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Trains, San Francisco, Yosemite and Buzzballz

June 4, 2015 by Mr. 1500 Days 30 Comments

This week, the 1500 family is on vacation. Please excuse my break from personal finance stuff while I regale you with amateur smart-phone photography.We are in the middle of an epic vacation. First, we took a train from Denver to San Francisco. We spent two nights there before heading off to Yosemite. We left Yosemite this morning and just rolled into beautiful Pismo … [Read more...] about Trains, San Francisco, Yosemite and Buzzballz

Hiking!

June 15, 2013 by Mr. 1500 Days 29 Comments

Please excuse my little diversion from personal finance stuff. Recently, Anna from Are Ya Gonna Eat That? wrote a nice post about running finding peace. We started chatting about hiking and I promised to post some photos of my adventures. I always try to have a camera with me and love taking pictures. Before we get to that, I wanted to mention how much I enjoy little walks in … [Read more...] about Hiking!

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!