Passive Income – June 2013 Update

Passive Income by Month - June 2013

Please note I understand June wasn’t yesterday! Just getting all of my updates into place from this past summer! My favorite post of the month is my monthly passive income update as it shows each month how I am getting a step closer in developing enough streams of passive income to supplement my … [Read more...]

Prosper – June 2013 Update

Prosper Taxable - Main Screen - June 2013

As part of my effort to catch up from my blogging hiatus this past summer I am going back and posting my monthly updates. After investing with Lending Club for four years, I decided to diversify my peer-to-peer lending asset class and make an investment with Prosper. Having been bullish on … [Read more...]

Lending Club – June 2013 Update

Lending Club Roth IRA - Main Screen - June 2013

As part of my effort to catch up from my blogging hiatus this past summer I am going back and posting my monthly updates. Peer-to-peer lending intrigued me from the moment I first heard about it, and Lending Club is where I first started investing back in 2009. Each month I plan on updating my … [Read more...]

2013 Passive Income Goals Revisited

2013 Passive Income Goals - Two Goals

After the first five months of the year, my progress towards generating passive income in my dividend growth portfolio and peer-to-peer investments was making great progress. After achieving 40.67% of my original passive income goals is an important step in leveraging these assets into providing the … [Read more...]

Investing with Prosper

Investing with Prosper - Prosper Logo

For those unfamiliar with the peer-to-peer lending environment here in the United States, there are two primary peer-to-peer facilitators, Lending Club and Prosper. Of the two, Prosper is older, having opened their doors in 2006, but is the smaller in terms of loans issued and market share. In … [Read more...]

Passive Income – May 2013 Update

Passive Income - May 2013 - Night Ocean

Please note I understand May wasn’t yesterday! Just getting all of my updates into place from this past summer! My favorite post of the month is my monthly passive income update as it shows each month how I am getting a step closer in developing enough streams of passive income to supplement my … [Read more...]

Lending Club – May 2013 Update

Lending Club Roth IRA - Main Screen - May 2013

Please note I understand May wasn't yesterday! Just getting all of my updates into place from this past summer! Peer-to-peer lending intrigued me from the moment I first heard about it, and Lending Club is where I first started investing back in 2009. Each month I plan on updating my Lending Club … [Read more...]

Alive, Well, and Still Investing!

Passion for Investing

Seems like forever, or just 136 days ago, since I last posted, but the good news is I'm still alive, well, and investing! The beauty of compounding investments is that they continue to work for you while you sleep, while you work, and while you play. There has certainly been some growth in my … [Read more...]

Trades – Sold BP PLC (BP) and Purchased Kinder Morgan, Inc. (KMI)

kinder morgan logo - KMI purchase

As I’ve mentioned previously, while in the accumulation stage of my dividend growth portfolio, I’d prefer to reinvest my dividends. Once I’ve reached a point of $2-3,000 dividends a year, I will look to stop this and use the dividends to expand into additional positions. Because of my current plan … [Read more...]

Passive Income – April 2013 Update

05-18-13 Passive Income - April 2013 Update - St Johns

Is it really past the halfway mark of May? This month has been absolutely filled to the max and has led to the most irregular posting of my short blogging history. More on some of why this has been so busy in future updates! For now, let’s check out how my overall passive income shaped up in April! … [Read more...]