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Students

10 Financial Tips for College Students

By Bill Fay | May 12, 2021

Now that you’re in college, it’s likely that you are in charge of your own financial affairs more so than when you lived at home and functioned mostly as part…

College Guide to Buying Computers

By Max Fay | May 12, 2021

Complete reliance on a laptop is one of the most common shared experiences among college students. You stay up late in the library, pounding on your keyboard and thinking to…

How Does My Credit Score Affect My Ability to Get a Student Loan?

By Alanna Ritchie | May 12, 2021

The yearly cost for a college degree can total $50,000 or more, a price tag that requires most students to turn to student loans. Unfortunately, many students worry that their…

Millennial Dilemma: Pay off Student Loans or Invest and Save

By Bents Dulcio | May 12, 2021

When you graduate from college with a costly, new diploma, instinct tells you to latch on to the first decent job offer an employer throws your way, and then whittle…

How to Get a Refund on Your Student Loan Payments During COVID-19

By Bill Fay | May 3, 2021

The rules governing repayment of federal student loans contain so many nooks and crannies that it shouldn’t come as a surprise that you may have missed one created during the…

Google Is the Latest Company to Offer Student Loan Repayment Benefits

By Bill Fay | November 3, 2020

If the biggest employee benefit you receive is when your company bothers to fill the toilet paper rolls in the employee bathroom, you might not want to read this: Google…

Paying Down Student Loans Before the COVID Suspension Is Lifted

By Bill Fay | October 28, 2020

If you are paying on a federal student loan, you probably already know that the government CARES Act has provided benefits that suspends payment and interest requirements through May 1,…

Trump vs. Biden: How Their Plans for Student Loan Debt Compare

By Bill Fay | October 16, 2020

Americans with student loan debt have a $1.6 trillion question on their minds: What would President Trump or a President Biden do about all that money these 45 million borrowers…

How Can I Refinance My Student Loans?

By Bents Dulcio | April 6, 2020

The constant drop in interest rates has allowed student loans to join mortgage and automobile loans in the marketplace for refinancing. The Fed’s moves threw open the door for student…

Forbearance and Deferment

By Bill Fay | March 26, 2020

There always has been two paths of relief for those having trouble making payments on their federal student loans: Deferment and forbearance. Then, the coronavirus came slashing through the U.S. economy and…