Michael P. Lux, Esq.
Converting private student loans from lenders like Navient and Sallie Mae into a federal student loan eligible for forgiveness would be great. Unfortunately, this move is really hard to accomplish.
Student loan borrowers should treat phone calls from the “Department of Education” with a lot of skepticism.
Learning the hard way is part of college, but some personal finance lessons are especially valuable if you can learn them the easy way.
Minimum wages don’t go nearly as far as they used to, but they can still make a difference for college students trying to limit debt.
Interest rates going up on a variable-rate loan can be frustrating. However, there are ways to avoid this particular student loan headache.
Income-share agreements are growing in popularity as a student loan alternative. ISAs have some big advantages, but there are major risks to consider as well.
Borrowers should almost always choose federal student loans over private loans. However, a private loan might work better than a Parent PLUS loan in some circumstances.
The graduate education required to become a social worker may mean a lot of student loan debt, but there are excellent debt elimination opportunities.
MyFedLoan can’t lower your federal student loan interest rate. However, there are a couple tricks borrowers can use that result in interest savings.
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