It gets wilder.

My LC IRA is done.  All the (non written off) loans are paid.

I transferred the last of the funds from LC to Alto.  Then I had TDAmeritrade send a request to Alto to pull the last bit of cash out of Alto to my TDAmeritrade IRA.

I made that request on 9/28.  TDAmeritrade sent the request letter to Alto the next day.  Then on 10/12, I asked Alto what was going on.  They  said they hadn't heard from TDA.  Checking with TDA, they claimed the letter had been sent, but they overnighted it again to Alto. 

Then I sent a message to Alto telling them what I just heard from TDA.

Then... I got a message from Alto saying ...

Thank you for reaching out! I just confirmed with our Financial Operations team that the check has been processed and currently has an expected delivery date of October 25, 2021. Please let me know if you need any additional information.

What this means is that they've now admitted that they had the paperwork for the last 2 weeks, during which time they sent me and the TDAmeritrade folks on a wild goose chase tracking it down.  But it's worse than that...  A completely ordinary first class mail takes 4-5 days to go across the country, so there is no reason in hell that a check that has already been cut would have an expected delivery date two weeks in the future, unless they are intentionally holding it. 

Looks to me like Alto is intentionally delaying payments.  In this case, they've added 1 month of delay.

Alto must be aging payments intentionally.  Only reason I can think for doing this is to help their own cash flow (ie "keep the lights on").  But client funds are supposed to be segregated, so that doesn't make much sense, unless they aren't really segregated.

Bozos.  Their web now says my account has $2400 more than it should have.  That will sit there forever, or until they figure it out, whichever comes first.

This is a very complex process, and it is pretty challenging to figure it out yourself. Your idea is quite interesting.  To start a business like this, you only need to save up the initial capital. I don't have the money to buy 2 ATMs at once, so I will take out a loan. When I take out loans, I always consult with them Mortgage Advice Bristol. They are true professionals in this area. They always manage to find a loan offer with the lowest interest rate. Do you think the monthly profit will cover the loan payment?

I am down to $20 in outstanding principal across six notes that represent three underlying loans (bought the same loan multiple times on folio). Still getting a couple bucks a month from them, and a couple bucks a month from recoveries.

Gonna have to decide at what point just to call it quits and lose what's left on the table. It's in an IRA, there are fees to transfer out, so those last few loans are blocking me from getting the rest of the accrued cash out. I have a chunk of cash un-invested and losing out on other opportunities.

Presumably the point to transfer is when the lost interest from a high interest savings account exceeds the ongoing payments from loans and recoveries. Depending on how recoveries are doing, that  point may come in two months when most of the remaining loans will be paid off, and it'll just be one loan plus recoveries.

Good to know thank you!

LC stock is up 49% today.  Wow.