Forgiveness for Many: How to Solve the Student Loan Crisis
Minor tweaks to interest rates and student loan forgiveness could provide relief to millions of student loan borrowers.
There is a long list of resources to knock out federal and private student loans. For many borrowers, the ideal approach will be a combination of some of the programs below.
If you are brand new to student loan repayment, this guide is a helpful starting point.
Minor tweaks to interest rates and student loan forgiveness could provide relief to millions of student loan borrowers.
Telling your cosigner you can’t afford your student loan payments is scary. Not telling them and missing a payment is much worse.
Consolidation is essential for some borrowers and extremely risky for others. There are exactly four situations where it makes sense to consolidate federal student loans.
Some PSLF issues can be corrected with ease. In other cases, a PSLF application rejection means starting from scratch.
MyFedLoan exiting student loan servicing means headaches for borrowers. However, some issues are avoidable.
Dave Ramsey has earned his reputation as a trusted personal finance expert, but his one size fits all approach to student loans has flaws.
If you have a fixed-rate student loan, inflation could be a good thing. If your student loan is variable-rate, inflation is bad news.
Repayment of student loans is brutal, but credit card interest rates usually make credit card debt a bigger financial emergency.
Laurel Road’s cashback credit card for student loan borrowers isn’t anything special, but it is a decent option to use rewards to knock out student debt.