Archive for March, 2007
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Prosper Mistakes I’ve Made
I hope you are all enjoying Prosper Week. Today we are going to look at my lending past. This is ideal timing because I currently have made 98 loans (and with 9 pending verification, it could be 100 by the time you read this). Also, my first loan is a year [...]
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In Defense of Prosper.com – Other Common Complaints Rebutted
(Jonathan at My Money Blog has a very in-depth two part review of Prosper.com. My Money Blog is one of my favorite sites, which is why it’s in my blog roll and feed reader. It’s worth familiarizing yourself with that article before continuing here with my rebuttals.)
Jonathan notes that there are significant times where [...] -
In Defense of Prosper.com – A Look at the Investment
(Jonathan at My Money Blog has a very in-depth two part review of Prosper.com. My Money Blog is one of my favorite sites, which is why it’s in my blog roll and feed reader. It’s worth familiarizing yourself with that article before continuing here with my rebuttals.)
1) “It’s not a short-term, safe investment” – [...] -
In Defense of Prosper.com – Can it Survive?
(Jonathan at My Money Blog has a very in-depth two part review of Prosper.com. My Money Blog is one of my favorite sites, which is why it’s in my blog roll and feed reader. It’s worth familiarizing yourself with that article before continuing here with my rebuttals.)
At a couple of points, Jonathan mentions [...] -
Welcome to Prosper Week
For the rest of this week, I’m going to focus on peer-to-peer lending via Prosper.com. I think I just heard a groan from most of my readers. Please stick with me, there’s lots beyond Prosper.com itself. Why put a week into Prosper.com? Simple because I believe it is the [...]
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Carnival of Personal Finance #92
Welcome to the Carnival of Personal Finance #92. Rather than go with a catchy theme, I decided I’d say a line or two about each of the posts. Let’s get started with the Editor’s Choice posts.
Editor’s ChoiceThe most personal of the personal finance articles this week comes from Online Savings Blog. [...]
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My Financial Week in Review #10
I almost forgot to get this in today. Here are some updates:
- I’ve been fighting with Discover to get my Credit Card Arbitrage experiment going. It turns out that my company’s phone number doesn’t match their system. To further complicate things, bringing my Vonage phone number across company has created some [...] -
Our Honeymoon Savings
The toughest part about our move across country 6 months ago is missing our friends and family. Energi Gal and I are so looking forward to our wedding in 4 months for a couple of reasons. First, we’ve been engaged now for 18 months, so at this point, we are just itching [...]
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Net Worth Update – March 2007
Welcome to the Ides of March. It’s the middle of the month, so it’s time to take a look at my net worth.
Last month, I mentioned how Zillow had estimated my home to be $17,000 less than the month before. It’s down another $1400 this month, which isn’t going to help my [...] -
Prepare for Carnival of Personal Finance #92
This Monday I will be hosting the Carnival of Personal Finance. I’ve hosted some carnivals before, but this is the grand daddy of them all. I’ve got all the excitement and nervousness of the first day of school or the first day of new job.
For my readers who are also personal finance [...]
