___ and you are alone.

___ and you are alone. January 15th, 2009 Decompression Alot of people I know talk about it how they may work on a certain project for a period ... at my college and with a winter break that last’s a month. Even with the best savings I can manage ... started to pay off student loans or anything like that. FUCK {5} INT WINDOW MORNING Just the [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 18:48:00

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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

Monetizing Your Website With Google Adsense Is Easier Than You Think

This site is specifically created for those who don’t want to waste time searching for ‘the best solution’ to earn money online ... Debt Consolidation Endowment Purchase Online Student Loan Consolidation Pop Up Displays California ... Mortgage Refinance Rates Accident Helpline Lenders Tree Acorn Stair Lifts Ambulance Billing Secure [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 00:57:08

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

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

Tip’d: A New Financial Social Media/Bookmarking Site.

There is a new kid on the social bookmarking circuit - Tip’d - and he is here to promote your finance articles to those willing to listen ... impairment to collect SS benefitsMeet The M-Network: An Interview With Dough Roller.Beware The Fake Student Loan Application FAFSA Website.Great site of tutorials for increasing web traffic, adsense [more...]

Date: 2008-10-27 13:00:14

Chiropractic Marketing - New Patients from Social Media and SEO

When speaking with the average chiropractor, it is apparent that critical entrepreneurial thinking is still not stressed in school. Hence, why many doctors never make it in the long term in practice. In fact, the chiropractic profession has the highest student loan default rate of any medical profession. Most of the reason [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 09:58:33

Dear House, I Want You. Love, Craig

Remember that house I told you about a while back when I regaled you with the story of my bottle of Tanqueray? Well to sum up, I couldn’t afford it. The mortgage guy told me that I had too much debt (student and car loans). He advised me to take almost my entire savings and pay off my car loan, which I did, and it was one of the hardest things [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 17:02:52

We’re saving for retirement!

Last week, I questioned when we should start saving for retirement. I got a lot of great advice from readers (thanks!) ... that didn’t require a minimum investment. Our main priorities are student loan repayment ... of our accounts. We’ll increase that amount later as our income increases and our debt decreases. After [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 17:05:37

If You Could Give $25 to Wipe Away $42,526 in Student Loans, Would You?

I have spent the past week wrestling with how to tell this story – and whether or not I should tell this story. It’s certainly related to personal finance, especially my own personal finances. But if I tell it wrong, it comes across as overly political and a plea for money. Awesome! Two things that I’ve attempted to avoid for the entirety of this blog! [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 05:02:10

Letting go of the old and moving on to the new

Welcome to 2009.2008 was quite a year for us. So many exciting things happened, there are things that I haven't even written about yet. Yikes! ... for something NEW!Debt reduction and elimination is our other main focus this year. This is the continuation ... of credit card addiction. It's that other debt we are looking at now: student loans, home equity [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 04:25:00

Shocking Video Unearthed Democrats in their own words Covering up the Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Scam that caused our Economic Crisis

How the Democrats can step up to the microphone with straight faces is beyond me. Thanks to NakedEmperorNews at YouTube ... will not be met, student loans will not be issued, the world will come to a stand still if the American ... -by-week LOAN to keep businesses and individuals going -- something is very wrong. If a company cannot [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 03:52:42

Another Reason to Skip College

Another Reason to Skip College Posted by Karen DeCoster at 08:59 AM This article claims that student loan defaults are still under 10%, ... allowing them to seize income-tax refunds, withhold professional licenses and enlist collection agencies to gather payments. Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Education withheld eligibility [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 14:59:40

Debt Consolidation: Will It Help Me?

We are in uncertain economic times.Many are falling behind in mortgages, student loans, car payments and credit card payments ... clearly explains what bankruptcy, debt consolidation, third party credit counseling and debt settlement ... will negatively affect your credit score and cause an increase in credit card interest rates.One of the best [more...]

Date: 2008-11-30 20:48:00

FEMA streamlines citizen aid requests (UPDATED)

Failure and embarrassment must be good motivators. After Hurricane Katrina, FEMA allowed victims to file for aid online, ... agencies, you can do other stuff, too: apply for a small business loan, file a change of address with the Social Security Administration, apply for a student loan, and check on the status [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 03:03:24

Where To Put Your Money Right Now

This is for anyone who has under 250k dollars in stocks and bonds and also has debt ... payment, your student loan, the Rent A Center TV and Dell Computer Loan, your loan shark, your uncle [more...]

Date: 2008-10-15 14:24:46

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

Home Buying 101 - Step Three: How much can you afford?

This is the third installment of twelve weekly features for first-time homebuyers on buying a home, now updated for 2009 ... sites that offer free mortgage calculators. I like Ginnie Mae’s. But because there are so many ... like a car, student loan, engagement ring, etc. More debt and more inquiries will likely lower [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 09:39:01

BANKING ON THE FUTURE: YOU

What if students repaid loans with a percentage of their future earnings? ... to remove the risk of overwhelming debt for students and mitigate the social costs of trying to repay it. By gearing repayment to income, the contracts reduce those burdens sharply -- a student [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 14:13:58

Bailout must be stopped

The trillion-dollar bailout of financial corporations and institutions must be stopped for a variety of reasons, ... snoozing, the Treasury dramatically expanded its bailout plan to include buying student loans, car ... included in draft language that also opened the bailout program to foreign banks with extensive loan [more...]

Date: 2008-09-24 11:28:20

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

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

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

Pocket Profile: Frugal Babe

This week we spoke with Frugal Babe, who started a blog to chronicle her family’s path out of debt after starting a health insurance agency with her ... more in rent. Student Loan Debt: None! Top percentile. Credit Card Debt: None! Top percentile ... calculators to figure out how long it will take us to pay it off. The Bigger Picture: Tell [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 16:49:31

Being Green in a Tight Economy: Part IV

Let’s talk about energy. Been there, done that you say. We all know to turn lights off when we leave the room, to unplug all cords when not in use ( ... (mortgage, student loan payments, medical insurance). A favorite way for our family to think about being [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 14:01:23

From the Archives (September 7th - September 13th)

Here are some of my favorite FCN articles from a year ago this past week: Front Loading Washer and Dryer Recommendations? ... Against Increasing Energy Costs “Borrowing” Money from an IRA Q&A: Using IRA Funds to Pay Off a Student Loan And here’s what was going on two years ago: Retirement Savings Options, Part II Frugal [more...]

Date: 2008-09-16 03:58:46

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

Are You Worried About Paying for College?

Are you worried about paying for college next year? Hate to say it, but you have good reason to be nervous ... their endowments are hurting. Our student loan guru Mark Kantrowitz, who also started the site FinAid, offers ... . What if mom or dad loses their job? What if you only qualify for an expensive private loan… [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 18:20:53

The Best 2009 CES Stock Play

Stephanie Link, director of research for Cramer’s Action Alerts Plus portfolio, says this name is the best tech stock to own this year. Random Posts Jobs Continue to be a Major Concern for Many (1) Five Simple Tips to Lower Your Electric Bill (0) Clock’s Ticking for Student Loan Applicants (0) 10 Do-It-Yourself Skills [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 16:00:19

Year in Review Meme

In 2008, I gained: a real job, my own apartment, a dog. I lost: a lot of my freedom. I stopped: being as spontaneous ... with that money I could have saved it, put it toward credit cards or student loans, etc…because it made me feel [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 19:20:00

Reflecting On Goals For 2008 and Moving On To 2009

Last year, all the goals I set were based on debt elimination and how much per month we could pay to debt ... s student loan under $5500 (snowball calculator says $5847) I more than met both these goals ... in October, and then paid off our remaining car loan in November.  The only non-mortgage debt we have left [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 14:25:07

Bankruptcy

Teresa Sullivan et al's book, As We Forgive Our Debtors (1989, see Chap 8, specifically) ... of points right after college. I had credit card debt, student loan debt, and an uninsured car accident ... points out that women were not even guaranteed credit in their own names until 1970 (or 1974 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 16:47:18

Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program

This information comes from a great web page created by the National Council of Nonprofits ... Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007. There might be hope for those with tremendous student loan debt ... , public safety, public interest law service, public care for children, elders or disabled [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 21:51:43

Six Secrets to Saving Money When You Are Young

Photo courtesy of lrargerich While perusing a few of my favorite personal finance blogs over the weekend I ran across ... and small pile of student loan debt, but no degree.  I thought I was pretty financially savvy [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 11:00:31

Who Is Generation Debt?

This article was originally posted at Qvisory in October 2008 as a guest post ... be part of my ticket out of Generation Debt. As Broke Grad Student has become more popular, the small ... making enough blog-related revenue to cover my monthly student loan payments. Of course [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 13:00:22

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

Acquisitions Continue: Citi Buys Wachovia

October 3 update: Wells Fargo has stepped in and placed a better offer for Wachovia. Wachovia is my main brick-and-mortar bank ... against your stock gains for tax purposes. Wachovia mortgages and student loans will become Citi’s assets ... : ...Wachovia to Start Charging for Direct Access to Quicken: ...Wachovia Reaches for More Auto Loan [more...]

Date: 2008-10-01 12:00:26

Debt Consolidation with Free Government Grants? One Scam to Avoid

Have you ever seen a commercial or an ad promising “free government grant money? ... can be used for anything, including debt consolidation , student loans, a yacht or just about any ... s doubtful that you’ll find an organization that’s interested in helping you pay off your Mastercard bill [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 13:23:22

So What!

Image by PaoloMazzo (license). Note: This is a guest post by Curtis Greve of Metreks The other day I was talking with my good friend ... a house payment; my kids might have to take out a student loan to go to college [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 14:28:59

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

Ideas for Change

The change.org website is running a poll on its readers’ top ten “ideas for change in America ... the leading proposals, and the United States Student Association is urging its members and allies to vote for two in particular — passage of the DREAM Act and student loan forgiveness. Go check [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 18:15:55

“Mr. President Elect, have fun this week and next…but don’t forget the average American!”

President Elect Obama dined with the conservative elite last night…read below and post your thought... Yes, I know I have had enormous advantages in my life — including the biggest one: my parents could pay for my education (I did use student loans for law school at Georgetown but back then it meant [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 15:46:21

Three Easy Steps For Climbing Out Of Debt

Yesterday I read a weeks worth of all the blogs I follow and one spoke about debt, specifically credit card debt. Some people rack up tens of thousands of dollars worth of credit card debt which to me seems ... dodged the credit card trap may still have mortgages, student loans car payments, etc. While debt [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 02:54:00

Goal # 1 Complete

I love setting easy goals. I can already scratch No. 1 off of my 2009 Financial Goals list – Pay off my student loan. I set my budget several months ahead, so January’s budget was devoted to paying off this debt. On Friday I scheduled one final payment for the balance of the loan, almost 10 years after I graduated [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 15:55:00

11 Tips for Choosing Great Second-Hand Clothes (pfblogs.org)

It all started after my mother graduated from college in 1979. With a teaching degree in hand, a student loan to pay off, and a family to support, she began shopping at thrift stores. We had fun those Saturday mornings, going through our community’s small [more...]

Date: 2008-09-14 08:58:49

Debt, Savings, and the Balance Are Not One Size Fits All

If there is one thing I’ve learned through my very public journey out of debt and towards being a financially responsible individual, ... that money at my student loan.  But no matter how many times I am told a $1000 emergency fund [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 16:17:02

Why 2009 Will Be a Fantastic Financial Year For Me

J.D. is on vacation. This is a guest post from Katrina Ramser, a freelance writer who contributes to various websites, newspapers and magazines ... credit card and student loan debt. Inspired by Ramsey’s toughness, I made $450 monthly debt payments [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 13:00:35

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

UNC students, twins pose for Playboy magazine

Natalie and Jennifer Campbell tend to do things together. Not that they were overly concerned about school bills, but through sheer fate — emphasize the sheer — they found a way to pay off their student loans to the University of Northern Colorado [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 11:47:32

Holiday Cheer: Reality is Not All It's Cracked Up to Be

I am currently on blog holiday, and am re-posting some refreshing concoctions from Christmases past.Life. It's deep, right? ... surrounding (i.e. Shaolin), that credit card debt and those student loans aren't mundane, they suddenly [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 16:00:00

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