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Get 15 EURO cashback bonus from EvoEstate

By MPI28th October 2019Newsbonus, cashback, EvoEstate, invest, investing, real estate, real estate investments

UPDATE: The 15 EUR offer is no longer valid. The new offer for new registered participants is 0.5% cashback for 6 months after the first investment. You can register here for the new offer.

EvoEstate informed that a new cashback opportunity is available at the platform to all new registered participants.

Every new investor who register through this link at EvoEstate and invests 50€ (or more) will get a 15 EURO cashback bonus on their EvoEstate account.

For other bonuses visit our Cash-back & Bonuses page.

EVOEstate makes it easy for investors to access a variety of real estate investments with a relatively small amount of capital. The minimum amount for investment is €50, which enables investors to create a diversified portfolio. All loans are secured with a mortgage.

EVOEstate does not give out loans directly to the developers and it sources deals from other project originators, this enables to provide a many different types of deals in multiple countries. Consequently, EVOEstate founding team invests into deals theirselves and has skin in the game on deals they provide.

New investment project announced by Brickstarter – Santiago Terry – Cadiz

By MPI22nd October 2019Newsbonus, Brickstarter, Cadiz, invest, investment

Brickstarter announced today that it is preparing to launch a new investment project in Spain: Santiago Terry – Cadiz.

Brickstarter – Santiago Terry – Cadiz

If you invest for the first time at Brickstarter don’t forget that you can get 15 EURO registration bonus and 0.5% bonus for your investments made during 90 days from the registration. In order to get the bonuses you first must register by following THIS LINK. and during registration use the promo code: BRICKS.

Perfectly located in the Old Town, the one with the greatest condensation of urban historical attractions. It is the postal code with highest average income per apartment and less seasonality.

A small apartment, very bright, with one bedroom and one bathroom, but up to 6 guests. This will help Brickstarter to maximize the occupation rate as the apartment is suitable for couples and up to small groups of 6 persons. They will also increase the income as they will be charging an extra fee for the 5th and 6th guest.

Investment opportunity

Operation Total: 149.429,69 €

Mortgage: 0,00 €

Total to finance: 149.429,69 €

Internal Rate of Return (IRR): 10,54%

Gross Rent Return: 11,81%

Net Rent Return: 5,3 %

Cash on Cash: 6,24%

Return on Equity (ROE): 5,30%

Mintos loan originator Kuki.pl misses the payment of the buyback guarantee?

By MPI17th October 2019Smart moneybuyback guarantee, Eurocent, fail, kuki.pl, Mintos

Update:

As promised, I return with the response received from Mintos support. It arrived promptly, the next day, and you can read it below:

“Dans (Mintos)

Oct 18, 12:36 EEST

Hi Cristian,
thank you for your message.

After checking I found that the loan you are referring to had been closed by the 16.10.2019.
It is listed in the finished Investments as well. The amount of days the loan is late, however, will keep increasing. As of now it is 63 days late, but that doesen`t change the fact that the loan had been in accordance to the buy-back guarantee on the 16.10.2019.

I hope that cleared it up and you may have a pleasant day
Let us know if you have any other questions.

Regards,
Dans”

Now, given the age of the platform, the volume of transfers and the experience with them so far, I will credit them, but there are still some doubts:

– if a loan was paid on 16.10.2019, why did it appear within the platform as late on 17.10.2019 (at night !!!) as it results from the image below, and only on 18.10.2019 as ” Finished prematurely “?

– if indeed the loan was paid on 16.10.2019, it means that there is a problem of the platform with the updating and/or displaying of data, which is worrying considering that we all make investment decisions in accordance with the information displayed.

As a personal opinion, for a while I will stay away from kuki.pl.

If you have questions or can explain these differences, feel free to comment on this post.

End of update

No money

Tonight, when I checked the Mintos platform, I had the unpleasant surprise to see that there are loans on my portfolio at Mintos that are more than 60 days late, given that I only invest in loans with buyback guarantee.I checked on the platform and noticed the following loan:

Kuki.pl buyback default

I am aware that this is only a one day late loan, but after the “experience” with Eurocent and Aforti I am very attentive to everything that happens within the platform.

I sent a message to Mintos about this topic, I will update this post when I get a response from them.

However, until then, I liquidated the entire loan portfolio from kuki.pl on the secondary market. I hope this is not another case like Eurocent.

Iuvo peer-to-peer investment platform overview

By MPI14th October 2019Peer-to-Peer Lendingbuyback guarantee, invest, investing, Iuvo, Iuvo Group OU, peer-to-peer lending

Iuvo is a p2p platform based in Tallinn, Estonia, which allows its users to invest in loans, granted from Originators (nonbank financial institutions – Easy Credit, Viva Credit, iCredit, BBG , Fast Finance). The Investors can make a motivational profit, and the Originators benefit by the extra funds to help them expand their business.
After the loan is granted by the Originator, it is uploaded on iuvo, where the Investors can see it and choose to invest in it. The Investor receives their profit from the principal with interest after the installment is payed off.
In case the Borrower stops paying the loan, the buy-back guarantee activates immediately and the Investor gets their investment back.

Iuvo Group OŰ is a company, licensed by the Financial Supervision Commission of Estonia, according to Decision № 4.1-1/133 of the Management board of the Commission. Iuvo Group OŰ is regulated credit intermediary from the Estonian Financial Commission.

IUVO strives to provide investors with a world-class user experience through its diversified credit portfolio of trusted originators, as well as superior platform simplicity.

Iuvo is a Latin word that means “to help”, “to save”.

Who can invest at Iuvo?

Iuvo is a platform that is open to individuals and companies.
The individuals must be at least 18 years old, and they need to have a valid bank account within the European Union or third countries that are currently considered as having equivalent AML/CFT systems to the EU.
For the companies it is required to have a valid bank account within the European Union or third countries that are currently considered as having equivalent AML/CFT systems to the EU. Their data and funds origin, according to the Anti-money laundering and Financial Terrorism policies and regulations mentioned above. (AML/CFT).

How can funds be deposited to the investor account at Iuvo?

You can make a deposit to your iuvo account by some of the following methods:
– a bank transfer from your bank account with a payment order or by using your online banking;
– at the cash register of a bank;
– a transfer, made by using electronic money services such as: Paysera, ePay, Transferwise, Currency Cloud, Revolut, etc.
Please, bare in mind that there is no minimum or maximum amount of money you can deposit.

You can find our bank details on you account–>”Deposit“. Please, follow the instructions.

You can invest in three different currencies at the same time: BGN, EUR, and RON. It is necessary to make a bank transfer to the corresponding account.
Please, bare in mind that right now Iuvo do not offer currency conversion.

You have two investing options in iuvo – manual and automatic.
The manual investing includes: credit details review; choosing which particular credit to invest in, adding to your Cart and confirming the investments.
The Auto-Investing option includes: creating a portfolio, where you can apply certain filters. After you start Auto-Investing, the software invests in loans that fit your criteria.

The minimum amount you can invest in the Primary Market is as follows: 10 BGN, 10 EUR, 25 RON. There is no minimum amount for investing on the Secondary Market.

Iuvo fees

The platform does not have any charges for investing, making a deposit, or withdrawal. The only charge that may apply is when you sell a loan on the Secondary Market – 1% of the amount.
Please, bare in mind that this does not include any charges that your bank may apply.

The credit rate scores

One of the methods by which the originators control the risk, is using a credit rate score system. This is a procedure of classifying every credit in different categories, based on the default probability (the probability the borrower to stop paying off their loan).
All loans in iuvo have a score rate. This is needed so the credits from different originators can be compared.

The credit score rates in iuvo are:
A 0 – 4% default probability
B 4 – 10% default probability
C 10 – 18% default probability
D 18 – 25% default probability
E 25 – 35% default probability
HR above 35% default probability

All loans listed on the platform have the so called buy-back guarantee. This means that the Originator is obligated to buy back the credit from the investor at its nominal value in case the borrower stops paying off their loan. The Originator will restore the investment back to your iuvo account.
The buy-back guarantee activates on the 61-st day, counted from the date of the first unpaid installment.

Withdrawals

In order to request a withdrawal, you need to verify your identity and address. You can do that by applying the following documents:
*for Individuals
– ID Card – both sides of your ID Card or Passport;
– current utility bill, addressed to you or
– official document from the Authorities or
– other documents, confirming your address;
*for Companies
– ID Card of the account’s owner – both sides or Passport;
– A current status certificate or Commercial register extract;
– A document from the Authorities that is addressed to the company (confirming the address);

You can attach your documents through the platform in the “Documents” section.

Regarding the Anti-money laundering policy of the European Union, you need to verify your address in order to withdraw money from your iuvo account.
You can request a withdrawal at any given time from the “Withdraw” button. You can only withdraw the funds that are not invested at the moment.

You can cancel your withdrawal request from “Withdraw” button -> “Withdraw History.

All withdrawals from the platform are processed within two working days.
*Please, bare in mind that the bank transfer can take more time, depending on the bank’s conditions.

You can only transfer funds to a bank account that you have deposited from. If you have transfered money from more than one bank account, you will have the opportunity to choose which one to transfer the funds to.

Get 1,5% cashback bonus from DoFinance

By MPI26th September 2019News, Smart moneybonus, cashback, DoFinance

The cashback campaign has been discontinued on 16.10.2019

“Dear investors,

We are letting you know that since the unexpected activity and volume of investments, we are stopping the 1.5% cashback campaign today on 16.10.2019.

During the time of the cashback campaign we received an unexpectedly large sum of investments, that have significantly decreased the available loan volume on DoFinance platform. In order to ensure the already active investment activity and re-investing process, we have to temporarily stop the campaign, but we promise to continue this offer as soon as there will be enough loans available for new and existing investors!

The funds transferred and invested until today are still qualified for the bonus.”

As the active investment season is here, DoFinance have a special offer to DoFinance investors!

All new investments made until 01.11.2019 (with a minimum term of 6 months) will get a 1,5% cashback bonus! This means that now with DoFinance it is possible to earn up to 13,5% annually!

This offer will be valid for all programs, except the 4% and 5% auto-invest programs. All the investor needs to do – transfer new funds and make a new investment.

The bonus is usually added to the investors account in up to two working days after the investment has been made.

Wisefund crowdlending platform overview

By MPI24th September 2019Peer-to-Peer Lendingcrowdfunding, crowdinvesting, invest, peer-to-peer lending, Wisefund

Wisefund is a platform where individual lenders meet businesses looking for loans, bringing business lending to more affordable level while providing opportunities to individuals letting their free funds bring stable and above the average annular returns. Each project listed (and coming up to be listed) is thoroughly checked, with very comprehensive due diligence done to ensure each borrower is a guaranteed high return opportunity for investors.

Wisefund has established a cooperation with Nord Capital Markets where the latter provides services of business analysis of the businesses willing to raise capital on the Wisefund platform. Nord Capital Markets – a stock company founded in 2009 – is a privately held company focusing on global financial markets and financial analysis.

Nord Capital Markets has over 10 years of experience in analyzing global and local companies in respect to their creditworthiness. In assessing the financial stability of companies, Nord Capital Markets utilizes classical financial analysis toolkit – analysis of the borrowers’ financial statements and projections. At the same time firm’s analysts take into account local peculiarities and economic realities when assessing the creditworthiness of the companies.

If you invest for the first time at Wisefund don’t forget that you can get a 0.5% cashback bonus for the investments made in the first 180 days.

Who can invest at Wisefund?

Any person can be a lender on Wisefund as long as one meets the following criteria:
a) be over 18
b) have valid passport or ID card
c) has a bank account in financial institution registered and licenced in a country of the European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland
d) are a resident of a country from the European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland

How it works?

First, register as a lender with Wisefund. Second, verify your identity. Once that’s done, transfer funds into your Wisefund lender account. Once these steps are completed, you’ll be able to loan to available opportunities immediately.

It’s quite simple to lend on Wisefund:
Search our ‘Open projects’ and choose the businesses to which you’d be willing to lend (based on interest rate, minimal investment, loan term and/or project description), then simply select an amount to lend and you’re done. You’ll receive interest payments as per schedule, and the principal will be repaid with the last interest payment accrued.
The funds will be transferred from your Wisefund lender account to the Wisefund account of the borrower. When the loan is issued to the borrower, you’ll hold a loan contract. This entitles you to monthly repayments at the interest rate that accompanied the loan request.

Wisefund don’t charge lenders any fees. Wisefund earns commissions from borrowers for each successfully funded loan.

What happens if a loan does not meet its target?

As soon as it opens for loan requests, each lending opportunity has its target sum and timespan detailed on the Loan details of each loan (funding target term may be extended with the approval of the borrower and current active investors) to get fully funded. In cases when the open loan request doesn’t reach its target by the funding deadline, Wisefund credits the Lender’s account with the invested principal, and no interest is paid. Interest is paid only for fully funded Loan opportunities.

The buy-back guarantee

Borrowers who have defaulted will be pursued with debt collection. But for the safety of our investors, we’ve entered into an agreement with a third party investor who guarantees to buy out any loan that is late for more than 60 days at the rate of remaining principal, and will pursue debt recovery actions themselves. The investor bears no responsibility on defaulted loans which are covered by the buy-back guarantee. The borrower will have to meet all the costs, as investors aren’t liable for any additional expenses. Currently all loan opportunities listed are covered by the buy-back guarantee.

BitOfProperty peer-to-peer crowdinvesting platform overview

By MPI1st September 2019Real estateBitOfProperty, blockchain, crowdinvesting, invest, peer-to-peer lending, real estate, real estate investments, shares

BitOfProperty is a blockchain based real estate crowdinvestment platform,making property investing affordable and increasing liquidity of the investments. The company is headquartered in Singapore and has a subsidiary inEstonia.

BitOfProperty is on a mission to bring real estate investing closer to people. Due to typically high minimuminvestments, many people are unable to personally invest in real estate as an asset class. Additionally,real-estate can often take more personal involvement through the cycle of renting out a property.BitOfPropety’s goal is to provide everyone the ability to invest in real estate.

If you invest for the first time at BitOfProperty don’t forget that you can get € 10 signup bonus to make your first investment, more details HERE.

All assets available on BitOfProperty are carefully screened and evaluated internally prior to listing on the platform. During the evaluation, the team of BitOfProperty will assess properties from a technical, financial and also legal point of view. When the criterias are met and support the property to be listed, the investment term period is set and the property is made available on the platform.

Investing

In order to make investments on BitOfProperty platform you need to verify your profile and add funds to your account. If your verification has been approved by the platform, you can go and explore properties listed and start making investments.

All properties are available for browsing on the Properties page. Clicking on a specific property will take you to an individual property page where you can find more detailed information, such as pictures and description, monthly distributions, capital allocation and all other supporting documents for the investment opportunity. BitOfProperty wants to ensure that you have all the necessary information to make an informed decision.

If you decide to invest in a property, make sure you have verified your profile. After successful verification, follow these steps:

1) Top up your Wallet using a wire transfer with at least the amount you would like to invest. Instructions for adding funds can be found in the Wallet page.

2) Invest either in an ongoing crowdfunding campaign or buy available shares the investors are selling from other properties.

There is no minimum investment amount set, as this may vary depending on the lowest share prices available on the market. Also, there is no cap on the maximum investment amount this is dependent on the maximum amount of shares available on the platform.

Before making an investment, you need to transfer money to your account on the platform. Once the money is on your platform account, you can choose a property to invest in. For the crowdfunding deals, the amount invested will be reserved at first and when the total investment amount is reached, the amount will be transferred to SPVs bank account by BitOfProperty and the property acquisition will be carried out. For the over-the-counter marketplace deals, where you buy shares from other investors, you would have to fill out a Buy Order. Before that, make sure you have sufficient funds in your Wallet. Once a matching sell order has been found, BitOfProperty will contact you directly to complete the transaction.

If the investment amount of the campaign is not reached, the money is sent back to your wallet and you can use it to invest in other investment opportunities or transfer it back to your personal bank account.

When you make an investment, your share will be calculated by dividing the amount you invested with total investment amount of the deal. Both monthly rental income and capital gain will be distributed according to the share you own in the property. Rental income will be distributed every month, whereas, capital gain will be distributed in the end of the investment term. If you sell your share within the investment period, you will receive capital appreciation on your share earlier, assuming that you were able to sell the share with a profit.

Investment term for the opportunities is usually between 3-5 years. The investment term can be shorter or longer, depending on the situation of the real estate market.

Fees

There are no transaction fees for the investors.

Investors are only charged with the Management Fee of 10% from the rental income. In case there is a vacancy period with no rental income, the Management Fee will not be charged.

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Get 15 EURO cashback bonus from EvoEstate

UPDATE: The 15 EUR offer is no longer valid. The new offer for new registered participants is 0.5% cashback for 6 months after the first investment. You can register here for the new offer.