Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “student loans”
Though the Affordable Loans for Any Student Act of 2018 won’t win awards for best named legislation, it packs a serious punch that would help a ton of federal student loan borrowers. If passed, the Senate Bill would arguably be the biggest change to student loan repayment in over a decade. Here …
The dirty little secret of student loan debt is that there can be a very real penalty to getting married. Student loan forgiveness programs, such as Public Service Loan Forgiveness, require a borrower to enroll in an Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) Plan. The benefit of an IDR plan, is that borrowers …
Reports about the difficulty of getting loans forgiven by Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) are all over the place. Some say that after 10 years of government or non-profit work, loans will easily disappear. Others indicate that 99% of the people who apply for Public Service Loan Forgiveness are denied. …
American Education Services, usually called AES, is one the largest servicers of federal and private student loans in the United States. Many AES borrowers may face the question of whether or not they should refinance or consolidate their AES loans. In some cases the refinancing or consolidating can be an …
Typically when we write about student loan repayment strategy, we cover a wide range of situations. When a borrower is thinking about a repayment plan, things like marital status, retirement planning, and whether or not they want to buy a house all can enter the equation. Today we will throw …
After spending years helping people manage their student loans and recover from student loan disasters, we have developed some strong opinions on borrowing strategy during school. All student loans come with risk, and circumstances may require adding student debt to the college equation. However, question number one for any student …
Today’s post is a special article written by a reader of the site who approached us with a desire to publish some analysis on how student loans are impacting women and minorities compared with the general population… The U.S. has a student debt problem – that much is clear. With …
When it comes to federal student loan repayment plans, there isn’t a plan that is definitively the best. Some plans work great in certain circumstances, while others excel under different conditions. Today we will take a deep dive into the federal student loan repayment plans and various options avaialble. For …
For borrowers that are neither wealthy nor poor, eliminating student debt can be difficult. Paying off student loans does not have to take decades. There are many strategies for middle income borrowers to erase student debt. The situation is difficult, but it can be managed. here are excellent resources out …
Great Lakes Higher Education, commonly called MyGreatLakes, is one of the largest servicers of federal student loans. Though Great Lakes does not directly provide consolidation or refinancing services, it is still possible to refinance loans with Great Lakes. The big question for borrowers to decide is whether or not this …
