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From the Prosper Mailroom: omahajay

12/14/07 posted by Prosper Blog

OmahajayI read about Prosper in a brief MSNBC/Newsweek story on July 31, 2006 titled “Money: Lend Me a Little?”  I figured, I should check it out.  As a young working professional, working at a non-profit organization, it’s not like I have the many thousands (or tens of thousands) of dollars most other investment opportunities require to ‘buy in’.  I decided to start off with $250 in late August 2006.  A small start, for sure.  I found awesome loans right away; so a month or two later, I put another $250 into Prosper loans.  Here’s the three amazing things:
 
(1) It’s easy — even for someone like me, who is not a business and finance guru;
(2) It’s a win-win — as borrowers propose loans they feel are reasonable given their circumstances, and investors pick and choose loans to bid on based on what they feel is reasonable given their circumstances; and,
(3) It’s enriching — as my $500 has grown by 15% while, during the same 1-year period, I had a CD (with a major bank) at 5% APR.
 
Prosper staffers: Expect more investment from a satisfied ‘low budget’ investor, as Prosper loans fit well with other investment options: CDs, mutual funds, IRAs, etc.
 
Thank you, sincerely,
omahajay

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3 Responses


firenze | December 14th, 2007 at 11:21 pm

Hi. Thanks for your interesting post.
I have also invested $500 on prosper and so far (1 month) I didn’t have any default. But it seems to me that it is almost like gambling. I am not sure what is going to happen in the next 35 months.


Karmakat | December 15th, 2007 at 5:42 am

15%????

Lendingstats has your ROI @ 9.26%
just a few more late loans turning into defaults can put you in the negative!!

Be careful and best of luck


RateLadder | December 19th, 2007 at 12:50 am

@Karmakat

This post was written at a time when the LendingStats was 15%.

LendingStats ROI is am important tool, but please remember it is an estimate of an individual’s ROI.

My own ROI estimate on LendingStats has wavered almost 2% in the last 30 days… 1 late loan or one payment from a late loan changes the LendingStats ROI dramatically.

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