Feeling out of control with how much you are required to pay every month towards your federal student loans? Then you may want to consider other options. For anyone with federal student loans, you have a few different choices when it comes to your repayment. Income-driven repayment plans were created to help borrowers potentially lower […]
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The exact amount of private student loans isn’t known, but recent estimates peg it at about $100 Billion. The increase in the amount of private student loans isn’t surprising, as there are a couple of major drivers in the trend. First, the cost of college keeps increasing. This includes the cost of living, which […]
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Student loans can be complex. Annoying. Even painful. All the emotions. There is no magical way to get rid of them quickly, especially if you have a lot of them. The one thing you can do, though, is feel in control. To do that you need to get organized. Which brings me to the […]
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There’s no denying that student loan refinancing has become incredibly popular the past few years. With companies like SoFi receiving hundreds of millions – or in the case of SoFi, $2 billion – in funding, investors and existing companies are seeing student loan refinancing as a big opportunity. And why not? Student loan refinancing presents […]
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Using a combination of investments, savings, and equity in our home, my wife and I could pay off all of our student loans. But we won’t. This may sound odd. After all, who wouldn’t want to be done with student loan debt forever? It’s a fair question, but pulling tens of thousands of dollars […]
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Federal student loan borrowers were big winners in the $2 trillion COVID stimulus bill: all federal student loans are paused until the end of September, 2020. No interest builds on the loans. The months will count towards student loan forgiveness. So what should you do while your student loans are paused during COVID? I’ve […]
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Most people associate student loan forgiveness with Public Service Loan Forgiveness, or PSLF. PSLF provides certain student loan borrowers forgiveness after 120 qualified monthly payments. PSLF is only eligible for those who work for the government or a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, though, so it won’t help everyone. What many fail to realize is that PSLF […]
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I completed my MBA program in just 6 months. Yes, some people definitely thought I was crazy. And yes, at times, I even believed I was crazy. For some details, I do work full-time. I started my MBA in June of 2019, and finished in October of 2019. Because of how quickly I completed […]
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Okay, so maybe I just really like school and learning… While I was a triple-major, what the title also doesn’t say is that I spent six years working on my undergraduate degree and also transferred a few times. When I finally landed at the University I graduated from, I was already 21 years old and […]
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