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Being Yourself is Sexy

July 5, 2017 by Mr. 1500 Days 51 Comments

I started blogging way back on January 1st 2013. I didn't have any expectations. I just knew that I enjoyed writing and thought that holding myself publicly accountable on my journey to financial independence would be fun. My first big break came about four months later on Budgets are Sexy. My wife wrote about how we bought stock for our children to teach them about … [Read more...] about Being Yourself is Sexy

My goal was to build a debt-free* 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
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

2019: Investments only
1/1: $2,035,040
2/1: $2,118,622

Note: The big jump in 2019 was partly because we bought another home, but kept the previous (much more expensive) one as a rental, so now count it as an investment.

2020 gains: $83,582

Overall
Gains: $1,532,579
Net worth**: $2,483,622

*I still have about $80,000 in mortgage debt (which I love!). My solution was to accumulate enough money to cover this or $1,100,000.

**Includes our primary home in addition to our investment portfolio.

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