Should I Just Stop Making Payments on My ITT Tech Private Student Loans? – Andy

Question: Dear Steve, I’m sure you heard that ITT Tech has recently closed down permanently. I graduated from there in 2007 and I still owe about 40K (mostly private loans) on a useless associates degree. Employers won’t hire someone that has a degree from a failed school that has been accused of fraud by many …

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I Now Live in the UK and Wonder if I Can Just Stop Paying My U.S. Student Loans? – Jason

Question: Dear Steve, I’m currently living in the UK, and have been for the past 7 years. I have no intention of moving back to the USA as my wife is English and we have 4 kids together. The majority of my student loans were taken out to fund 2 Masters degrees here in the …

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Will Our Unaffordable Co-Signed Private Student Loans Cost Us Our Military Retirement? – Mandy

Question: Dear Steve, We are a married couple in our late fifties heading towards retirement. We co-signed for our sons private school loans a total of $60,000. He could not pay them and we have been scraping along paying them every month and the balances seem to stay the same. We will be retiring at …

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I Went to Culinary School and My Student Loans Are Sinking Us – Colin

Question: Dear Steve, I went to school in 2000-2001 (private culinary) borrowed 12,000 from Key a student loan bank? paid every payment on time until 2009 when I received a 10% reduction in pay due to the looming economic crisis. Crap hit the fan and I have never recovered. we are constantly overdrawn, behind in …

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How Do I Stop Paying My ITT Tech Student Loans? – Jonathan

Question: Dear Steve, Graduated ITT Tech in 2007 but unfortunately from the very beginning I felt that I was mess lead from the very beginning. I now have a ton of debt that I don’t feel like I should pay back as I feel that these loans are fraud. After reading hundreds of comments and …

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Navient Keeps Chasing Me Over Private Student Loans I Can’t Afford – Summer

Question: Dear Steve, I owe about $24,000 in private student loans, which I cannot afford. I have tried on uncountable occasions to try and opt for a payment that’s reasonable for my situation but I cannot seem to get on my feet. I understand I owe this debt but i don’t make enough to pay …

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How Can My Family Crawl Out from Under Crushing Private Student Loan Debt?

Question: Dear Steve, My two children graduated from college. One attended Pace University and one Fordham University. They both work and pay their student loans to Navient formerly Sallie Mae on time. I have a Parent Plus loan from Navient. Between all of us we have about $250,000 in student loan debt. My husband and …

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