Thursday, February 22nd, 2007


Earlier today, Frykitty shared her experiences with Prosper, the person-to-person lending site. Her post prompted an excellent discussion. Here’s some follow-up information from Justin McHenry of Zen Personal Finance, who last month posted this collection of comments and reviews from Prosper users. He’s kindly granted me permission to reprint it verbatim. One of the most-read [...]

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Note: I’ve received many questions about Prosper, but I’ve never used it. Here’s a post from Frykitty, the very very quiet second author at Get Rich Slowly. She recently set up a Prosper account and has written to share her experience. Last December I discovered Prosper, a site that connects private lenders and borrowers, and [...]

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NPR : Strategies Available to Fight Credit-Card Fees “Credit-card fees have been rising in recent years. But what many people don’t know is that you don’t always have to pay those fees.” [via Vintek] (tags: creditcards fees tips hints) CrazyAuntPurl: Stop Buying Crap: My One Week Progress Report “At the first of the year I [...]

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