California

California Dreamin’

June 8, 2015 by Mr. 1500 Days 26 Comments

Please excuse my diversion from Personal Finance related stuff today. We're on vacation, so I'm going to tell you about that instead. I wrote about the first part of our trip here. Pismo Beach On Thursday, we arrived in Pismo Beach. Pismo is a quiet beach town (on the week days anyway) that we really enjoy.On vacation, one of my favorite things to do is explore on foot … [Read more...] about California Dreamin’

Trains, San Francisco, Yosemite and Buzzballz

June 4, 2015 by Mr. 1500 Days 30 Comments

This week, the 1500 family is on vacation. Please excuse my break from personal finance stuff while I regale you with amateur smart-phone photography.We are in the middle of an epic vacation. First, we took a train from Denver to San Francisco. We spent two nights there before heading off to Yosemite. We left Yosemite this morning and just rolled into beautiful Pismo … [Read more...] about Trains, San Francisco, Yosemite and Buzzballz

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

Gains: $1,355,801

Overall
Gains since 1/1/2013: $3,882,579
Net worth***: $4,698,622

* 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!