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Mile High FI With Jillian Johnsrud

December 16, 2021 by Mr. 1500 Days 1 Comment

This week on the Mile High FI podcast, Doug and I interview Jillian Johnsrud. We talked about her new book, Fire the Haters: Finding Courage to Create Online in a Critical World.Listen to the episode here: https://milehighfi.com/podcast/create-fearlessly-mhfi-035/Or watch on YouTube: … [Read more...] about Mile High FI With Jillian Johnsrud

Port Aransas, Austin, FinCon, And The Tesla Gigafactory

September 28, 2021 by Mr. 1500 Days 10 Comments

Mindy and I just got back from Texas. The main point of the trip was to attend a personal finance creator conference (FinCon), but we flew out a little early and went to the beach.I don't like to sit still. On a typical day, I get about 20,000 steps in, leaving the house multiple times for random walks and excursions.I also like to get out of town. Longmont is lovely, … [Read more...] about Port Aransas, Austin, FinCon, And The Tesla Gigafactory

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

2022: Investments only
1/1: $4,762,642
2/1: $4,404,447
3/1: $4,214,068
4/1: $4,499,622
5/1: $4,007,476
6/1: $3,929,270
7/1: $3,629,137
8/1: $4,111,547

Overall
2022 investment gains: -$651,095
Investment gains since 1/1/2013: $3,525,504
Net worth***: $4,341,547

* 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!