40+ Alternative Income Ideas and Resources
March 4, 2008 :: Making Money :: 61 Comments
When I wrote "Building, Diversifying, and Shifting Your Income Streams," there was an important element that I left out. That element was some practical real life ideas about how you can start building alternative income streams today. It is worth noting that not all alternative incomes are passive, so you ...
How To Protect Your Greatest Asset, 6 Ideas
January 17, 2008 :: Job and Career, Life, Family, and Health, Money :: 29 Comments
Recently, my friend Patrick from Cash Money Life wrote, "Your Greatest Asset is the Ability to Create Income." In it, he said: "What is your greatest asset? Most people think it is their house. They are wrong. Bank account? Wrong again. For the vast majority of people, the greatest asset ...
Lending Club and Prosper Rate Differential: Opportunity or Not?
January 14, 2008 :: Credit and Debt, Investing :: 9 Comments
In my post, "My Foray into Prosper as a P2P Lender," one of my readers (PeerLend.com) introduced me to Lending Club: "In early December [2007], Lending Club opened their (formerly FaceBook users only) lending application to the wider public. They do things a bit differently than Prosper, as they underwrite the ...
My Second P2P Loan On Prosper
January 8, 2008 :: Investing :: 43 Comments
In the post, "My Foray into Prosper as a P2P Lender," I shared my initial experience with Prosper. Since then, I have made a second loan and wanted to share some more information -- the good, the bad, and the ugly. The Portfolio Plan Disappointment The last time I wrote about Prosper, ...
My Foray into Prosper as a P2P Lender
December 11, 2007 :: Investing :: 26 Comments
One of my key believe about building wealth is (1) never stop experimenting, and (2) always look for ways to build, diversify, and shift my income streams toward passive sources. So I got interested when Prosper became an advertiser on my blog -- thank god for the blog, because ...
