Originally Posted by Adraco

I make personal loans. People who for some reason can't loan money from a bank can take personal loans from me. The return is decent and somewhat predictable over the years. A little depending on the person, say that I charge around 20% interest rate on a yearly basis, about the same as a credit card. I count on loosing about 10% in defaults leaving me with around 10%. So far my average loss level is at 4.92% over the last five years, leaving an average of 15.02% profit over the last five years. And I have happy, returning cutomers too.