New programs make federal student loan debt more manageable

Having trouble making the payments on your federal student loan? If your income is low relative to your debt (e.g. due to a layoff or difficulty securing full employment), it may be worth your while to look into Income-Based Repayment (IBR), a new way to make student loan payments more manageable. Our college planning expert [...]

Tags: Back-to-school, College by Sherrill St. Germain
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More follow-up on Post-Pink Slip Financial Planning talk: Pros & cons of bankruptcy

Continuing with still more follow-up from Thursday’s “Making the Most of Your Money: Post-Pink Slip and Beyond” presentation at the Network for Work meeting… Look familiar?? Today’s gloomy-yet-again weather presents the perfect backdrop for another question I was asked after the talk: “What are the pros and cons of bankruptcy?” While this is not an [...]

Tags: Involuntary career change, Job loss, Pink Slip Lemonade by Sherrill St. Germain
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