we bought another home, but kept the previous (much more expensive) one as a rental. We have since sold it.

** Tesla.

*** Includes our primary home equity in addition to our investment portfolio.

Finally, we still have about $290,000 in mortgage debt (which I love!). No regrets about the debts!