Here is my March 2022 Passive Income Update. February was a great month that included a camper trip in the south of Turkey and a week-long visit to the EXPO2020 in Dubai. Both trips were filled with sunshine, time spend outdoors, and lots of new experiences. So my favorite things.

My passive income in February was 917.52 EUR (1,006.05 USD), which is about 66% of my goal of 1,500 USD in monthly passive income.

Here is a breakdown of my February 2022 passive income:
– P2P lending: 500.88 EUR
– Real Estate Lending: 64.90 EUR
– ETF Dividends: 89.66 EUR
– Stock Photos/Videos: 262.08 EUR

Passive Income Breakdown:

P2P & Real Estate Lending Overview – March 2022 Passive Income Update

As part of my March 2022 passive income update, here is a quick overview of passive income streams from three (3) P2P Lending and one (1) Real-estate P2P Lending platform that I am currently investing in.

Mintos: The 36,100 EUR that I invested in Mintos gradually over the five past years, have since grown to 51,204 EUR. That means that I have earned more than 15,000 EUR in interest through the Mintos platform since 2016.

One of my Turkey-based loan originators is struggling due to the high inflation in Turkey. As a result, about 5,200 EUR of my portfolio is currently “in recovery”. And here I have to admit that I made a mistake. Myself living in Turkey and liking it here so much, I decided last year to increase the percentage of my loans from Turkey. A clear case of “home bias“, which I am now paying the price!

But on the positive side, as of March 2022, I am auto-invested in loans starting from 9% interest from 55 loan originators (all with ratings 7-10) in 21 countries. Certain loans are up to 60 days delayed, but all loans have a buyback guarantee which is working well.

At the moment, I log into my Mintos account once a month to adjust my auto-invest portfolio settings to include all new loan originators with ratings 7, 8, 9, and 10.

My interest income on Mintos in February was 266.53 EUR (=self-calculated interest rate of 6.31 % p.a.). While in previous months some of my funds were uninvested (“Available Funds”) over the past month the so-called cash-drag has disappeared and my funds are nearly fully invested. That should increase my returns over the coming weeks.

Twino: Another excellent month for Twino! After I added +7.000 EUR in August 2021. (= my total investment on Twino is 28.500 EUR), most of the new funds have been auto-invested and my monthly interest in February was 234.35EUR (= 8.76% p.a.).

My monthly Twino payments are now almost the same as my payment from Mintos, which is incredible!

The average loan duration of my loans on Twino is currently 3.38 months. All loans are with a Buyback and Payment Guarantee.

After 6+ years of investing in the Twino platform, I can say my experience with the platform has been really great. I have been very happy to have seen that Twino has officially obtained its investment brokerage license from Latvia’s Financial and Capital Market Commission (FCMC) and has thus become a regulated investment platform (providing me as an investor greater security and transparency).

What else? TWINO has a referral program. New investors who sign up with this link (https://financialfreedomjourney.eu/Twino) and invest at least 100 EUR, will get a 15 EUR bonus (as well as I will receive a 15 EUR bonus).

EstateGuru: Besides Mintos and Twino, EstateGuru is another key investment pillar and passive income stream of mine. I added +7,000 EUR to EstateGuru in March last year. My total investment on EstateGuru is 23,000 EUR which is invested in 80 real estate projects in Estonia, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, Germany, Sweden, and Spain.

My average interest rate on EstateGuru is 10.88% p.a. For me, EstateGuru is a great platform to diversify my risk by investing in real estate loans that are secured with a first-rank mortgage (physical security). Since my first investment on EstateGuru in 2019, 67 projects have successfully and fully been repaid. 12 loans are currently behind schedule and 4 loans are in default, which I am ok with. I will keep an eye on the 12 loans that are behind schedule.

As I mentioned in previous posts, almost all my loans on EstateGuru are either bullet or full bullet loans, which means that either principals or both interest+principals are being paid in full at the end of the loan period. This past month (February 2022), I received 64.90 EUR in interest payments.

What else? My EstateGuru review explains details as well as shows how to receive a 0.5% bonus as a new investor in the first three months. EstateGuru currently has some new loans available (9.00% p.a. & 9.50% p.a.).

Exchange-Traded Funds (ETF) Update – March 2022 🥳

Investing in the MSCI World ETF is an incredibly rewarding and cost-effective way to save & invest long-term (e.g. for retirement) while earning passive income from dividends.

Since I started investing in the MSCI World ETF in 2016, the value of my ETFs has increased by 84.24% (and this despite coronavirus and Ukraine-related shock in stock markets last year). The shares that I bought originally for 145 EUR apiece are currently valued at 256 EUR. Read more in my ETF portfolio post.

As of today, I am holding 159,105 EUR in MSCI World and MSCI Emerging Market ETFs. The global markets took a bit hit this past month due to the invasion of Ukraine and the terrible war affecting millions of people in Ukraine. The value of my ETF portfolio decreased by -3.24% in February 2021. Besides donating to support the people of Ukraine, I bought new ETFs, which will be reflected in next month’s overview.

My 1,000 EUR monthly ETF savings plan

I started an automated monthly 1,000 EUR ETF MSCI World savings plan in January 2020. It’s fully automated, runs in the background, and keeps buying MSCI World ETFs worth 1,000 EUR on the 15th of every month. It’s a fantastic way of cost-averaging and keeps me committed to my financial savings goals. Thanks to my savings plan I have saved 26,000 EUR (+ value gain) since I started it. 🥳

More about my ETF savings plan and why it was such a great idea to go back to an automated saving plan in this blog post.

That’s it for my March 2022 Passive Income Update! If you are interested in more frequent updates, please follow my journey on my Facebook page at Financial Freedom Journey.

What is happening in Ukraine is really awful and unacceptable. I encourage each and everyone to donate to the humanitarian relief operations. Save the Children is a great organization to support.

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Stay healthy and have a happy and healthy March!
Peter 👋