March 2019 – Detailed Financial Report #51 – Net Worth $1,100,055 | Income $26,324
This is report number 51 of a potential 240 as I document my journey to a $10M net worth – only 189 reports to go! As we sprint towards our goal of paying the mortgage off by July of this year, I’ve been thinking about how this report ought to evolve. The obvious change will […]
Chasing FIRE Interview #6 – Marc from Vital Dollar
Today we continue our Chasing Fire interview series (click the link to see all interviews in this series). I have always enjoyed reading and listening to interviews to learn how people got to where they are, so as to learn from the successes and failures of others. Each individual’s story and path is unique, and we can certainly gain […]
The Super Secret Interview I Did For the Tim Ferriss Book “Tribe of Mentors”
I’ve been keeping a secret from you guys for a long time and I just can’t keep it in anymore. Tim Ferriss published his latest book, Tribe of Mentors, over a year ago. He asked to include me, and as you can imagine, I was humbled, excited, and scared as hell. If I said “yes,” then […]
FIRE Starter: How Creating a Side Project Can Boost Your Marketability and Income
Zach spent his first three posts providing us with nine actionable tips for savings, investing, and growing wealth in your 20s (part I, part II, and part III). The information in that series could change the rest of your life if you follow it. Today Zach is sharing the benefit of side projects and how they […]
February 2019 – Detailed Financial Report #50 – Net Worth $1,086,876 | Income $59,020
Another one bites the dust! Yes, I recently watched the movie “Bohemian Rhapsody,” thus the opening to this post. I thought it was an excellent movie and the music was great! February flew by. It was a short month but it also happens to align with Mrs. GYFG going back to work and me traveling […]
My Commercial Real Estate Portfolio with Rich Uncles
Real Estate (RE) has become a much larger percentage of my overall net worth than I had anticipated when I put together my blueprint to a $10M net worth. Back in early 2015, I estimated that RE would make up about 22% of the total net worth pie. Per my latest detailed financial report (December 2018 – […]
4 Years into Our 20 Year Journey to a $10,000,000 Net Worth
I’ve been itching to write this post for some time. I really can’t believe it’s been four years since I announced publicly that the GYFG household was chasing such an ambitious goal – a $10M net worth in twenty years. I received a lot of doubt at the time, which is understandable, because for most people […]
Chasing FIRE Interview #5 – Cody from Fly to FI
Today we continue our Chasing Fire interview series (<- click the link to see all interviews in this series). I have always enjoyed reading and listening to interviews to learn how people got to where they are, so as to learn from the successes and failures of others. Each individual’s story and path is unique, and we can certainly […]
January 2019 – Detailed Financial Report #49 – Net Worth $1,046,938 | Income $27,522
Poof! January has disappeared, and with it went 2,678,400 seconds. And you thought money was slippery? At the end of the day, money is only a measure of how much time freedom you have. If you think about the 4% rule, its basic premise is to accumulate 25X your desired annual burn rate in order […]