College Savings / Student Loans Questions

Gifting to five great-grandkids of what?

My wife and I are blessed and lucky to have four great-grandchildren under four years old. One more due April...

Parent Plus loan on disability income

Our daughter has just completed her degree in December 2021. In addition to the regular student loans in her name,..

529 accounts — grandparent or parent?

I have opened and contributed to college savings accounts for my 3 grandchildren – ages 12, 16 and 17. The..

Income based payment plan for parent plus loan

I have a parent plus loan of about 133K. The loan is on my name. I am retired. We are..

student loan payoff

My student loan is 29,500. I have the opportunity to pay it off right now but I was wondering if..

Public loan forgiveness vs consolidation

Hi Terry, I just started the process of consolidating my ffelp loans for the public service forgiveness . The new..

GRANDDAUGHTER SAVINGS, SCHOOL, OR IRA/?

Granddaughter turning 17 would like to help, open bank acct., I.R.A., long term with Fidelity , etc. ? I don’t..

PARENT PLUS LOAN

MY HUSBAND HAS A PARENT PLUS LOAN THAT HAS HIS CHILDREN’S NAMES ON THEM AS WELL. ARE THEY EQUALLY RESPONSIBLE..

Student Loans

You answered a question about student loans and should they be paid off or not. You also talked about at..

Student loan refinance

Hi Terry. We would like to refinance our sons student loan. Do you have any recommendations? Thank you.

Disabled senior’s student loans STILL not forgiven!

I was fully-disabled over 21 years ago and was promised then my student loans would be forgiven. They Never Were..

Student loan

A friend( I actually have one) has a $30K student loan. 77 years old and doesn’t make payments! He figures..

Grandparent 529

I understand there are rule changes from the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 concerning FAFSA. Am I correct that there..

Student Loan Pause

Even though the Student Loan interest was paused in 2020 & 2021, We continued to receive Billing from Sallie Mae..

529 Ownership

Have always enjoyed “Savages Truth” on financial stuff! My quickie question involves 529 ownership. In today’s Trib article (11-21-21) you..

529 plan

Our first grandchild is due in February 2022! We have already set aside $25,000 to open a 529 plan for..

Student loans — pay-off or wait/hope for forgiveness

I have $23k in students loans (paid down from $80k). I have cash in hand to pay off before COVID..

Student Loan repayment programs

Hi Terry, I’m working on paying off my student loans. I have been paying them back for nearly 13 years..

Student loan payoff

My daughter’s student loan is about $40,000, with a monthly payment around $600. She has about 7.5 years left on..

FAFSA

Hi Terry Can you clarify the need for fafsa application if your income is 150000k. The new state requirement to..

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