My Life Was Ruined and I Sent My Child Away Because of Private Student Loans

Question: Dear Steve, I don’t know what to do, Please advise. I have a student loan that is very behind, from a tech school that I attended from 03-04. I signed a paper agreeing to the loan and I also had to pay a monthly fee to the school for 4 months of $341.43 each …

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MOHELA and Performant Are Telling Me Different Things But Garnished My Wages

Question: Hi, Steve. I need your help! There are 3 players in this situation: Missouri Department of Education MOHELA (loan issuer) Performant (collection agency) I defaulted on a student loan that was originally issued by MOHELA. I got a letter at the end of November from the MO Dept of Ed saying I needed to …

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