2million's Personal Finance Blog

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September 6, 2011

August 2011 Net Worth Update (-$14,277)

Assets Jul-11 Aug-11 Change % Cash & Savings $ 47,851.18 $ 21,959.35 $ (25,891.83) -54.11% Taxable Brokerage Accts $ 163,383.13 $ 157,123.53 $ (6,259.60) -3.83% Roth IRAs $ 79,978.05 $ 75,902.91 $ (4,075.14) -5.10% Pre-tax Retirement Accts $ 281,904.48...
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September 8, 2011

Investment Performance August 2011 (-5.42%)

This is an ongoing monthly update on how our equity investments are performing. Please see this background on the investment tool I developed and how I am using it to track our performance against a benchmark to measure our progress...
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September 12, 2011

Household Debt Snapshot September 2011

Here is an updated snapshot of our current debt (all mortgages on our primary and rental properties). The last debt breakdown I provided was back in March 2011 with a total of $356,358. Loan Description Property Balance Payment Matures 1...
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September 20, 2011

DIY Plumbing Got A Lot Easier

A recent home improvement project has my head spinning with possibilities as one of the more complicated and expensive construction trades just got a whole lot cheaper to me. This plumbing break through is permanent push connect fittings. Apparently they...
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September 27, 2011

Rental Property Investment Breakdown

Here is some overdue financial record keeping from our latest rental investment in August 2011. This breaks down all our out of pocket costs to purchase the property and get the 1st tenant in place. Out of Pocket Investment in...
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