Episode 59 – Sage Advice on Peer to Peer Lending with Laurence Samuels

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This week we focus on money; what we do with the money we earn, reinvesting, peer to peer lending, etc. As Jean is proudly joined by Laurence Samuels, creator of Financial Thing: a blog site full of unbiased P2P lending reviews, DIY investing guides, and home to the new Investing Essentials Podcast.

Topics Include:

• Introductions; how and why Laurence started Financial Thing.
• How cancer, in part, drove Laurence into the world of investing.
• The book that made investing just click.
• What is P2P Lending?
• The things that have lead to the success of, and need for, P2P.
• What interest look like on P2P platforms.
• Weighing risk of P2P.
  • Acknowledging the subjectivity of risk.
• Laurence’s experience based tips.
• Recommended platforms.
• Why Europe has a leg up in the P2P space.
• The difficulty with American money lending.
• Who is exactly lending to whom?
• Criticisms of P2P.
• Investing resources.
• Dividend investing.
• Calculating investment returns.

Mentioned on the Show:

• Financial Thing
• Investing Essentials Podcast
• The Little Book of Common Sense Investing
• LendingClub
• Prosper
• Bondora
• Mintos
• Twino
• WiseClerk.com
• 4th Way
• GoToMeeting
• Bogleheads
• Entrepreneurs on Fire Podcast
• Property Moves
• Property Partner
• Watch This Space
• Property Moose