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Knock out Student Loans -- Help me become Debt Free!

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Listing Information
Amount: $4,000.00 Status: Loan created
Grade: A DTI: 22%
Lender Rate: 9% Borrower: impact1296
Time Left: Finished State: IL
Funded: 100% Group: FUTURE FINANCIAL FREEDOM 1
Loan Information
Loan Status: Current Origination Date: 2007-05-31 EricsCC ROI: 7%
Status History
May 31, 2007 Current
Hello, and thank you for looking at this listing.

Please NOTE:  I actually earn $60,000 - $70,000 per year, but I can only prove my previous job's salary, so I had to put $40,000 as my income.  It is actually much higher.

Purpose of loan:

I will be using this loan to "refinance" an existing Student Loan that sits at 14.25%.  I can already make the payments on the loan, but I want to refinance it at a lower interest rate.  I have a handful of student loans to pay, but I want to take this one step at a time, so I'm starting with just one loan.

Once my student loans are paid off, I'll be virtually debt free!  Please help me meet this goal!

My financial situation:
The most promising reason I will be able to pay back this loan is that I recently accepted a position earning $60,000 / year.  I am currently making $70,000 / year contracting, but I wanted a permanent position for the benefits, so I accepted the new role at the same company.  I am already able to pay this loan back, but I wanted to give Prosper a shot at helping me lower my interest rate.  I will be auto-debiting my checking account to pay the loan, and I will always have enough to cover the payment.

Monthly net income: $ 3300.  I can only prove $2000 because I just got this job and don't have the tax return to prove my new salary, but I do have paystubs coming in at $900 / week, plus or minus $100 or so (being hourly, it fluctuates).  I start my new position as an Operations Analyst in less than 2 weeks.

Monthly expenses: $ 2800
  Housing: $ 1100
  Insurance: $ 100
  Car expenses: $ 300
  Utilities: $ 100
  Phone, cable, internet: $ 100
  Food, entertainment: $ 150
  Clothing, household expenses $ 200 -- Just moved into a new place.  This is for basic furnishings.
  Credit cards and other loans: $ 450
  Other expenses: $ 100
  Savings: $ 200

In any event, the Student Loans aren't even in repayment status yet. I just want to get a jump on paying them back, at if possible, at a lower interest rate.  These are not federal loans, but loans from Sallie Mae, which explains the high interest rate.  I would be more than happy to answer any questions about my financial situation, income, debt, history, etc.

Please just ask.
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