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0/0/0 Borrower w/ $58k Income needs Auto Loan - Fully Vetted

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Listing Information
Amount: $5,000.00 Status: Loan created
Grade: E DTI: 7%
Lender Rate: 17% Borrower: zboot
Time Left: Finished State: FL
Funded: 100% Group: Everyday People
Loan Information
Loan Status: Current Origination Date: 2007-01-24 EricsCC ROI: 12%
Status History
Jan 24, 2007 Current
Hi,

Thanks to everyone who bid on my last listing.  In the time that I've been listing here, I have been working on improving my credit, keeping up with my payments.  For more information on my vetting, budget, or to interact with me, click on the link below to look at my thread on the prosper forum.

Click Here for my RML Thread
I'm currently working full-time in Tallahassee FL. I was hired as an embedded systems engineer with starting annual of $58,000 which increases to $60,000 after my first 6 months.

My pretax monthly income is $4460, after tax, $3500

I have the following debts (which are reflected in my credit score):
  1. American Express CC - $2300 to be paid in full by mid Feb 07.
  2. Washington Mutual CC - $850 with a minimum monthly payment of about $50
  3. Reeds credit line - $1400 with a minimum monthly payment of about $88
  4. Paypal Buyer Credit - $1050 with a minimum monthly payment of $50

Assuming that I get this loan to purchase the car, I will incur new expenses of fuel and insurance. I will assume the initial costs of taking ownership, title, tax are covered by the loan.

So, starting Jan 07, my monthly obligations are:
  • $620 rent
  • $100 utils/net
  • $200 food
  • $188 min monthly on debt excluding Amex
  • $1150 (for jan and feb to Amex)
  • $200 to investment acct
  • $30 fuel for car
  • $250 really conservative estimate on insurance
  • $200 to emergency fund (5.25% savings account).

This is a total of $2938 in expenditures. My net income $3500 - $2938 leaves me $562 to use to pay back the loan in Jan and Feb. Starting in Mar 07, I will have $1712 available to put towards the loan.

I realize that there is some risk in buying a used car.  I've been conducting my search over the past two months and so far, have only identified 3 cars of the make and model that I want whose history and condition indicate low chances of having pre-existing problems.

Despite all the planning I've done, I know there are still questions with my credit worthiness.  I have learned a major lesson from my credit issues earlier this year.  I am committed to becoming debt free by Sept 2007 and based on various scenarios I've run through calculators such as the debt advisor, this is a very real possibility.
Borrower's Other Listings
73288 College Grad 2B with New Job Looking to Purchase Vehicle E $6,000 @ 16% Dec 11, 2006 Expired
77187 0/0/0 Borrower w/ $58k Income needs Auto Loan E $5,000 @ 16% Dec 22, 2006 Withdrawn
77207 0/0/0 Borrower w/ $58k Income needs Auto Loan E $5,000 @ 17% Dec 22, 2006 Expired
343903 Consolidate Debt to Single Loan and Improve Credit D $5,000 @ 35% Jun 03, 2008 Expired
351353 Loan to Fix Dead Engine in Car D $2,000 @ 27% Jun 16, 2008 Expired

 

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