Rebuilding Credit History and Lowering My Interest Expense

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Listing Information
Amount: $20,000.00 Status: Loan created
Grade: B DTI: 20%
Lender Rate: 12% Borrower: Gotham-Investments
Time Left: Finished State: NY
Funded: 100% Group: Lend2's Group
Loan Information
Loan Status: Current Origination Date: 2007-03-20 EricsCC ROI: 9%
Status History
Mar 20, 2007 Current
Hi, I?m an accountant living and working in New York. As an investment, I?m currently a lender within the Prosper community with 8 loans. I now want to try to take advantage of the same generosity and trust I extend to the Prosper community to reduce the interest I am currently paying on my BOA loan.

INCOME/EXPENSES
The following is a breakdown of my monthly finances (not including my annual bonus -$50,000 in ?06) which should demonstrate my ability to pay this loan:

After Tax Income:    $6,800
Rent                       (1,500)
Auto                         (825)
Parking/Ins                (500)
Debt pmts             ($1,600)
Prosper pmt (est)       (800)
Wedding Savings       (500)
Incidental costs*        (500)
Net                             575

*Incidental costs include commuting, dry cleaning, lunch and entertainment

DEBT:
My debt is the following (rounded to the nearest 000's):
Bank of America Loan @24%: $20,000
American Express @ 12.8%: $13,000
HSBC Credit @ 18.5%: $5,000
Citibank @ 0%: $4,000
Auto Lease of approx $26,000 outstanding  

This loan will help me to reduce the amount of interest I'm currently paying by approximately $175 per month which will be used to temporarily increase my current wedding savings from $500 to approximately $675 per month until this summer, after the wedding, when 100% of my savings will go back to paying down my outstanding debt.

I anticipate paying off the American Express and HSBC balances during the first week of March ?07 with my '07 bonus.  The remainder of my anticipated ?07 bonus (approx $60,000) will be applied to my upcoming wedding. 

The monthly income/expense breakdown listed above does not include my fiancee?s income ($100,000gross) to our household finances and does not include my annual bonus ($50,000 in ?06).

CREDIT RATING EXPLAINED:
Back in college and the first couple of years after moving to NY my living exceeded my income and as a result my credit suffered a number of late payments and collections.  A bad mistake on my part for which I?m still recovering.  It?s been over 6 years since I?ve taken an active role to improve my credit rating.  I have been very motivated to rebuild my credit history and when I started my credit rating was a ?HR? ?now it?s a ?B? and only a few points away from an ?A? rating.  ?AA? is my goal.   

The 2 delinquencies on my record are from 6 years ago and are late payments.  

I hope I?ve answered any questions you may have but if I haven?t then please feel free to contact me!

And thank you in advance to those that help fund my loan request!
Borrower's Other Listings
72451 Paying for a wedding B $25,000 @ 10% Dec 09, 2006 Expired
99561 Consolidation, Lower Interest Rate and Help Pay for Wedding B $25,000 @ 14% Feb 14, 2007 Withdrawn
101346 State Max% -Consolidate to Lower Int Rate and Wedding Costs B $25,000 @ 15% Feb 19, 2007 Withdrawn
348405 Rebuilding Credit History and Lowering My Interest Expense C $10,000 @ 18% Jun 11, 2008 Loan created

 

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