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10 Questions with Getting a Rich Life

January 18, 2014 by Mr. 1500 Days 14 Comments

Today is the 19th edition of our periodic guest post series called 10 Questions and a Pizza Place. (The 1500′s are pizza fanatics.) We have a list of 17 questions we pose to fellow financial bloggers, and they are free to pick and choose 10 or answer all 17. Let us know if you would like to be featured in a future edition of 10 Questions. Today's 10 Questions features Charles … [Read more...] about 10 Questions with Getting a Rich Life

RAGBRAI: Day 1

July 22, 2013 by Mr. 1500 Days 13 Comments

Here's the deal. This week, we're on vacation, so no personal finance posts.Vacation = RAGBRAI. What is RAGBRAI you say? Let's back up a second.Mrs. 1500 and I have always loved bicycles. Way back when Mrs. 1500 and I were dating, she mentioned that there was this ride across Iowa called the the Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa that was supposed to be a lot of … [Read more...] about RAGBRAI: Day 1

Thursday Rant: An Update on my Wasteful Neighbors

June 13, 2013 by Mr. 1500 Days 33 Comments

You're such an inspiration for the ways that I'll never ever choose to be. -random song lyric Hi there, Mrs. 1500 here.Regular readers know that we used to live in a neighborhood that was rife with wastefulness. Perhaps because I grew up without a ton of money, perhaps because my parents were both children of the Great Depression and acted like something had to be worn out … [Read more...] about Thursday Rant: An Update on my Wasteful Neighbors

Thursday Rant: Why can’t I get through?

March 21, 2013 by Mr. 1500 Days 22 Comments

Never, never, never give up. -Winston ChurchillI don't want to change the world, and I don't want the world to change me. -Ozzy OsbourneOne of my friends is months away from graduating with an advanced degree. She'll be starting out making somewhere around $70,000 per year and has almost no debt. What a great situation! Recently, she asked me for financial advice. I … [Read more...] about Thursday Rant: Why can’t I get through?

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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

Gains: $748,778

Overall
Gains since 1/1/2013: $3,275,556
Net worth***: $4,091,599

* 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!