Comments on: The 5 Biggest Purchases of My Life

By: J. Money

J. Money — Mon, 26 Jun 2017 20:02:46 +0000

In reply to Lily @ The Frugal Gene. Onion ring! Hah!

By: Lily @ The Frugal Gene

Lily @ The Frugal Gene — Mon, 26 Jun 2017 16:24:20 +0000

This exercise is fun! Here’s mine:

House: 180K *Green
Rental: 400K *Red
Onion (wedding) ring: $3 @ Jack in the Box. *Orange (father in law called untraditional so we’re in the dog house :p)

By: J. Money

J. Money — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 19:38:21 +0000

In reply to Sue. you're killing it! congrats on both the properties and being debt-free! thanks for stopping by and participating :)

By: Sue

Sue — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 19:30:19 +0000

I am so late to this but what a fun post!
Top 5
1. Two flat (1) -230K in 2008 ( literally 6 months before the bottom fell out)
2. two flat (2)- 115k in 2010
3. two flat (3)- 124k in late 2010
4. two flate(4)- 121k in early 2011
5. college 78k just student loans, I recieved a 5 year tuition scholarship. Last year of pharmacy school was all loans!!- Paid in full March 2015!!

All my properties are green because they are rented out and cover their expenses. The first is worth 50% what I paid for it but the rent covers the cost and I am aggressively paying it off!

By: J. Money

J. Money — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 01:51:26 +0000

In reply to Cedes. I think $200,000 is enough for now :)

By: J. Money

J. Money — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 01:50:45 +0000

In reply to Michelle. Do it! Puts things in perspective much easier/faster :) Plus it makes spreadsheets more fun!

By: Cedes

Cedes — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 17:32:06 +0000

Th only ones I can think of are:

House – $170,000 – (which at one point i would have said red, but now I’m thinking green looking at what houses in my neighborhood are now selling for at $200k+)
Car #1 – $15,000 – Bought new, with some money down, but I drove it until it died (the dealership could not figure out how to fix it) So I guess that is an orange?
Car #2 – $10,000 loan I’m still paying on after putting $15,000 down. Bought kind of hastily after #1 died. I am just hoping I get more life out of it that the previous car. And Sometimes I kick myself for buying new, but my family has had nothing but bad luck with used, so I couldn’t pull the trigger.

No other big expenses in my life (yet)!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 17:56:47 +0000

I love the breakdown with the different colors for your purchases (not counting your kids of course) ;)
I am thinking about doing this with my past and current purchases.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Sat, 21 Jun 2014 20:10:58 +0000

In reply to Jacob. Yeah Caddies!!! Your mom's riding in style like me :) Mine's a '93 too!

By: J. Money

J. Money — Sat, 21 Jun 2014 20:10:20 +0000

In reply to Crystal. #2 is hot yo!!! Complete opposite of #5, haha.... but I remember you learned a $hit ton from that "investment" so good to have gone through and be done with it, eh?