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$30,000 Beat-the-Benchmark Experiment Update – June 2013

Thursday, June 13th, 2013

Here’s a condensed June 2013 update for my Beat the Market Experiment, a series of three portfolios started on November 1st, 2012: $10,000 Passive Benchmark Portfolio that would serve as both a performance benchmark and an real-world, low-cost portfolio that would be easy to replicate and maintain for DIY investors. $10,000 Beat-the-Benchmark Speculative Portfolio that [...]

Realty Mogul Review: Fractional Investment Property Ownership, Hard Money Lending

Monday, June 10th, 2013

Realty Mogul is a new “crowdfunding” start-up that lets you invest in residential investment property for as little as $5,000. You either take a partial ownership position in a property, or you become a lender to (experienced) house flippers. The new thing here is that you can do it completely online with a few mouse [...]

$10,000 Beat-the-Benchmark Experiment Update – May 2013

Thursday, May 2nd, 2013

Here’s a condensed May 2013 update for my Beat the Market Experiment, a series of three portfolios started on November 1st, 2012: $10,000 Passive Benchmark Portfolio that would serve as both a performance benchmark and an real-world, low-cost portfolio that would be easy to replicate and maintain for DIY investors. $10,000 Beat-the-Benchmark Speculative Portfolio that [...]

$10,000 P2P LendingClub & Prosper Loan Portfolio Update – April 2013

Monday, April 8th, 2013

Here’s the April 2013 update for my peer-to-peer lending portfolio, the last of three “real money” portfolios being tracked monthly as part of my Beat the Market Experiment. See also the $10,000 Benchmark and $10,000 Speculative portfolio updates. For this one, I started with $10,000 split evenly between Prosper Lending and Lending Club, and went [...]

$10,000 Benchmark Portfolio Update – April 2013

Monday, April 1st, 2013

Here’s the April 2013 update for my benchmark portfolio, the first of three portfolios started on November 1st, 2012 as part of my Beat the Market Experiment: $10,000 Passive Benchmark Portfolio that would serve as both a performance benchmark and an real-world, low-cost portfolio that would be easy to replicate and maintain for DIY investors. [...]

LendingClub and Prosper Tax Forms: 1099-OID, 1099-B, and 1099-MISC

Monday, March 25th, 2013

I’ve gotten a few tax-filing questions regarding P2P lenders Prosper Lending and Lending Club. I finally got around to starting my taxes for the year as a results of my P2P Lending Experiment, and below are my notes. Let me also recommend Peter Renton’s post at LendAcademy, the follow-up comments on that post, and this [...]

$10,000 P2P LendingClub / Prosper Loan Portfolio Update – March 2013

Wednesday, March 6th, 2013

Here’s the 3rd and last piece of the monthly updates for my Beat the Market Experiment, a set of three real money portfolios started on November 1st, 2012. See also my $10,000 Benchmark and $10,000 Speculative portfolio updates for March 2013. For this one, I started with $10,000 split evenly between Prosper Lending and Lending [...]

$10,000 Beat-the-Benchmark Speculative Portfolio Update – March 2013

Wednesday, March 6th, 2013

Here’s the 2nd piece of the monthly updates for my Beat the Market Experiment, a set of three portfolios started on November 1st, 2012. Since this update is rather boring, let me provide an update on the overall experiment: $10,000 Passive Benchmark Portfolio that would serve as both a performance benchmark and an real-world, low-cost [...]

$10,000 Benchmark Portfolio Update – March 2013

Monday, March 4th, 2013

Time again for a Beat the Market Experiment monthly update, for the first of three portfolios started on November 1st, 2012: $10,000 Passive Benchmark Portfolio that would serve as both a performance benchmark and an real-world, low-cost portfolio that would be easy to replicate and maintain for DIY investors. $10,000 Beat-the-Benchmark Speculative Portfolio that would [...]

$10,000 P2P LendingClub / Prosper Loan Portfolio Update – February 2013

Wednesday, February 6th, 2013

Here’s the 3rd and last piece of the monthly updates for my Beat the Market Experiment, a set of three real money portfolios started on November 1st, 2012. See also my $10,000 Benchmark and $10,000 Speculative portfolio updates for February 2013. I started with $10,000 split evenly between Prosper Lending and Lending Club, and went [...]

$10,000 Beat-the-Benchmark Speculative Portfolio Update – February 2013

Wednesday, February 6th, 2013

Here’s the 2nd piece of the monthly updates for my Beat the Market Experiment, a set of three portfolios started on November 1st, 2012: $10,000 Passive Benchmark Portfolio that would serve as both a performance benchmark and an real-world, low-cost portfolio that would be easy to replicate and maintain for DIY investors. $10,000 Beat-the-Benchmark Speculative [...]

$10,000 Benchmark Portfolio Update – February 2013

Tuesday, February 5th, 2013

Time again for a Beat the Market Experiment monthly update, for the first of three portfolios started on November 1st, 2012: $10,000 Passive Benchmark Portfolio that would serve as both a performance benchmark and an real-world, low-cost portfolio that would be easy to replicate and maintain for DIY investors. $10,000 Beat-the-Benchmark Speculative Portfolio that would [...]

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