Journey to FI - November Update

Continuing on with my theme of monthly FI updates, here is November.

Income:  Income maintains steady from our day jobs this month, but we get a nice bump due to getting our newest rental filled.  We got a tenant in and they are paying $975/month.  Being that the house is paid off, I consider about $800 of it profit.  The $175/month is enough to cover taxes and insurance for the year.  I will save the $800 for a couple months for the emergency fund.

Expenses:  Again, spending for the month was high due to our rental renovation project.  Our total for the month was almost $9,400.

Remaining Money:  Still putting all remaining income toward our debt pay down.  I have gotten rid of all the outstanding credit card debt.  Now only my wife's care payment remains.

Debt:  Another month of good progress reducing our outstanding debt down another $5,000 this month.  As I mentioned above, all outstanding credit card debt has been eliminated so now only the car payment and our monthly expenses remain.  I actually added to our cash savings this month.

Savings:  Since I contributed to our savings for this month I will add this category.  For the month we accumulated a modest $2,000 or so in cash savings.  Our retirement investments are separate and are contributed every pay period.

Summary:  Another successful month in the march toward eliminating our non mortgage debt.  I will work hard to keep it this way.  I think I may just keep the minimum payment schedule on the car as it is on a 1.49% loan and I can get more return on my money if I do other things with it.  We will see.

Goals for the Coming Months:  My next goal will be to relax and accumulate some cash for a while.  It has been a stressful year working on 2 rentals so I need a break.  I also need to save up and decide what I want to do next.  I would like to move to our dream home in the next year or so.  I think I will push to set us up to do that.

I hope you enjoyed this update.  

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