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Ask the Readers: What’s the Cheapest Thing You’ve Ever Done?

January 9, 2017 by Mrs. 1500 43 Comments

Hi there, Mrs. 1500 asking the question today. Brace yourselves readers:Before I tell you about Mr. 1500's fancy dinner plans, he needs to recap last week's answers, when we asked you to Tell us about your amazing 2017 plans! He also asked about you to name our future Komodo Dragons: … [Read more...] about Ask the Readers: What’s the Cheapest Thing You’ve Ever Done?

Ask the Readers: What is the Difference between Frugal and Cheap?

January 18, 2016 by Mr. 1500 Days 65 Comments

Mrs. 1500 is back today. The bad news is that she's planning on making fun of me. Sigh. What did I do to deserve the humiliation, especially here in public? I'm a consistent provider, a good father and an excellent sock folder/organizer. Really, you should see my sock drawer. It's a site to behold.Anyway, we have to get to last week's question: What would you do with … [Read more...] about Ask the Readers: What is the Difference between Frugal and Cheap?

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!