How to Know When to Refinance Your Student Loans?
Guest Post by Travis Hornsby. Travis is the founder of Student Loan Planner and the host of the Student Loan Planner podcast. To date, Student Loan Planner has consulted on over half a billion in student debt. Travis is a Chartered Financial Analyst and brings his background as a former bond trader trading billions of […]
How to Save Money on Student Loan Interest
Today’s post was written by Nate Matherson, a ’16 college grad working to repay student loan debt, save for retirement, and co-creator of personal finance blog LendEDU. Nate launched LendEDU in ’14 as a site focused on helping students better manage student loan debt. Enjoy! ~ Jamie One benefit of student loans is that payments […]
CollegeBacker Review: Start a 529 Savings Plan for Your Kids College Savings
Disclaimer: This post may contain affiliate links. I would earn a little money with no extra cost to you. The opinions expressed are my own. Read my disclaimer to learn more.Do you know how much college costs? [Updated April 2021] Do your kids really know how much college costs? Heck, do YOU know how much […]
Graduate College Debt Free – A Beginnger’s Guide
Disclaimer: This post may contain affiliate links. I would earn a little money with no extra cost to you. The opinions expressed are my own. Read my disclaimer to learn more. I was sitting in my desk waiting for the bell to ring, squeezing in a few more seconds of chatting with my friends. I […]
Best Careers for Getting Out of Debt – Nursing
Disclaimer: This post may contain affiliate links. I would earn a little money with no extra cost to you. The opinions expressed are my own. Read my disclaimer to learn more. Happy Monday Fam! I’m excited to introduce today’s guest blogger, Rickey. He created his blog Struggles in Adulting to connect with people who are […]
How We Paid off $73k of Student Loan Debt in 4 years
I first started this site to share our debt free story and help families get out of debt. I’ve shared bits and pieces of our debt free story, but never the full sha-bang. Well here it is. On May 27, 2017 my wife and I became debt free, paying off $73,000 of student loans in […]
Want to Get Out of Debt? Start Here, And Start Now
Disclaimer: This post may contain affiliate links. I would earn a little money with no extra cost to you. The opinions expressed are my own. Read my disclaimer to learn more. Feel like debt is ruling your life? Let me tell you a story about someone who got in way over his head with debt. […]
3 Reasons I Talk About Money With My Students, and If You Have Kids, Why You Should Too
Disclaimer: This post may contain affiliate links. I would earn a little money with no extra cost to you. The opinions expressed are my own. Read my disclaimer to learn more. How early should you start talking about money with your kids? I don’t have the perfect answer to this question, but it’s probably a […]
It’s Not Too Late! You Can Still Turn Your Finances Around!
It’s easy to look at your financial situation and decide, “I’ve made too many mistakes, there’s nothing I can do about it now.” Maybe that’s what you’re feeling right now. Maybe it’s easier to give up and live forever with your financial mess-ups. The truth is, giving up is easier, at least in the short […]
Goodbye Student Loans: We Are 10 Days From Being Debt Free
It’s the final countdown. (Ba-Da-Dun-Dun, Ba-Da-Dun-Dun-Dun) We’re rounding 3rd and charging for home. We’re in the home stretch! It’s the bottom of the 9th. It’s 4th and Goal! We are 10 stinkin days from paying off all of our student loans. $90,000 in less than four years, holy crap this is really happening! If you […]