by Melody | Mar 17, 2020 | Featured, Student Loans
Last week, the President announced that he’s suspending federal student loan interest until further notice. These federal loans include direct loans, Family Federal Education Loans, Pell Grants, Perkins Loans, and Grad Plus Loans. Unfortunately, private student...
by Melody | Jan 3, 2020 | Featured, Money Management, Student Loans
Your student loan interest grows every single day. Believe it or not, almost everyone you meet will have a story to tell about student loans, be it from their own experience or one they heard from family or friends. Understanding how student loan interest works and...
by Melody | Jun 12, 2019 | Life Lessons, Student Loans
Is it possible that we can experience biblical parables all over again but in a modern way? I guess you could liken it to today’s continuous reboot of old TV shows. No seriously, we just had the parable of the Prodigal Son play out for us all over again, but...
by Melody | Nov 19, 2017 | Student Loans
After reaching a huge milestone like paying off over $100K in debt, it still pains me to think that the remainder of our debt is all student loans. Our remaining three student loan accounts are all housed by different providers, Navient, Great Lakes, and AES, so there...
by Melody | Jul 9, 2016 | Student Loans
Having student loans is probably one of the main things that you and a complete stranger will have in common. It seems that we all have them, and we all are looking for some way to gain an ounce of relief from them. One of the worst parts about student loans is that...
by Melody | Mar 8, 2016 | Student Loans
If you can, you should always pay your interest on your student loans even when it’s in deferment or forbearance. Interest accrues daily and the higher your balance and the higher your interest rate, the higher the amount applied to your loan every single day....