Holy Cow! We had a $118,448 increase in Net Worth in one Month!

Mostly this was due to selling our inherited paid off house. With the proceeds we paid off some student loans, bumped up our stock portfolios, stashed… just check out this post if you want to see the glory(sic) details.

Total Assets: $2,036,953 up + $ 71,217 from last month

Accounts receivable, This is a business deal from 2014

Boat & Cars, Depreciating assets, but cars new in 2015

Real Estate  2nd home/vacation rental

Primary Residence

Retirement accounts; 2 people, 2 jobs each, 5 accounts total

Brokerage accounts; 2 taxable stock accounts

College Funds; Prepaid tuition and 529 accounts or 2 kids

Bonds; ‘I bonds’ bought through Treasury Direct

Cash & Metals; 6 accounts and a security deposit box

Health Savings Acct., Just started in 2015

Total Liabilities;$483,808 down – $47,271 from last month

Mortgage on House; Bought in 2005 Interest 3.75%

Mortgage 2nd Home; Bought in 2012 Interest 3.5%

Student Loan (killed off DW’s loan, only 1 left now!); Law school sucks

HELOC; Current APR 3.49%

TOTAL NET WORTH $1,553,145

Tracking your own net worth is perhaps the second most important thing you can do to improve your financial picture. Budgeting your expenses to see where the money goes is probably still number one.

Budgeting is like paying attention to ball game while tracking net worth is like paying attention to the baseball season.

Months can goes up or down, you need a longer picture to evaluate your progress. You are either bringing in more money than you’re spending or you are losing money each month. Tracking Net Worth is easy, useful, and addictive.

Remember: ‘Comparison is the Thief of Joy’