Student Loan Success (and carnage) Stories

The Student Loan Planner consultants — Travis Hornsby, Justin Harvey, Rob Bertman and Lauryn Williams — discuss cases they’ve had, with amazing success stories as well as financial catastrophes.

In today’s episode, you'll find out:

▪ Fun background stories from each of the Student Loan Planner consultants
▪ Cases from each of the consultants — success stories and ones where they were too late to stop someone from making a huge financial mistake
▪ Why banking on Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) isn’t risky for current borrowers
▪ How student loan forgiveness instead of refinancing, depending on the situation, might save someone money
▪ How, even on the verge of default, taking the steps to address your student loan situation can turn everything around
▪ Why Parent PLUS Loans can lead to financial disaster — and strained relationships
▪ How parents end up in PLUS Loan situations while trying to provide for their children
▪ Another PLUS Loan situation — and why pursuing grants and scholarships is better
▪ Why having tough conversations about student loan debt and budgeting is important
▪ How extensive budgeting allowed a parent to stay home with her child
▪ Why it’s imperative to make sure you’re on track for PSLF
▪ Travis’ thoughts on reaching out for student loan help as soon as possible
▪ How income-driven repayment could save end up saving someone money versus staying on the Standard Repayment Plan
▪ More interesting background stories from the consultants


Full show notes at: http://studentloanplanner.com/29