Question: Dear Steve, Took out Federally backed Student loans with Sallie Mae 20 years ago after a divorce. Had to use deferments due to job losses and health issues. Borrowed around $75,000 for three degrees. Due to the delayed interest from the deferments I now owe $126,000. I am now in retirement at 69 years …
Question: Dear Steve, I’m currently a full-time PhD student at a very reputable university who is entering what is hopefully the final year of graduate school. While I’ve been fully funded all of my years here, the stipend has never been enough to help me pay down any of my loans from previous undergraduate and …
In the budget the Obama administration has just sent to Congress there are some benefits for students who will face massive tax bills when their student loans might be forgiven under income based programs. As it stands now, students are enrolling in income driven repayment programs to reduce their current monthly payments to a level …
When it comes to dealing with student loans it can be a good news-bad news situation. While there are some good options to dealing with student loans when you can’t afford the payments, not all loans are the same. Federal student loans have a number of repayment options while private student loans tend to be …
Yesterday President Obama made an announcement that a good federal student loan repayment program would be expanded to allow up to five million more people to take advantage of Pay As You Earn (PAYE). Certainly on face value it seems like a grand advancement and it is a small step in the right direction but …
The final rules and guidelines were released yesterday that can finally give us some guidance on a government student loan repayment program that can make it easier for many people. The Pay As You Earn program will provide much needed relief to more people that are drowning under a trillion dollars of student loan debt. …