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Help Navy Officer Torpedo Debt
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Listing Information
Amount: $6,000.00 Status: Loan created
Grade: B DTI: 28%
Lender Rate: 11% Borrower: LTDan03
Time Left: Finished State: VA
Funded: 100% Group: United States Military / Veterans
Loan Information
Loan Status: Current Origination Date: 2006-08-01 EricsCC ROI: 7%
Status History
Jul 31, 2006 Current
The interest rate is capped for the state of Virginia at 12%. The max Prosper will let me ask for is 11.00% in case I ever need to use a bank draft - believe me - I tried to ask for higher rate!

Purpose of loan: To pay off high interest credit card debt. I have accrued a lot of
credit card debt, most of it from a previous marriage, and most of it ($17K) with a
very high interest rate (29.99%) with AMEX. I intend to use all of the loan to put
toward the AMEX debt.

Income: My net income (after taxes) is $6490/mo. I am an O-4 in the US Navy
currently serving as the Executive Officer on a Norfolk, VA based ship. I have over
17 years of active duty and intend to stay in for at least 8 more years. Basic
military pay tables can be viewed at www.militarypay.com. Added to my basic pay
are allowances for housing ($1684/mo) and subsistence ($187/mo). Also added to my
basic pay is an annual bonus of $12K ($8520 after taxes), which I distrubuted across
12 months to calculate my monthly net. Lastly, I expect pay raises in Jan 2007
(cost of living as determined by Gov't), May 2007 when I go over 18 years ($65/mo),
and in 2008 ($700/mo) when I get promoted to O-5.

Expenses:
Rent/utilities - 1684.00
Child support (one 7-year old daughter living with ex-wife) - 939.00
Car payments (2 cars) - 830.00
Insurance (2 cars, life, home) - 285.00
Cable/internet - 110.00
Phone (land + cell) - 80.00
Food - 500.00
Gas (I live and work on military base, so gas is minimal) - 100.00
Credit Cards - 858.00 (3 credit cards, required minimum payment)

Total - 5386.00

That leaves $1104/mo for discretionary funds. The amount allocated for credit
cards will go down over time as the balances are lowered (and eventually zeroed!)
If I am able to get the loan, my minimum monthly payment on the AMEX account will be
reduced by $149/mo and the Prosper payment will be 196/mo. I plan to use
the interest savings ($4250 over the life of the loan) to further pay down that account.

Credit: Report is self-explanatory - B rating with high DTI - which I am trying to
fix by paying down/eliminating the credit card debt.

Other: I intend to set up a military allotment for the monthly payment should the
loan get funded. The monthly payment will be taken out of my pay monthly and
deposited directly into the account that I designated for Prosper transactions.
There will be no issues making the monthly payments. I thank you, in advance, for
your consideration. - Dan
Borrower's Other Listings
23109 Paying off AMEX B $17,000 @ 12% Jul 05, 2006 Withdrawn
23714 Paying off old Credit Card Debt B $17,000 @ 12% Jul 09, 2006 Expired
24916 One more try - paying off high interest AMEX B $10,000 @ 12% Jul 16, 2006 Expired
27076 Help Navy Officer Torpedo Debt B $6,000 @ 11% Jul 27, 2006 Withdrawn

 

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