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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Financial Forecast for 2009, Considering Resource Limitations

In this post, I consider some major issues contributing to our current financial problems, before making a financial forecast for 2009. These are 1 ... from the bottom: Layer 1. Household Debt (Mortgages, auto loans, credit card debt, student loans ... debt-based financial system operating. 3. Where we are now, and the role reduced resources [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 15:10:32

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

What Happens When You Default on Your Student Loans?

As the economy tanks and employment skyrockets, the number of former students struggling to pay off their student loans is likely to grow, too.  While failure to repay any debt can have serious consequences, not making payments ... student loans are one of the only forms of debt that cannot be discharged in a claim of bankruptcy [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 17:38:59

TARP II: The Wrath of TALF

In normal times the Federal Reserve responds to crises by using teeny, gold-plated hydraulic levers to raise and lower interest rates ... which it will lend up to $200 billion to support the issuance of debt backed by consumer and small-business debt -- such as credit-card loans, student debt, auto loans and loans backed by the Small [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 15:35:02

Repaying Your Student Loans

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Student LoansStrategies For Paying Back Student Loans “60 percent of 2007 college graduates had student debt, each taking on an average of $22,700 in loans.” —College Board Report “Default rates ... who leave college with a lot of debt.” — EducationSector Student loans are often easy [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 17:43:48

40 Money Tips for College Students

I remember the first day I set foot at college, it was a mixture of excitement and fear at the prospect of being on my own ... , myself included, this means graduating with some student loan debt (I had and still have over $20k in student loans) but that’s OK. Avoid credit card debt at all costs. Consider this, if you owe [more...]

Date: 2008-09-24 11:43:57

Certifiably Weak

Congress took a small step this summer to try to prevent students from taking on unnecessary private loan debt ... out the advice of their financial aid administrators before taking on expensive private student loan debt ... the lives of their loans. Unfortunately, direct-to-consumer private loan providers lobbied [more...]

Date: 2008-10-14 20:25:06

North Dakota Legislators Considering A Tuition Freeze

Because government price controls always work so well. (BISMARCK) ... of higher education is taking its toll on students. As noted by the Project on Student Debt, North Dakota ... through student loans. The average debt held by these students is $21,648, which ranks 15th [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 21:56:58

Online Student Loan Consolidation Methods

By Adam Boulton It is commonplace for students to avail of students loan, considering the increasing expenditure incurred on education ... into one to at least reduce the tension and burden. consolidation debt loan unsecured When so many ... . Generally, students utilize more than one loan programs and eventually end up with paying many [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 15:30:12

A Good Debt Management Program Can Be a Life Saver

by William Blake Do you feel like you are over you head in debts? Many see themselves buried in debt due to car loans, medical bills, student loans, credit card debt, etc. All of these debts can spell financial disaster as the majority of them are unsecured loans [more...]

Date: 2008-11-05 19:13:30

Debt Update – 9/28/09

With starting a new job, I only received 3 weeks pay for the month of September, so that put us back a little bit in terms of paying off our car loan. It will definitely be paid off in October though since we only owe 4% on it yet, so that’s good news! Then, I can focus on student loan #1 which is the smaller of my two students loans. The other student loan will probably take 2-3 years if we are aggressive in paying it off. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 15:00:02

Five Things That a Generation X Financial Planner Did, That You Can Too

This is a guest post from Jeff Rose, an Illinois Certified Financial Planner(TM) and co-founder of Alliance Investment Planning Group ... student loan and credit card debt at ease.  Luckily, I stumbled into a career as a financial ... students graduate with a combination of student loan and credit card debt. Most of us are just kind [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 15:45:19

Want to Consolidate a Student Loan?

Just finished school and now it’s time to start paying on those Student loans fall into two categories. 1 ... consolidation services. A federally funded student loan also cannot be consolidated with credit card debt. If you are considering consolidation of your student loans, gathering the appropriate [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 02:29:44

What Is Debt Consolidation And Can It Help You

by William Blake Most people have heard of debt consolidation through junk mail, on television, or other forms of media ... cases, debt consolidation involves several unsecured debts into one secured loan. This secured loan ... , but typically the steps are different for student loans than for unsecured debt from credit cards [more...]

Date: 2008-11-09 14:01:07

Student, Car Debt Quietly Added to Bailout Plan

Jeez! This country very well may be doomed beyond hope! This is not the time to be sneaky, and push even more expenses on the taxpayers ... its bailout plan to include buying student loans, car loans, credit card debt and any other “troubled” assets ... program to foreign banks with extensive loan operations in the United States, potentially added tens [more...]

Date: 2008-09-24 02:08:02

Measure of Relief

The US government has several new student loan schemes to make debt less debilitating. ……… Daniel de Vise reports …………… Suzie Dundas is at that stage of life when student loans loom larger than car leases or electricity bills. The $390 monthly payments seem to stretch into perpetuity. They are her largest monthly obligation aside from her rent, which Dundas has decided she can no longer afford. She is about to move in back with her parents. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-06 11:04:18

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

Time or Tithe?

I am writing this week about issues twenty-something people face financially, because I’m hosting tomorrow the Twenty-Something Carnival of Finances ... with student loan debt, credit card debt, a car loan, and fees typical of furnishing a place to live.  Twenty [more...]

Date: 2008-11-16 14:00:52

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

Southampton vs Man Utd Highlights Video

.fullpost{display:inline;}Southampton 0 - 3 Manchester United20' 0 - 1 Goal Danny Welbeck37' Matthew Paterson Red Card 48' ... , but Bobby Stokes' goal gave the south coast side a 1-0 victory and their only major trophy.Personal Loans,Cash Advance,Auto Loans,Student Loans,Debt Consolidation,Credit Cards.Danny Welbeck [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 12:53:00

Proud of My Six-Digit Student Loans

Rants like these about evil student loans (these examples by ToughMoneyLove) are how holier-than-thou people feel about student loans ... private schools. At one point, my loans were well over 100K. Today, I'm in my mid-twenties and debt free ... . That's the problem with one-size-fits-all personal finance. As for risk, Ramsey hates all student [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 14:20:59

Weekly Roundup and Carnivals

Again it’s time to roundup posts I read this week and carnivals I participated in ... @ HighEducationWebBlog talks about “Student Loan Forgiveness“.  A must read for anyone in student loan debt. I had no idea peace corps and americorps had loan forgiveness if you worked for them. Kay Bell [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 16:00:00

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