NET WORTH 🐠

Not FIRE related but how do you add up your net worth? Does it include value of home minus mortgage balance? What debt do you include?

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I recommend using Empower (personal capital). At the most simple form, it is assets - liabilities.

Your home value is an asset and your mortgage is a liability. The difference is your equity. Other than the mortgage, I don’t have any debt. Some people might add student loans, credit card debt, etc.

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The primary residence was my main question. I don’t have side RE. Thanks.

What you own minus what you owe

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Net worth includes your home equity.
However it’s also good to look at your investments on their own separately to calculate the “4%” rule.

Of course having significant equity will mean you will have lower expenses in retirement (no rent, few/no mortgage payments)

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For my own goals, I personally only count liquid assets and investments. I don’t include basic retirement or my own housing.

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+1 Empower. It doesn’t always sync all accounts but I find it’s healthier if I only check periodically to make sure I’m on track with my financial goals.

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There are basically 2 calculations you can use:
- do the basic assets - liabilities calculation, including your primary residence. This is good to be able to tell people you’re a MOP (millionaire on paper)
- same calculation, but don’t include your primary residence. This is how the government calculates your net worth if you’re looking to become an accredited investor (there are other “tests”, but this is the NW test). This also represents what you could tap into relatively easily for investment purposes since most people aren’t willing to sell their house just to extract equity out of it.

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What’s the purpose of calculating your net worth? Bragging rights? Include it. Investment purposes? Don’t include it.

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We include our house but at a conservative estimate, then less 10% for closing costs/moving expenses. I also only update the value annually.

I used to have it linked to Zillow but that fluctuated too much and was distracting.

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+1 to using empower. I manually add my housing and use the money guy philosophy for the value of my home.

The lower of my purchase price and approximate resell value. I haven't changed the "value" of the house in recent years due to the run up.

Include all things you currently own that are material, and subtract all debt (even if barely material). For me and my financial situation, I include my homes and investment accounts but not my cars or other personal property as my assets minus any and all debt.

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