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May 2017 Non-W2 Incomes Report

Hello readers. Even though it’s not officially summer, it seems like that’s what’s been on everyone’s mind around here. Pool and BBQ parties are in full swing. I briefly looked at upcoming free family events in the city and there are some great ones I plan taking my daughter to this month.

My family and I recently came back from a week-long vacation by the Gulf of Mexico. We spent half of our time in Port Aransas (Mustang Island and North Padre Island) and the other half in South Padre Island (including Port Isabel).

What’s my impression of the Texas coast (several years ago, I also visited Galveston and Rockport)? My view is pretty biased considering that I’ve lived in the California coast for over a decade and have visited some amazing beaches and seen beautiful water in other parts of the world. There’s not much to say about the Texas coast other than it is a good place that tides me over (my craving for beach and sun) until our next vacation to the French Riviera (or other parts of the Mediterranean) or Hawaii.

With that said, I did enjoy my time there. We visited a different beach every day, playing in the sand and putting our feet in the warm gulf water (a very good surprise!). It was a very slow-paced vacation, which was very different than most of the other vacations we’ve had. There wasn’t much else to do other than heading to the beach which was precisely the part that made this vacation very relaxing. We took our time enjoying hour-long breakfasts, meandering along the beach, soaking in the sun and building sandcastles. We also took the time to watch the sunset and go on short cruises.

Of the 8 years that my husband and I have been together, we’ve probably traveled 20 times together. And this most recent trip was the easiest and most relaxing…relaxing in the sense that time didn’t matter as there was no set itinerary.

When we arrived home the following day, we reviewed our finances. And below is a summary of our May 2017 Non-W2 incomes report. The total amount is very similar to that of April 2017. Neither my husband nor I received any dividend/interest payments in our Roths. You’ll also notice that I took out the row tracking “Her 401(k)” and added in a new row now tracking “Her IRA”.

may income report

We started tracking these numbers back in December 2016. You can view our past reports and why we’re doing this here. We use Personal Capital, a free financial tool, to track our net worth, view our investment performance, analyze our asset allocations and project our retirement goals. I wrote a comprehensive review of Personal Capital on another post. I encourage you to check it out.

This is it for now. Thank you for stopping by. I’m looking forward to our June numbers. According to my husband, June should be a great month for us. We’ll see. As stated before, this is the first time we’re tracking our non-w2 incomes systematically over a period of time. 

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April 2017 Non-W2 Incomes Report

This post brings you another snapshot of our non-W2 incomes reports. We started tracking these numbers back in December 2016. You can view our past reports and why we’re doing this by clicking here.

If you’ve been reading our incomes reports, you might’ve noticed some patterns: the total amount vary from month to month and that some accounts do better in certain months than others. As such, it would be very difficult to structure our financial life around these numbers on a month-to-month basis. Once we have a full year of tracking, then we’d have a better idea.

April 2017 non-w2 incomes report

The total amount in April 2017 was $2,098.83. This number is a little misleading. I did a 401(k) rollover in mid April (you can read about my experience here) and decided not to track the dividends/interest payments until May.

My Roth account didn’t receive any payments. I only have a few stock tickers in this account. On the other hand, the financial coaching income resumed. My husband recently started working with a new client. He’s currently accepting new clients. Let’s connect if you’re interested in the financial coaching he provides.

This is it for now. Our goal is to get these reports out during the first week of each month. Now that we’re mostly settled into our new life routines, we’re making this a goal once again!

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March 2017 Non-W2 Income Report and First Quarter Recap

You can go here to read about why we’re sharing our non-W2 incomes on the blog. And you can visit this link to see our past non-W2 income reports.

As anticipated, March was a very great month for us. We received a total of $5,249.31 in non-W2 income. Our international stocks (many of which pay out dividends in larger amounts once a quarter) were responsible for the big jump.

march 2017 non-w2 income report

This month’s number plus the January 2017 and February 2017 numbers have brought our first quarter non-W2 income total to $8,906.89. The monthly average is $2,968.96. With our monthly expenses being around $4,000, this monthly average covers about 74% of our expenses.

We anticipate this percentage will be a little higher by the end of the calendar year. Some of our investments have large dividends/interest payouts bi-annually or annually. Additionally, we continue to make new contributions to most of our accounts. We’ll see as we continue to track these numbers.

April’s chart will look slightly different as I recently did a 401(k) rollover.

We use Personal Capital, a free financial tool, to track our net worth, view our investment performance, analyze our asset allocations and project our retirement goals. I wrote a comprehensive review of Personal Capital in another post. I encourage you to check it out.

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Money Makes Money: February 2017 Non-W2 Income Report

It’s already April and I just got around to sharing our February non-W2 incomes report. A lot has happened in my family in the past month. Some of the changes and adventures included giving my resignation letter to my previous employer and possibly forever saying goodbye to W-2 employment and taking a road trip across the country.

february 2017 non-w2 income

There are two great things I’ve came to love about non-W2 incomes; one being having incomes coming in to cover my expenses while on vacation and that, two, these incomes are location independent (e.g., I can be anywhere in the world and still continue to receive dividend/interest payments.).

You’ve probably noticed the few “$0”s on the table above. First, I was surprised we didn’t receive any dividends/interest payments on either one of our Roth accounts. Second, there was no financial coaching income for February. We were busy preparing for taxes and for the adventure across the country.

All things considered, the total for February was only couple hundred dollars lower than that of January. We are optimistic that the March total will be much higher. Many of our investments either pay dividends/interests quarterly or pay out higher amounts on the quarter mark. Come back to the blog to see the March report soon. You can view my previous non-W2 income reports here.

We use Personal Capital, a free financial tool, to track our net worth, view our investment performance, analyze our asset allocations and project our retirement goals. I wrote a comprehensive review of Personal Capital on another post. I encourage you to check it out.

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Money Makes Money: January 2017 Non-W2 Income Report

Last month, I started sharing our non-W2 monthly incomes. In that article, I also shared why we’re doing this on the blog. Yesterday, my husband and I summed our financial numbers. Below is a chart listing our non-W2 income sources and totals for January 2017.

January 2017 non-w2 income

As anticipated in last month’s report, we expected January’s numbers to be much lower compared to those of December 2016.

From my understanding, most early retirees in the Financial Independence and Retiring Early (FIRE) community fall in one of two groups when it comes to funding their early retirement lifestyles:

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