September 2009 Net Worth Update (+$25,475)

Another suprisingly strong month for us due largely to gains in the stock market.

Assets

Aug-09

Sep-09

Change

%

Cash & Savings

$ 8,117.17

$ 20,328.62

$ 12,211.45

150.44%

Taxable Brokerage Accts

$ 88,230.54

$ 93,930.10

$ 5,699.56

6.46%

Roth IRAs

$ 41,901.97

$ 42,181.54

$ 279.57

0.67%

Pre-tax Retirement Accts

$ 171,718.48

$ 186,764.04

$ 15,045.56

8.76%

Stock Options

$ 19,760.00

$ 22,920.00

$ 3,160.00

15.99%

ESPP

$ 31,874.67

$ 20,651.30

$ (11,223.37)

-35.21%

House #1 - Rental

$ 160,000.00

$ 160,000.00

$ -

0.00%

House #2 - Rental

$ 128,225.00

$ 128,225.00

$ -

0.00%

House #3 - ???

$ 104,710.00

$ 104,110.00

$ (600.00)

-0.57%

House #4 - Primary

$ 300,000.00

$ 300,000.00

$ -

0.00%

Receivable (Payable)

$ -

$ -

$ -

 

Other Assets

$ -

$ -

$ -

 

Total Assets

$ 1,054,537.83

$1,079,110.60

$ 24,572.77

2.33%

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

Credit Card Balances

$ (2,131.49)

$ (3,563.90)

$ (1,432.41)

67.20%

House #1 Mortgages

$ (135,710.60)

$ (135,345.94)

$ 364.66

-0.27%

House #2 Mortgages

$ (37,052.93)

$ (34,244.93)

$ 2,808.00

-7.58%

House #3 Mortgages

$ (87,130.22)

$ (86,875.95)

$ 254.27

-0.29%

House #4 Mortgages

$ (239,189.41)

$ (238,882.55)

$ 306.86

-0.13%

Rental Deposits

$ (4,657.72)

$ (4,657.72)

$ -

0.00%

Additional Tax Liability

$ (7,311.20)

$ (8,709.60)

$ (1,398.40)

19.13%

Other Liabilities

 

 

$ -

 

Total Liabilities

$ (513,183.57)

$ (512,280.59)

$ 902.98

-0.18%

$2million Goal Progress*

$ 480,543.67

$ 505,712.56

$ 25,168.89

5.24%

Net Worth

$ 541,354.26

$ 566,830.01

$ 25,475.75

4.71%

Highlights for September


  • All credit card debt (except current month's purchases) is in the form of 0% APR balance transfers earning interest in my savings accounts. We paid off the last of our 0% balance transfers in January. The well has dried up for now, but we are ready to take advantages if any offers come our way.

  • We track our real estate properties according to our cost basis (with the exception of House #3). We offically put House #3 on the market this month, but showings have been slow.

  • We feel pretty flush after 6 months of plus $15k growth. However from a cash flow perspective things are tighter than before. Down to a single income with a bigger house and bigger family are making monthly expenses higher and there isn't a pile of cash left over at the end of the month. Im spending a fair amount of time thinking about how we can improve this situation. We have a plan to to payoff the loan balances associated to House #2 that will help significantly, but we have to get through paying them off first. That can't come soon enough for me.
  • We received a check for the proceeds from the escrow account on our House #2 mortgage that we paid off with an IELOC last month. This added nearly $2k in cash on our balance sheet.
  • September was another good month for our stock investments. I'll post our September investment update soon. We sold 100 shares of IBM stock in our ESPP which netted us over $12k in cash for the month. We also purchased additional stock in Markel in our taxable brokerage accounts.

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Comments (2)


Wow... a $25,000 increase in one month. Congratulations! How do you feel about your mortgage debt? I similarly have quite a bit of mortgage debt on my properties. I was fine with this since they are income-producing, but having recently lost my job, it's a bit scary to know I have to pay these mortgages even if a tenant doesn't pay me.

Nice bump in cash for the month. I like the way you break down all of your assets and liabilities - simple, yet effective!

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