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Thursday Rant: Piloerection Parking Pandemonium

February 5, 2015 by Mr. 1500 Days 54 Comments

Before we start, I need to get something out of the way. Piloerection* is nothing more than the scientific name for goosebumps. Don't say that you never learned anything here at 1500 Days. You also have a fun new word to try out on your friends, family and coworkers. A battle is brewing in my town and it's starting to get nasty. The source of the conflict is the parking … [Read more...] about Thursday Rant: Piloerection Parking Pandemonium

Thursday Rant: Crazy People, Birds and Fish

August 29, 2013 by Mr. 1500 Days 35 Comments

This lady across the street from us has a talking parrot. It's summer and we both have our windows open, so I can hear their "conversations" clearly. I must say that they greatly amuse me. This one happened last week:Parrot: Hello! Crazy lady (very agitated): SHUTTUP!Parrot: Hi! Crazy lady (even more agitated): SHUTTUP!!!Parrot: Hello!! Crazy lady (violently … [Read more...] about Thursday Rant: Crazy People, Birds and Fish

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

Overall
2023 investment gains: $469,547
Investment gains since 1/1/2013: $2,996,325
Net worth***: $3,812,368

* 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!