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Setmefree's Diary: MFi5 journey

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  • Wow, I was thinking about you the other day, wondering where you had got too, now I know......you have been busy making money!

    Well done, how exciting to be so close


    TPAx
    MFW - We've only gone and blooming done it!
    May 2013:j
  • setmefree2
    setmefree2 Posts: 9,072 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    Radish72 wrote: »
    Can't wait until I have a bank statement with no mortgage payment going out :)

    Amen to that :T:T:T:T

    Won't that be sooooo weird :D
  • setmefree2
    setmefree2 Posts: 9,072 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    Wow, I was thinking about you the other day, wondering where you had got too, now I know......you have been busy making money!

    Well done, how exciting to be so close


    TPAx

    You are not so far off yourself? July 2012 is less than a year away too!
  • setmefree2 wrote: »
    Thanks :D Just 8 months left to go :j:j:j

    Wow! You have done amazingly well. :T
    May 2012 will be here in no time. :D

    Nowadays, I rarely see your animated gifs in the MFW board. Guess you are too busy with work. :D
    Mortgage: @ Feb. 2007: £133,200; Apr. 2011: £24,373; May 2011: £175,999; Jun 2013: ~£97K; Mar. 2014 £392,212.73; Dec. 2015: £327,051.77; Mar. 2016: ~£480K; Mar. 2017 £444,445.74
  • setmefree2
    setmefree2 Posts: 9,072 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    edited 11 January 2012 at 10:09AM
    We're into the the 30's..............

    swing30s.gif


    £38,131....... about £3k away from what our endowmnent will pay in May....so 4 Months left yaysmilesa-smiley.gif?1292867704


    Whooop Whooop mexican.gif
  • abouttimetoo
    abouttimetoo Posts: 1,860 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Whoop Whoop indeed SMF2 :j:j

    Great to see you on the board, I miss your regular updates, not to mention the amazing smilies you always manage to find.

    You are most definately on the home straight now, how wonderful :j:j

    Regards
    ATT
    MFW Start Date 1.4.08. Updated 23.1.18. MFW date 1.8.18
    Original Mortgage o/s £187,643 / £71,904 (-115,739)
    Repay o/s £92,661 / now £55,900 (-36,761)
    Int Only o/s £94,982, now £16,004 (-78,978)
    Total daily interest £1 [a) £0.77 b)£0.23
    Total OP's:2018 target £TBC YTD £1,995
  • TallGirl
    TallGirl Posts: 6,355 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Nice to see you back always great to catch up with the original MFI3 crowd.

    Not long now.
    Save £12k in 25 No 49
    PB Win 21 £225, 22 £275, 23 £900, 24 £750 Balance Dec 25 £32.7K  
    Plan to move to Denmark for FIRE by Autumn 2025 “May your decisions reflect your hopes not your fears”
    New diary aiming for fire https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6414795/mortgage-free-now-aiming-for-fire#latest

  • evab_2
    evab_2 Posts: 2,336 Forumite
    Well done SMF, absolutely fantastic, on the home stretch now x
  • Radish72
    Radish72 Posts: 2,075 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Race you to the end :p
    Mortgage Aug 12 £165K, Aug 19 £0
    ISA challenge start 2019 £3000/£1500 (50%)
  • setmefree2
    setmefree2 Posts: 9,072 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    Just had the final figure in for our endowmwnt and its about £35k as predicted. Our current balance mortgage balance is £30k. The endowment should be paid out on the 22nd May so we are getting really, really, really close to the end now.........so excited....

    excited.jpg


    :j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j
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