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Ecuador Part 2: My Peeps 4 Keeps

January 18, 2017 by Mr. 1500 Days 38 Comments

You know you're reading high journalism when the title of the article resenbles a text from a 13-year-old girl. Stay with me folks, it will all make sense. Or maybe it won't. I wrote an overview of the Ecuador chautauqua experience last November. Today, I continue with Part 2.I love Peeps. Who doesn't? Life doesn't get much better than a piece of processed sugar … [Read more...] about Ecuador Part 2: My Peeps 4 Keeps

Ecuador, Part 1: Pictures, Pilsener and more Pilsener

November 30, 2016 by Mr. 1500 Days 37 Comments

I'm writing a three part series on my experiences in Ecuador:Part 1: Pictures, Pilsener and more Pilsener Part 2: What I Learned (12/14) Part 3 : My Epiphany (12/20)Today, I give you Part 1.A couple weeks ago, I met up with old and new friends in Ecuador at the annual chautauqua that Jim Collins puts together. What is a chautauqua you ask? I consulted … [Read more...] about Ecuador, Part 1: Pictures, Pilsener and more Pilsener

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!