Staying on Target
Current Balance $10,958After paying off my law school loans, I'm only months away from being student loan free. I have a little less than $11k on my undergrad student loan,…
Paid in Full
Nothing is sweeter that seeing "PAID IN FULL" at the top of my Great Lakes account. Last Friday, I decided it was time to pay off my law school loans.…
Mapping Student Debt
A great website to see the correlation between where you live and the amount of student loan debt and delinquency around you.
Rates are Rising: A Good Time to Consolidate?
Current Balance: $28,638 In the past few months the Fed has continued to raise borrowing rates. Because of this increase, lenders have slowly been increasing their rates as well.…
Free Money Fridays: 401(k) Match
In this edition of Free Money Fridays we dive into 401(k) employer matching. When I started my current job, our CEO had a meeting with all the new hires for…
How often do you look at your loan balance?
Current Balance: $28,729.43How often do you look at your loan balance? Every day? week? only when a payment is due? If you can't tell, I look at mine almost every…
Free Money Fridays: 3 Ways to Save
Current Balance: $28,724. On Fridays, my goal is to provide either some easy ways to save money or some easy ways to make money. Today's installment will be a few…
Emergency Fund?
Current Balance: $28,697If you've every read a book on budgeting or finances, there's usually a step or chapter that involves having an emergency fund or a certain amount in savings…
Budgeting 101
Current Balance: $28,667.I figured I need to write about budgeting because I tend to bring it up in quite a few posts. As I've stated before, I find it hard…
My Experience With Navient
Current Balance:$29,795.11 Lately Navient has come under fire for how it services student loans. In fact, a few states and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have filed lawsuits against Navient…