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Old 09-09-2008, 09:10 PM   #21
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Odometer number today in actual net worth.

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Old 01-03-2010, 09:18 PM   #23
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Withdrawal rate less than 100%. I know in post #9 above I wrote about being below 20%; I have changed my spreadsheet around several times since then so not really an apples-to-apples comparison.

Nominal FI is under age 45 also (44.94 at the moment).

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OK, now I am thoroughly confused. From the last post I figured you had a really old car -- the more ancient the better. Now your withdrawal/expenses must be through the roof??
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"Odometer number" is what I call it when the net worth number rolls past $X00,000.00.

If I retired today, my withdrawal rate would be 99.89%. I'm waiting for it to drop to less than 4% before declaring myself FI.

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Congratulations SecondCor! This is quite a milestone. Hopefully, it will be like a snowball rolling downhill from here on.
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My withdrawal rate today would be 57.91%.

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My withdrawal rate today would be 38.93%

I'm calling myself FI when it drops to 4%, which I'm SWAGging at about another 4 years.

Or 99,627,104,722,793 platelets.

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My withdrawal rate today would be 38.93%
I'm calling myself FI when it drops to 4%, which I'm SWAGging at about another 4 years.
I'm confused. Let's say you need $40K/yr to live on. That means you'd need $1M to have a 4%SWR and you plan to be at that in 4 years. If you're at 38.93% right now then that would mean you only have slightly over $100K right now. So you plan to save $900K in 4 years?

I guess what i'm asking is how does your % go down 35% in 4 years. My current % would be around 17% but it'll take me 15 years or more to get it down to 4%.
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I'm confused. Let's say you need $40K/yr to live on. That means you'd need $1M to have a 4%SWR and you plan to be at that in 4 years. If you're at 38.93% right now then that would mean you only have slightly over $100K right now. So you plan to save $900K in 4 years?

I guess what i'm asking is how does your % go down 35% in 4 years. My current % would be around 17% but it'll take me 15 years or more to get it down to 4%.
Well, the number isn't $40K in my case, but your question is still valid.

I calculate my FIRE net worth based on two things, really: The projected assets I will have less the projected liabilities I will have. Roughly speaking, I expect my liabilities to drop by about 1/3, and I expect my assets to roughly double. The combination of those two factors result in an approximately 11-fold increase in my FIRE net worth.

My liabilities are dropping, in turn, because every month I pay down my mortgage, my student loan, and reduce my number of remaining child support payments by one.

My assets are going up, in turn, because every month I contribute roughly 1/3 of my gross salary into savings, and my existing assets I have scheduled to grow based on historical rates.

Without getting into specific numbers, I don't really require very much to live on, and each month the vast majority (about 70% if I calculated that correctly) of my reasonably good income goes towards the above mentioned items.

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I calculate my FIRE net worth based on two things, really: The projected assets I will have less the projected liabilities I will have. Roughly speaking, I expect my liabilities to drop by about 1/3, and I expect my assets to roughly double. The combination of those two factors result in an approximately 11-fold increase in my FIRE net worth.

My liabilities are dropping, in turn, because every month I pay down my mortgage, my student loan, and reduce my number of remaining child support payments by one.

My assets are going up, in turn, because every month I contribute roughly 1/3 of my gross salary into savings, and my existing assets I have scheduled to grow based on historical rates.

Without getting into specific numbers, I don't really require very much to live on, and each month the vast majority (about 70% if I calculated that correctly) of my reasonably good income goes towards the above mentioned items.

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Looks like you are on your way to Silver and then Gold. However, do you really want to base your forecast on minimum wage?
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If the withdrawal rate drops by almost 20% in two months, wouldn't it be <1 year to hit 4%?
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Looks like you are on your way to Silver and then Gold. However, do you really want to base your forecast on minimum wage?
I change my spreadsheet around regularly. The recent numbers I have included are to get to Gold FI.

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If the withdrawal rate drops by almost 20% in two months, wouldn't it be <1 year to hit 4%?
It's not linear.

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Attached is a screenshot of my projected progress towards 4%.

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