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Using Mint.com to Pay Off Student Loans

I have concerns about Mint security, but it is very useful at tracking my budget and my progress towards student loan elimination.

After nearly a decade of helping borrowers with their student loans, these are my favorite strategies to eliminate debt.

Learning the hard way is part of college, but some personal finance lessons are especially valuable if you can learn them the easy way.

Tax time is a great opportunity to do a quick checkup on your student loans. There are plenty of ways to save money on future payments.

It is possible to build wealth while living with student loans. The key is to identify your personal priorities and best opportunities.

Making student loan payments daily sounds like an aggressive way to pay off debt, but the strategy is flawed.

Student loan nightmares are increasingly common. Most of these situations are caused by a few common mistakes.

Lenders might ask a borrower to add another cosigner to their loan, but borrowers should say no to this request.

Refinancing or your student loans can save thousands of dollars with a little bit of effort, but mistakes are very costly and hard to fix.