Ultimate Guides
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Financial Wellness Guide to Better Your Health and Wealth
In this financial wellness guide, you’ll learn the key areas to improve your financial health and wellbeing. A few years ago, we set out on the road to financial wellness to turn local money conversations into a national conversation on financial wellbeing. We learned that people define financial wellness as having enough to live comfortably, experience little financial stress, and time…
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The Ultimate Guide to Financial Aid
Financial aid can help you pay for college. Are you thinking about attending college, graduate school or a technical school? There’s a lot to consider: where to go, what to study, how to get accepted, and how to afford the education. In this guide, you’ll learn all about financial aid and the application process. What is Financial Aid? Financial aid…
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The Ultimate Guide to Student Loan Consolidation
If you have several federal student loans, consolidating may be an option to consider. In this guide, you’ll learn everything you need to know about federal student loan consolidation. What is the Direct Consolidation Loan? A Direct Consolidation Loan is made by the U.S. Department of Education allowing you to combine one or more federal student loans into one new…
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The Ultimate Guide to Pay Off Student Loans Faster
To pay off student debt quickly, you’ll need to change your student loan repayment strategy. In this guide, you’ll learn the best strategies to pay off student loans faster, save money, and get out of student debt sooner. Student loan debt has reached over $1.51 trillion with an average of $31,172 per borrower. It takes anywhere from 10-30 years for borrowers…
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The Ultimate Guide to Student Loan Repayment
This guide shares the various student loan repayment options available to you. There are two main sources of student loans–federal and private– with federal being the primary source of financing for college. It’s important to understand the options so you can choose the best repayment strategy. Federal student loans have repayment options that differ from those offered by private lenders.…
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The Ultimate Guide to Student Loans (Federal and Private)
There are many ways to pay for college but student loans are one way to afford school. In this student loan guide, you’ll come to understand all your federal and private student loan options. Let me start with the basic premise of student loans. It’s meant to fill the gap between your financial aid and the cost of attending. The…
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The Ultimate Guide to Student Loan Refinancing
According to The Federal Reserve, approximately 44.7 million Americans hold a total of $1.6 trillion in student loan debt in 2018. That means the average student loan borrower owes around $47,671. That is a staggering number for any person who is starting out in life. Student debt is a huge burden that can last for decades and impede one’s ability…
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The Ultimate Guide to Student Loan Forgiveness
Federal student loans come with a benefit other types of loans do not–student loan forgiveness. Under specific circumstances, the federal government may forgive your federal student loans meaning you’re no longer obligated to some or all of it. In this ultimate guide to student loan forgiveness, you’ll learn how to qualify, apply, and get your loans forgiven, discharged or canceled.…
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