Student Loan Advice: 7 Important Rules of Thumb

Where do you get your student loan advice? From blogs? Podcasts? Friends and neighbors?

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It’s an important question because bad advice can cost you tens of thousands of dollars in unnecessary interest.

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Refinancing privately when you could have qualified for PSLF could cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost loan forgiveness.

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Student Loan Advice: 7 Important Rules of Thumb

1. Make a Student Loan Plan

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2. Focus on Your Debt to Income Ratio

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3. Single Resident = REPAYE 99% of the time

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Student Loan Advice: 7 Important Rules of Thumb

Where do you get your student loan advice? From blogs? Podcasts? Friends and neighbors?

It’s an important question because bad advice can cost you tens of thousands of dollars in unnecessary interest.

Refinancing privately when you could have qualified for PSLF could cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost loan forgiveness.

Student Loan Advice: 7 Important Rules of Thumb

1. Make a Student Loan Plan

2. Focus on Your Debt to Income Ratio

3. Single Resident = REPAYE 99% of the time

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