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How an Internship Changed my Life

When iStock teamed up with the new movie Unfinished Business to release fake stock photos of Vince Vaughn and co-stars for free public use, I couldn’t resist. It’s a stretch writing a blog post around a stock photo but I knew a friend that was willing to write up his PeerStory that would be perfect for the images.

Jordan Ross is not your typical serial entrepreneur, flitting around from idea to idea. He has been successful in at least half of the ventures he’s started and sold his real estate br...

PeerStory: Riding the Retirement Roller Coaster

PeerFinance101 is about helping each other out with personal finances. From peer lending to sharing stories about managing debt, investing and anything related to meeting your financial goals.

Every week, I am going to post the story of one of our readers. Read the PeerStories and you’ll see that your own personal finance challenges are not so unique but you might just find some unique ways of dealing with them.

Our PeerStory this week is from Travis, a reader from Michigan that has been through...

How Keep it Simple Made Me $22,000 in a Year

PeerFinance101 is about helping each other out with personal finances. From peer lending to sharing stories about managing debt, investing and anything related to meeting your financial goals.

Every week, I am going to post the story of one of our readers. Read the PeerStories and you’ll see that your own personal finance challenges are not so unique but you might just find some unique ways of dealing with them.

Our PeerStory this week is from Chris Cajoleas, a friend of mine here in the beautif...

Best Retirement Advice from the Experts

Retirement planning doesn't have to be scary. Follow these tips and the best retirement advice from experts from around the web.

Keeping with our retirement planning theme for the week, I thought I would survey three experts on their views. Planning for retirement can be tough, even more so than just general financial planning. Planning for a vacation or for tuition bills is easy, you can pretty much know how much you’ll need for a specific goal. Retirement planning, not so much and that’s just ...

My Favorite Investing Tips from the Experts

PeerFinance101 is about sharing your personal finance story so that everyone can learn together. No one-size-fits-all in meeting your financial goals so the idea is that read enough of other people’s stories and you’ll find what works for you. That’s one of the reasons why I run this weekly recap of the best blog advice around the web. The excerpts below are some of my favorite articles from other personal finance bloggers and their perspective.

This week’s recap is a follow-up to our investing ...

PeerStory: Debbie Does Budgeting

PeerFinance101 is about helping each other out with personal finances. From peer lending to sharing stories about managing debt, investing and anything related to meeting your financial goals. That’s why I’m excited about our first PeerStory.

Every week, I am going to post the story of one of our readers. Read the PeerStories and you’ll see that your own personal finance challenges are not so unique but you might just find some unique ways of dealing with them.

Our first story is from a long-tim...

Peer Lending 2015: Competition, IPOs and More Growth

After the explosive growth this year, it would be hard to say that the industry could grow even faster next year but there is a good chance that it may happen for peer lending 2015.

Not only have two successful IPOs brought media attention and new capital to the space, a shifting rate environment and strengthening economy may bring added benefits to investors and borrowers. I’ve talked with several other influencers in the p2p market and put together a list of the factors that could drive peer l...

Creative Financing with Linda Jenkins

Creative Financing: Tips and Tricks from Author Linda Jenkins

Today’s post is an interview with Linda Jenkins, CEO of Gold Alliance Group, a consulting firm for small business owners and others seeking creative financing ideas. She holds a master’s degree in business with experience in architecture and recruiting. She just released the 2nd edition of her book, Creative Financing: How to Get a Small Business Loan without a Banker.

I have included my own comments in italics so as not to be confuse...

Should you Invest in Peer Loans or Lending Club Stock

Investors can now invest indirectly in peer loans through stock in the world's largest marketplace lender.

What are the risks to investing in Lending Club stock and should you buy in?

Lending Club (NYSE: LC) issued stock on the New York Stock Exchange last Thursday and raised $865 million on its offer of 57.7 million shares. The stock surged 56% in the first day of trading and closed Friday at $24.69 per share. At that price, the company is valued at $9.7 billion and an enterprise value 60 times...

The Future of Peer Loans with Ron Suber, President of Prosper

Today’s post is the second-part of an interview about the future of peer loans with Ron Suber, President of Prosper Marketplace. Ron joined Prosper in 2013 to develop and execute on the company’s business development strategy. He previously served as a Managing Director at Wells Fargo Securities and as a senior partner at Merlin Securities.

Please click through here for the first half of the interview.

I have included my own comments in italics so as not to be confused with Ron’s.

Now, shifting ...