Opening disclaimer: I should first declare that this is not about some oil and gas company going under! It had to happen at some point. After a few months of trying out peer-to-peer (P2P) loan on Moolahsense, I've finally experienced the first delayed payment. The company concerned made two monthly payments promptly for a 12 month loan, but it was only able to provide a partial and late payment in the third month. Not good. It is a potential default case. As of now, I have 15 loans, each varying between $1,000 to $5,000. So it's still well within the 5% provision I made (see When junk bonds become my moolah). It's still too early to count the rate of default. It's only been four months into this journey. Fingers crossed. In 2005, when I first came across this form of P2P locally (Crowd funding comes to ......