Net Worth Update October 2016 – SmilingSaver – New Goal Edition (+9729%)

Welcome to the Million Dollar Journey October 2016 Net Worth Update – Team MDJ edition. A select group of readers were selected to be part of Team MDJ which was conceived after the million dollar net worth milestone was achieved in June 2014. SmilingSaver was selected as a team member and will post net worth updates on a regular basis. Here is more about him.

Profile:

• Name: SmilingSaver
• Age: 31
• Net Worth: $10,410.40
• Day Job: Engineer
• Family Income: My main salary: $78,000; Spouse salary: $ 25,177 (Part time)
• Goals: New Goal: Have Net Worth equal to the value of the primary residence in 5 years.
• Notes: Married in May 2015. Wife graduated from school with second degree in May 2015. Immigrated to Canada 13 years ago (full story here). Debt free May 2016.

Hey Everyone.

So my wife and I finally figured out what our next goal should be. I know it sounds weird from the summary at the top, but I’m having a hard time wording it into a shorter version. What we want is to buy a house or a condo and have mortgage paid off. However, if an investment opportunity is there or we never decide to buy anything; we want our net worth to be equal to the dwelling we would have bought.

I really like this goal. On one hand it gives us an opportunity to work on saving up more money, on the other hand we can also start looking for a great deal. We will start looking when we have enough saved for a down payment, and when my wife actually scores an engineering opportunity. She did have couple of interviews so we are hoping for a positive response.

As for the financials. I did not get as much overtime this time around; however, my wife did get a few more hours at her “volunteering” position. So we are chugging along putting more money toward the TFSA. An interesting experience: for the first time in our lives we are buying Christmas presents for our friends and family early. When we see something they would really like and we have enough money saved we finalize the purchase, of course only if it is within budget.

I thank everyone for their last comments regarding RRSP and TFSA. I think we will contribute towards the TFSA this year, and reevaluate this decision at the beginning of next year. I do understand all the pros and cons. The simplicity of what we are doing right now works for us and I doubt we will be buying any real estate until summer next year. So that gives us the 90 days the readers have warned me about.

On to the net worth numbers:

Assets: $10,410.40 (+98.9%)

• Cash: $4,177 (+96.3%)
• Registered/Retirement Investment Accounts (RRSP): $0,000 (+0.00%)
• Tax Free Savings Accounts (TFSA) : $6,233.37 (+100.00%)

Liabilities: $0 (0.0%)

• We do not have any liabilities : $0.0 (0.00%)

Total Net Worth: $10,410.47 (vs. $107) (+9729%)

Some quick notes and explanations to common questions:

The Cash

We have $4,177.24 in Tangerine Savings Account. It includes money that will be required for rent, cellphones, Insurance, and minor emergencies.

Savings

$6,233.37 in TFSA – Invested in Tangerine Balanced Growth Funds.

Liabilities

Actually feels really good not to have any, none at all.

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