By Patrick on Oct 5, 2008 in Alternative / Passive Income | 4 Comments
I have written about peer to peer lending on several occasions, most notably from the perspective of funding P2P loans as a source of alternative income. When you make a P2P loan with a company such as Prosper or Lending Club, you can “be the bank,” and make loans to others. In return, you can [...]
By Patrick on Oct 4, 2008 in Announcements | 5 Comments
This has been a tough week for our nation’s economy and stock market, but there was cause for celebration for me and my website: this week Cash Money Life celebrated its 1,000,000th page view! This is a huge milestone and I want to thank everyone who has been a part of it and helped me [...]
By Patrick on Oct 3, 2008 in Announcements | 4 Comments
About six months ago I mentioned that I was in a Fantasy Baseball League with a group of personal finance bloggers. The regular season is over now, and the results are in. Drum roll please……. I came in third. I know, I let myself down too.
The good news is, we all had a [...]
By Patrick on Oct 2, 2008 in Deals | 1 Comment
TradeKing, one of the leading online discount brokers, is having a promotion during the month of October. Now through October 31st, they are giving a $50 bonus to each person who opens a new account, funds it with $2,500 within 30 days, and makes a trade within 180 days.
Top Rated Discount Broker. TradeKing was [...]
By Patrick on Oct 2, 2008 in Scams / Fraud | 14 Comments
I love my bank. I logged on yesterday to take care of a money transfer and I noticed a pending transaction that I didn’t recognize. I did a quick Google search for the name on the charge - SOFTCOM Technologies - and it came up with a webhost located in Canada.
Red Flags. I obviously use [...]