Lending Club beat my expectations

Monday, February 16th, 2009

I didn't expect this result. When I opened Lending Club accounts for my wife and I over a year ago, I intended to lend out a little bit of money here and there, but not risk any real cash. For me, Lending Club was a diversion. Looking at borrowers and reading ...

Home Finance: Mortgages & the Real Cost of Ownership

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Home for Sale: river view, no basement, some yard Yesterday, I presented rocket finance readers with my family's mortgage story. We are not subprime borrowers, but our experience demonstrates how access to easy credit has caused the current foreclosure crisis in the United States. I am passionate about keeping others from ...

The Friday Stack (on Monday)

Monday, January 21st, 2008

I decided to go with a regular post on Friday, instead of a round-up post as is my usual habit. I spent the weekend digesting many other posts around the personal finance blogosphere. There were a lot of posts that seemed to be pointed right at me. . . like 10 ...