Hi everyone, please welcome soon-to-be college grad and aspiring freelance writer Lauren Davidson. Lauren is going to share with us some important ways for college students to minimize student loan debt. Take it away, Lauren! College often goes together with student loans and this is what most people think of when they hear the […]
READ MORE >>How to Earn an A in Student Loan Repayment Options
Hi everyone! Please enjoy a guest post this week from DeAnna, who blogs over at Young & Free St. Louis. Student loans: It’s a curse word for many. I recently spoke with Colleen Henegan from Vantage Credit Union and she helped me break down the scary walls and understand the basics of repayment options. Colleen has […]
READ MORE >>A Nation of Well-Educated Debtors
Hi everyone! Please enjoy this guest post from Brad, who is a former financial analyst and Wall Street executive as well as a regular contributor to How to Save Money. The government of the United States is in league with US bankers to create a nation of well-educated debtors! Note: This post may […]
READ MORE >>How I Paid for College Without Student Loans and Without The Bank of Mom and Dad
Everyone knows that college costs crazy money these days, right? I am so saddened whenever I hear in the media about how the cost of college is rising dramatically or how college grads cannot find jobs. Thankfully with the improving economy at least we are now hearing less about the poor job market, but I […]
READ MORE >>Screw the Math- I Am Getting Out of Debt!
So as I mentioned in my guest post over at Debt Roundup a couple weeks ago, the hubby and I have recently decided to crank it up to turbo mode on our student loan repayment. For years we have been pretty complacent about paying off our student loans, since after we graduated school we consolidated […]
READ MORE >>6 Things I Wish I’d Known Before Getting Student Loans
I think one of the most frustrating realities of personal finance is that it is totally possible to make mistakes when you are young that have a huge impact on your life and finances for many years to come. Take student loans, for example. They don’t sound particularly scary. When you are in school you […]
READ MORE >>Changing Our Attitude on Debt
The hubs and I graduated from school at around the same time, in 2006. We’d been broke as a joke for years in school, like most people. I recall a conversation we had shortly after getting our first paychecks. We were in awe of how much money we were making (which wasn’t a lot- especially […]
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