Vacation

24 Months Of Early Retirement in 24 Pictures

April 10, 2019 by Mr. 1500 Days 17 Comments

This Saturday will mark the two year anniversary of my departure from formal work, I'll have much more to say on that next week. In the meantime, enjoy some juicy photos.2017April: I left my job on 4/13. A week before my last day, I stopped in the Chicago office for one last trip.May: Mrs. 1500 and I visited the Penny Planters in Florida.June: The family … [Read more...] about 24 Months Of Early Retirement in 24 Pictures

California Dreamin’

June 8, 2015 by Mr. 1500 Days 26 Comments

Please excuse my diversion from Personal Finance related stuff today. We're on vacation, so I'm going to tell you about that instead. I wrote about the first part of our trip here. Pismo Beach On Thursday, we arrived in Pismo Beach. Pismo is a quiet beach town (on the week days anyway) that we really enjoy.On vacation, one of my favorite things to do is explore on foot … [Read more...] about California Dreamin’

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!