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Serial Entrepreneurs Are Kind of Like Bad Boyfriends

July 26, 2018 by Mr. 1500 Days 4 Comments

While I'm tagging along with my wife at Podcast Movement in Philadelphia, enjoy this guest post from my friend Eric Bowlin. Like a lot of concepts, serial entrepreneurship might sound amazing at first.But, as you grow as a person, you begin to realize that it takes a lot of energy to grow and develop anything that is worth having.Anecdotally, it seems that if you ask a … [Read more...] about Serial Entrepreneurs Are Kind of Like Bad Boyfriends

Guest Post: Fear of Financial Independence

October 19, 2016 by Mr. 1500 Days 39 Comments

Today is a guest post from by buddy Eric over at EricBowlin.com. I loved Eric's story at first read. By the age of 30, he had created a mini real estate empire and became financially independent. He also knows how to live. These lines from his About page put a huge smile on my face: I sometimes will work for two weeks straight, wake up early, and work tirelessly. Other times I … [Read more...] about Guest Post: Fear of Financial Independence

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

Gains: $1,240,242

Overall
Gains since 1/1/2013: $3,767,020
Net worth***: $4,583,063

* 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!