Brew Johnson is the Co-Founder and CEO of PeerStreet, a P-2-P lending platform that collateralizes borrowers property to secure the loans with the underlying real estate asset. PeerStreet has been turning on investors to a great asset class once only accessible to banks and institutional investors.

We sat down with Brew in their Manhattan Beach offices to hear about how their new backing from Andreeson Horowitz will help them scale and what their plans are for the future. If you haven’t yet listened to Episode 13 with Brett Crosby, be sure to check it out first as it talks more in depth about what PeerStreet is strategies around utilizing the platform.

Links:

PeerStreet - Website

@brewjohnson - Twitter

Where are we:

Manhattan Beach, California

Discussed:

PeerStreet vs. Lending Club - ILAB 13

Stan’s Brutally Honest Factual Expertise About Annuities - ILAB 04

Exotics Racing  - The Ultimate Supercar Driving Experience

Nomad Summit - Successful digital nomad conference

Child's Dream - Empowering underprivileged children

Book:

The Sale of a Lifetime - Harry Dent

Time Stamps:

04:01 - Brews nickname

05:02 - Manhattan beach town

06:00 - Best mortgage based city

10:15 - Snapchat’s valuation

12:00 - SpaceX Elon Musk

13:36 - Denmark with family

14:00 - Founding company partnerships

21:21 - Tech & business Co-founders

23:40 - Young entrepreneurs

26:07 - Andreessen Horowitz

32:00 - Company growth

36:40 - Borrowers & Lending Club

40:37 - Loan to value valuation

46:30 - Beach, sharks and board meetings

48:16 - PeerStreet weekly payouts  

53:40 - LA’s tech scene

56:00 - Driving a Ferrari

59:40 - Investing 10k in the PeerStreet team

1:06:05 - Short term loan perks

1:14:11 - Empowering underprivileged children

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