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Podcast 05: Interview with a P2P Borrower

February 4, 2014 By Peter Renton 7 Comments

Views: 10

As p2p investors we are funding loans all the time but we never know much about the people we are investing in. I want to try and change that a little. So, in this latest edition of the Lend Academy podcast we going over to the other side of the p2p lending equation as I talk with a borrower.

In this episode you will hear about the experience from Ivy K. a recent borrower at Lending Club:

  • Why she decided to get a p2p loan.
  • The challenges she had in getting a loan.
  • The big difference between the interest rate quotes she received.
  • What happened to her credit score after taking out a Lending Club loan.
  • How she was able to pay off her loan early.
  • The only debt that she will take on from now on.
  • What she wants to do once she is debt free.

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Comments

  1. NealS says

    February 5, 2014 at 11:56 am

    Thank you Peter, good interview! I wish all our borrowers would be like her!

    Here’s a challenge for you – next podcast, interview someone who defaulted.

    Reply
    • Peter Renton says

      February 5, 2014 at 12:04 pm

      Ha! That would be a challenge…but I will keep my ears open. You never know.

      Reply
  2. Chris says

    February 5, 2014 at 1:45 pm

    Peter, I have listened to all of your podcasts as soon as you release them, however this is the first one that I found myself having a hard time hearing/understanding the person you interviewed. It was as if the call quality was different for this person than the previous people?

    Thought you would want to know,
    Chris

    Reply
    • Peter Renton says

      February 5, 2014 at 2:43 pm

      Thanks Chris. I appreciate you letting me know. Yes, this interviewee was on a cell phone that did not get great reception so it was fairly poor sound quality. Others have used microphone/headsets hooked up to a computer via Skype which gives great quality. I will keep it in mind for future podcasts.

      Reply
  3. DanM says

    February 5, 2014 at 4:57 pm

    My experience of this podcast was similar to Chris’s. The audio of the interviewee was so garbled, I gave up listening after a couple of minutes. Your side of the conversation came through loud and clear.

    Reply
    • Peter Renton says

      February 6, 2014 at 6:57 am

      Thanks Dan, I will be more careful about this in future.

      Reply

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  1. Who are All These Borrowers? says:
    February 7, 2014 at 7:47 am

    […] a more in depth profile of a borrower, check out this week’s podcast, where we interviewed Ivy about her borrowing experience on Lending […]

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