Why I threatened to leave my wife for a houseplant

December 9, 2014 by Mr. 1500 Days 1 Comment

Today, you’re in for a special treat. Even Steven interviewed me and I greatly enjoyed it. In the interview, among other fun facts, you’ll learn the following:

What I plan to do on the day I retire. Hint: It involves beer in more ways than one
What James Earl Jones, Christopher Walken and Pee Wee Herman have to do with my upcoming book
My 3.5 tips for acquiring great wealth
Why I threatened to leave Mrs. 1500 for a houseplant

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December 29, 2014 at 4:02 am

[…] crazy one). Recently this has inspired me to create an Interview of Sorts with Frugalwoods and 1500 Days. In both interviews I’m not sure who had more fun me or them, my guess is this guy! I […]

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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
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*

2020: Investments only
1/1: $2,035,040
2/1: $2,118,622
3/1: $2,078,857
4/1: $1,979,773
5/1: $2,491,119**
6/1: $2,526,338
7/1: $2,605,803

*Note: 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, so now count it as an investment.

**Note: We did a cash out refinance on our primary home and invested the money, hence the huge increase in the investment part of our portfolio. It also didn’t hurt that our tech stocks had a stupendous month.

2020 investment gains: $570,763

Overall
Gains since 1/1/2013: $2,019,760
Net worth***: $2,755,803

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

Finally, we still have about $370,000 in mortgage debt (which I love!). My solution was to accumulate enough money to cover this or $1,100,000.