Tuesday, February 1, 2011

P2P

When I first started micro lending in March of 2008, I was rather skeptical so I only deposited $500 dollars.  One of my first loans of 50 dollars was never even paid back.  That left me immediately with a loss.  I hung on to my loans and the other 9 all started paying.  Since then I have had over 200 loans and that was the only loan that didn't pay any back.  I learned my lesson and reviewed all my new borrowers carefully. 

My goal was not to keep my money in a bank account that was FDIC insured and earn 1%-4% interest.  My goal was to take risk D, E, and High Risk loans with the potential to earn 34%.  That is exactly what it has become.  An interest earning account.    

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