p2plending

Lending Club Performance Update

January 29, 2013 by Mr. 1500 Days 3 Comments

I see P2P lending as a critical part of my retirement portfolio and currently have accounts with both Prosper and Lending Club. I'll provide monthly performance and strategy updates. For now, I'm going to focus on Lending Club. … [Read more...] about Lending Club Performance Update

Introduction to peer-to-peer lending with Lending Club and Prosper

January 8, 2013 by Mr. 1500 Days 3 Comments

Prosper.com and LendingClub.com are two websites that facilitate peer to peer (P2P) lending. What is P2P lending you ask? Wikipedia.org defines it as follows:Peer-to-peer lending (also known as person-to-person lending, peer-to-peer investing, and social lending; abbreviated frequently as P2P lending) is the practice of lending money to previously unrelated individuals or … [Read more...] about Introduction to peer-to-peer lending with Lending Club and Prosper

My goal was to build a portfolio of $1,000,000 by February of 2017; 1500 days from the birth of this blog (January 1, 2013). And hey look, I’ve since retired!

Investments only (primary home excluded)
1/1/13 (The Start): $586,043
1/1/14 (1 Yr Later): $869,635
1/1/15 (2 Yrs Later): $987,351
1/1/16 (3 Yrs Later): $1,057,961
1/1/17 (4 Yrs Later): $1,257,128
1/1/18 (5 Yrs Later): $1,527,701
1/1/19 (6 Yrs Later): $1,549,440
1/1/20 (7 Yrs Later): $2,035,040*
1/1/21 (8 Yrs Later): $3,379,746**
1/1/22 (9 Yrs Later): $4,762,642
1/1/23 (10 Yrs Later): $3,112,821

2023: Investments only
1/1: $3,112,821
2/1: $3,582,368
3/1: $3,716,852
4/1: $3,861,599
5/1: $3,694,445
6/1: $4,089,141
7/1: $4,384,858
8/1: $4,539,865
9/1: $4,468,622

Gains: $1,355,801

Overall
Gains since 1/1/2013: $3,882,579
Net worth***: $4,698,622

* The big jump between 2019 and 2020 was partly because we bought another home, but kept the previous (much more expensive) one as a rental. We have since sold it.

** Tesla.

*** Includes our primary home equity in addition to our investment portfolio.

Finally, we still have about $290,000 in mortgage debt (which I love!). No regrets about the debts!