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Mad Fientist On Mile High FI!

February 17, 2022 by Mr. 1500 Days Leave a Comment

I first met the Mad Fientist way back at a conference in 2013 in St. Louis. Since then, we’ve hung out in New Orleans, the mountains of Colorado, and Scotland:

Me, Mrs. 1500, and the Mad Fientists in Edinburgh

I didn’t know what to expect when starting a blog, but my favorite part has become meeting fun and interesting humans from all over the world. I’m so thankful for my FI community and the friends I’ve gained from it!

Mad FI on Mile High FI

Recently, the Mad Fientist (Brandon) passed through Colorado and stopped by the Mile High FI studio for an interview. We talked about:

  • Our first meeting
  • Brandon’s discovery of FIRE
  • Future experiments in the FI Laboratory
  • The Switzerland Incident
  • Taco Bell versus Michelin rated dining
  • And much more!

Listen to the interview:

  • Apple
  • Google
  • Spotify
  • Stitcher

Or watch on YouTube:

Still haven’t had enough? See my appearances on the Mad Fientist podcast:

  • Pulling The Early Retirement Trigger
  • Mad Fientist Podcast Takeover
  • Physician On FIRE (listen too Mindy’s gangsta rap at the end of this one)

Finally, if you like the Mile High FI podcast, consider signing up for our email list. We promise not to harass you too much! 🙂

More 1500 Days!!!

You can also find me (and the dinosaurs) at:

Mile High FI podcast:

  • Listen on Apple, Google, YouTube, and Spotify

Also here:

  • Facebook: Facebook group and page
  • YouTube: My channel is mostly devoted to home improvement, but I have some other material coming up soon too.
  • Instagram: Pretty pictures of dinosaurs, sunsets, and nail guns!
  • Twitter: Spontaneous, often insane, ramblings
  • Coworking space: On the surface, MMM HQ is a coworking space. Look a little deeper and you’ll see that we’re really building community. The members of MMM HQ are some of the finest people I know.

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Freedom!

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
1/1/24 (11 Yrs Later): $4,562,750
1/1/25 (12 Yrs Later): $6,060,794

2025: Investments only
1/1: $6,060,794
2/1: $6,147,861
3/1: $5,729,518
4/1: $5,358,309
5/1: $5,444,482
6/1: $5,830,567
7/1: $5,904,562
8/1: $6,469,507

Gains (since 1/1/2025): $408,713

Overall
Gains since 1/1/2013: $5,883,464
Net worth***: $6,869,507

* 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 and started counting it as an investment. 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!

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