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How To Get Good Returns With Lending Club

Getting a good return with your Lending Club account is possible as long as you properly vet the people you borrow to, and you diversify your investm[...] read more »
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Co-Signing For A Loan: Never A Good Idea Unless You Like Paying For Other People’s Stuff

Co-signing a loan is a risky thing to do. There is a reason why the banks are asking for a co-signer on the loan, because the person is a credit ris[...] read more »
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What to Expect When Closing Your Loan

A look at the closing process when refinancing or buying a house, with an in depth look at each of the documents included in the process. read more »
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Lending Club Returns Still Improving: No Defaults And 10.76% Returns

My Lending Club returns are now over 10.76% with no defaults. Here's the strategy that I've used successfully so far. read more »
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My Personal Review of Social Lending through Lending Club

For the last 7 months I have been trimming excess fat from every part of our budget and after making many positive changes have recently shifted my f[...] read more »
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Lending Club Returns Increasing As Higher Risk Loans Added

My Lending Club returns have continued to improve since I started adding loans for people with lower credit scores, but good jobs and income - and hi[...] read more »
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10 Easy Ways Credit Card Companies Make Money Off Us

Those companies are all in trouble and I really don't understand why. There are so many ways they make money off us! read more »
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Lending Money to Friends and Family

When lending money to friends and family, you need to be careful. read more »
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Lending Club Peer to Peer Lending Review

Lending Club appears to be a great way to invest. Does anyone have any experience with it? read more »
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Lending Club Now A Mainstream Investment Option? 4 Years, $325 Million In Loans Issued, 50,000 Investors

Lending Club now has over 50,000 investors, and over 325 million in issued loans. Should they be considered a mainstream investing option? read more »
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P2P Lending: The Free Market In Action

P2P lending is one of the most powerful real world examples of how the free market works better than a regulated system with a central authority. read more »
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Peer to Peer Lending Worked for Me!

Do you have any experience with peer-to-peer lending? read more »
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How to Get a Personal Loan from a Bank

There comes a time in just about everyone’s lives when we could use a personal loan of one form or another. However, getting a personal loan, especia[...] read more »
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Lending Club Honored As 2012 Technology Pioneer: My Returns Increase To 10.93%, No Defaults

My Lending Club returns have continued to increase to the point where they're now teetering on the edge of 11%. Here's how I've done it. read more »
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Lending Club Return On Investment (ROI) - How Do You Measure It? Are my returns actually 11.03%

My Lending Club investments have continued to improve, and they’ve now surpassed the 11% mark for the first time. What are some ways to calculate tr[...] read more »
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