Ten Things to Do With $1,000 (Plus 21 More)
If you’ve suddenly come upon $1,000 you didn’t have the day before, you may get the urge to celebrate ... your student loan debt. This month, I again increased my monthly payment to my student loan debt. This student loan is currently the only debt I have, and I no longer qualify for a tax reduction [more...]
Date: 2008-09-15 12:00:04
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Government Extends Loans to Detroit Automakers
This is today’s big news, and you’ve probbably heard about it already ... Commentary: A Personal Finance Blog:GM Wants You to Fear its Collapse: ...New Students Get Student Loan ... . This morning, President Bush approved three-year loan to GM and Chrysler which would give [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 16:07:46
My Bad Experience of Applying Private Student Loan
I didn’t enter to local university to further my study last time, ... . At that time, I have to get the private student loan from bank because my family has financial problem ... ’t apply for private student loan and we borrowed some money from my mother’s sister. This is bad [more...]
Date: 2008-10-16 03:54:12
Ctrl BG: A Shortcut to Financial News 11/29
Hope everyone is having a great Thanksgiving weekend and got some great bargains yesterday! ... facility to support consumer finance, including student, auto, and credit card loans and loans backed ... consumers get home, car and credit card loans easier. I haven't figured out all the implications [more...]
Date: 2008-11-29 14:40:00
Young Asian Americans Sound Off on Plunging Economy
SAN FRANCISCO — For some young Asian Americans, the country’s tanking economy hasn’t resulted in any major immediate changes to their pocket books ... if I have tremendously good credit, it will be harder for me to get a loan,” said UC Davis student Lily Wu ... generation and are taking stock of what may happen next. Sandra Fang, a student at San [more...]
Date: 2008-10-23 20:03:09
Girl Turns to Prostitution to Pay Off Student Loan Debt
lasvegas09152008.jpg Photo courtesy of .craig We have all read stories of shocking things people have done to get out of debt ... for repayment of her student loan debt. Some Nevada house of ill-repute has agreed to host the “event ... loan debt. There are certainly many other reputable alternatives to debt repayment. Charity for Debt [more...]
Date: 2008-09-15 11:00:10
College Loan Slavery: Student Debt Is Getting Way Out of Hand
I have seen this first hand. No one holds a gun to these people's heads. They don't understand sacraficing now to have more later ... debt. And don't get me started on all the credit card kiosks around campuses. Only fools get those ... into a pit of debt from which many will never recover. Raya Golden thought she was handling college [more...]
Date: 2008-11-12 13:25:34
Get Paid To Get People To Fill Up Forms!
Hey, have been down with a bad flu lately so I was not able to post on my blog lately. I am back now with more great stuff to share with you ... Of Website They Have Payday Loan Auto insurance Debt Home Improvement Auto Loan Insurance Mortgage Loan Renter Insurance Student Loan Consolidate You will noticed most of it are in the load [more...]
Date: 2008-09-11 01:57:22
Passin’ the Buck
My morning ritual combines breakfast and channel surfing, to get a flavor of what we used to call the “mass media” considers newsworthy ... administrators of the federal student loan program. ASA has put forth a proposal for federal student loan reform ... is on the up and up, interest rates are high, repayment options are limited, and students face the [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 14:15:10
Paulson's statement on the failed bail out
This just in straight from the Treasury: September 29, 2008 hp1168 Statement by Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr ... more difficult to get car loans or a student loan. I and my colleagues at the Fed and the SEC continue [more...]
Date: 2008-09-30 03:18:27
Good Debt vs. Bad Debt
by Michael Geoffrey Yes, there is such a thing as good debt ... in the long run. * Student loans - Getting a college education is a good investment as well. By earning ... a start up loan for a business venture this can be good debt. Again you are borrowing in order to give [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 20:09:45
Reader Question: My student loans went into collections! How do I get it off my credit score?
Reader's QuestionHi FB,A couple of months ago I was denied a student loan deferment and forbearance although I was unemployed and not earning any ... , like Debt Counselling of Canada. They should NEVER CHARGE YOU ANYTHING for their services ... debt shows. [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 22:11:00
Maybe Kevin Cullen should stick to writing about mobsters
Aaron Weber explains why Cullen's recent Ungrateful Sallie Mae column does a good job at pulling at the heart strings (family of a dead Marine having trouble getting the company to forgive $100,000 in student loans ... . And that, Weber (who works in the loan field) concludes, might be because Cullen couldn't be bothered to ask [more...]
Date: 2008-12-22 04:02:43
8 Tips for Talking About Money With Your Significant Other
About the author: Margaret is a recent college grad who writes at love God, not money about how she and her boyfriend are saving up money to get married, pay off student loan debt and head to seminary. Money is one of those things you’re not supposed to mention in polite [more...]
Date: 2008-11-25 18:00:44
Understanding Credit Information And How It Governs Our Everyday Life
When you ask for a student loan, try to get financing for a car or apply for a mortgage, the lender will look at your credit information ... slip into collection or made a settlement offer on a past credit card. By assessing this financial [more...]
Date: 2008-10-28 09:07:06
Ask the Readers: How to Cope with Spending Addiction?
Nicki wants to get out of debt, but she can’t — she has a spending addiction. She’s hoping that other Get Rich Slowly readers can give her advice ... loan: $4800 at 8.5% Student loans: $12,500 at 11% (I think) I earn nearly $2800 a month after taxes [more...]
Date: 2008-09-05 12:00:24
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
Consumers to get new loan program. The Treasury and Federal Reserve are working on a new facility to boost consumer financing, ... loans, student loans and credit cards, but could eventually be expanded to include mortgages [more...]
Date: 2008-11-25 12:15:23
Solve The Credit Crisis From The Bottom Up Through Social Lending
VOTE NOW! From the site: The credit crunch currently crippling America’s economy is not due to a lack of available funds ... businesses through the credit crisis, offer student loans to everyone who needs it and refinance half ... by Zemanta Financial Planning for School - Get a Discount on your Loan SEC set to leave mark-to-market [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 19:03:05
Student Loan Default: How to Deal with It
by William Blake The Department of Education has many different avenues with which it works hard to get money back from individuals whose student ... t come from legal proceedings, wage garnishment ... the right course you can even regain your eligibility for financial aid, improve your credit rating and even [more...]
Date: 2008-12-26 10:06:43
Bailout Gets More Costly Due to “Bipartisan” Deal; Foolish Limits on Foreclosure Should Be Removed
Liberal Congressional leaders have apparently reached a deal with the Bush Administration on the principal elements of a $700 billion bailout of the ... student loans, car loans, credit card debt and any other ‘troubled’ assets held by banks.” ... have stuck taxpayers with 100 percent of all losses on any bad loan or mortgage, but not the profits [more...]
Date: 2008-09-28 20:34:55
My Husband is Going Back to School
For the last couple years, my husband has been thinking about going back to school ... using a home equity line of credit. However, we need to consider getting a student loan. Taking [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 13:15:58
Eliminate Debt: Get Back On The Road To Financial Independence
Everybody wants to attain financial independence but are tied down because of debts and lack of financial planning ... to credit cards, car payment, mortgage, student loans, personal loans, home equity, and other bill ... are as long as the one I mentioned above, then debt consolidation might be the best choice. The third [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 06:32:10
I Can’t Pay Sallie Mae - Carlos
I Can’t Pay Sallie Mae - Carlos Posted by as Ask Steve, Bankruptcy, Customer Service, Get Out of Debt, Student Loans, Web If you're new here, ... question. If you have a credit or debt question you’ [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 00:05:56
Accepting a down payment
Well I’ve discussed borrowing money from family in times of need, boomeranging home, and finances for a young couple starting out ... they were fortunate to get a $50k gift from a relative to pay off their student loans. So should ... off debt, take it. BUT not at the expense of your parents. My roomie will get a paid for wedding [more...]
Date: 2008-11-13 13:00:16
Mortgage Delinquencies Continue to Climb, Watch Out for Other Loans
It's beginning to get really ugly out there... unfortunately 13 months ago when we were told "this is just a subprime issue" ... , student loans, credit card debt. It's all coming down the pike. It appears the pike is coming right ... last year for many loan categories. Overall, 6.6% of mortgages were at least 30 days past due at the end [more...]
Date: 2008-09-23 17:13:49
Bad Credit Student Loans
by Dave Davidson For individuals who would like to get a college education, the cost of tuition can often make or break their decision ... need, you may be able to qualify for a Federal Stafford loan or Perkins loan. The Stafford loan issued ... loans. There is another kind of Stafford loan that is unsubsidized. This means that once the loan [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 21:13:19
Living With A Chronic Condition
I wrote this post, comparing having a chronic medical condition to my efforts to live frugally, on July 3, 2008 ... !, I wake up and get a larger than expected bill from the student loan folks, or the car window [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 11:00:42
We've Socialized Risk, Why Not Profit?
stevewyshywaniuk: barthel: mikehudack: Are you notified every year how to claim your pro rata share of the US Treasury’s income? ... are like, as Rachel put it, a student loan—we’re giving money to someone who wouldn’t be able to get a loan otherwise in order to accomplish a social good, or at least that’s the theory [more...]
Date: 2008-09-17 20:25:00
Get a Free Bottle of Suave - Today Only!
Suavenomics As college students, saving money on everything is more important than ever ... all, student loans don’t pay themselves off. Here’s a free beauty offer you will want to take advantage ... , be sure to tell your friends to get theirs too. Copyright © 2009 College Fashion .Net. This Feed [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 18:01:06
The Rest of The (Belated) Week In Review
Didn't get to this yesterday, as I basically played hooky from blog. So I'm cleaning out the closet: • The House voted to strip all federal funding from ACORN in the student loan bill, and there are more such funding strip amendments in the health care markup in the Senate Finance Committee. The "let's strip ACORN funding" amendment will soon become a staple of GOP politics. Only problem is an unconstitutional bill of attainder , but when have laws gotten in a way of a good story. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-22 05:17:00
Today’s words of wisdom:
Re: having divorced parents whintymck: It’s weird to have to be stronger, smarter and better than your parents. whintymck: But you have to be And on a less serious note… KayakGuru05: someone should invent student loans for people who aren’t in school any more KayakGuru05: then we could get rid of work [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 21:41:01
After Debt?
I noticed a lot of people are very focused on getting out of debt ... I had a concentrated goal. Pay off student loan!!! How is life “after debt?” [more...]
Date: 2008-09-11 13:30:45
Will Bankruptcy Judges Get Power to Strip Down?
The details of the Great Bailout Bill of 2008 are still being mulled, turned over and kicked about by economists, ... of the terms of certain debts, namely auto and student loans and second-home mortgages. Under the Democrats ... of the property falls below the loan amount, debtors potentially could reduce the balance of the loan to equal [more...]
Date: 2008-09-24 15:15:01
ROH Could Close This Week, "Smart Money" Buys Into Distressed Energy Co's
Energy smart money buys into distressed Sandridge. (SD) Chesapeake Energy (CHK) also gets a dose of cash by selling assets to the same smart money. Student loans a bright spot in lending, with lots of liquidity due to quick thinking US policy. GE Capital begins $10bn debt sale of FDIC backed debt. Interesting to see how this goes. Great [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 12:24:27
New Green Fee, Loan Fund Resources - Scope It!
It’s hard times in higher ed - with our universities’ budgets getting slashed, administrators are in hyper hunker-down mode in terms of campus spending. More and more student ... Fees or Revolving Loan Funds. If you know campuses that are working on either of these initiatives [more...]
Date: 2008-12-05 18:01:58
Keeping Your Student Loans on a Short Leash
Giveaway - you entered yet? Back to School posts from the College Money Network: This Writer’s Wallet: Get an Internship & ... ! Blog carnivals featuring PTY last week: No Debt Plan: Carnival of Personal Finance #165: College ... . (Figure out how to encrypt this file – this is sensitive info!) Run the Calculator [more...]
Date: 2008-08-14 23:50:44
Creating Our First Ever “Real” Budget Was An Eyeopener.
When we started looking at real estate a few months ago and started to get our finances in order to apply for a mortgage, ... Netflix: $9 Student Loan Payment: $121 Total of just the above = $2,946. This does not include stuff [more...]
Date: 2008-09-23 13:00:49
Attempt to Get Back on Track... (pfblogs.org)
...Or at least I'm going to try. I've updated everything on the sidebar now as well as NetWorthIQ. It's not looking good, but I didn't expect it to what with the student loans being added to it all.I made several payments to the truck loan. We are now down to $7,131.24 left on it and I don't [more...]
Date: 2008-09-17 01:28:52
Ivy league goes the IIM way - II
So Indian students with the right credentials and less or even no work experience have a decent chance of getting into a good US bschool ... an average home in America), and even if you get a loan, it's important to keep in mind that we, termed [more...]
Date: 2008-09-04 04:21:00
WaMu collector gets Trado pitch
Permalink Page 1 of 442 pages 1 2 3 > Last » Search CreditSuit.org Advanced Site Search Recent entries Richard C. Cook: STOP paying your credit ... : Student loan NOT received ruining credit (school fraud) The new Trado site Most [more...]
Date: 2008-11-20 21:19:00
No More Book Learning For You Hobos
Since it’s the Depression and all, get ready for skyrocketing educational costs! ... school, so that you can send literally two-thirds of your take-home pay to your student loan [more...]
Date: 2008-12-03 20:04:19
5 Ways to Get Rich (Without a Single Discernible Skill)
5 Ways to Get Rich (Without a Single Discernible Skill): So you’re slogging away at a 9 to 5 job, paying off that student loan, doing all the things The Man said you had to do to succeed. Then one day you stop and think to yourself: there has got [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 22:49:37
Annoying Article for 6-Figure Jobs
Man, sometimes I just don’t get what passes for a good online article. Yahoo’s HotJobs site has an article about hot jobs that pay 6-figures ... . So factor in your student loans for a graduate degree if you pursue this path. BTW, I’m not sure [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 19:06:33
Roadblocks
I decided to get online again to check the courses that I need ( ... info in the mail today. It's enough in student loans to cover all tuition and books, if only [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 22:03:00
Automaker Bailout? Sure. Bank Bailout? Let Us Get Back to You.
In America, everyone is equal. But some bailouts are apparently more equal than others ... industry at below-market prices. The $25 billion bailout loan to the automakers was signed ... interest rates, which intensifies the cash shortage. Still, every student of finance is familiar [more...]
Date: 2008-10-01 16:04:45
Get Your Bailout With Two Easy Pages
So just how tough is it for a bank to apply for a bailout? Not very: WASHINGTON - Ever need a college loan? ... the five-page Uniform Residential Loan Application. But what if you’re a bank looking for a few ... bailout plan in need of more accountability and oversight. "When student lenders and mortgage [more...]
Date: 2008-12-16 07:24:55
Student Loan Default: How to Deal with It
by William Blake The Department of Education has many different avenues with which it works hard to get money back from individuals whose student loan payments have turned into student loan default. Defaulting on a federal student loan can become such a costly event that it often becomes more expensive than an individual’s original student loans [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 12:05:44
How to Eliminate Debt – Debt Consolidation As an Exceptional Method to Get Rid of Student Loan Debt
In these days, getting superior education is critical. Superior education will probably give a higher competitive appointment differentiated of the rest young candidates in the market. Still, in our society almost all good things have a price tag including education. Coinciding with research, education is contemplated as one of the main important investments of the majority of the population; they fund education setting up such as university or college debt. [more...]
Date: 2009-08-19 01:01:07
Student Loan
.fullpost{display:inline;}-Everyone want get better education, after high school we want continue the education to University, ... , this site also gives tools and resources for student to get scholarship, loan repayment calculator, financial aid calendar, from this loan you can get fresh fund between $3000-$45.000 per year [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 07:49:00
Depending on a Student Loan Without Cosigner When Nothing are Possible
Choosing a post-secondary course will provide you with a variety of options. After seeking advice from a guidance counselor before graduation day, there are many modes of financial assistance available for the college bound individual. Student loans no cosigner may be the only reasonable option for you once you have researched about scholarships, grants, work programs and other types of loans. Without a strong credit rating, getting this loan may be difficult. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-18 14:21:50
