College Savings / Student Loans Questions

Retirement impact on FAFSA

Prior to my retirement (voluntary) in December 2019, I submitted a FAFSA application for my daughter. Based on the application,..

529 fund

Hi, Terry. I want to open a 529 fund for my granddaughter’s first birthday. My daughter has reservations about what..

forgivness of student loans

Having graduated in 1986 with a large amount of student loans which I have been slowly paying off, did I..

Student loan in collection

My daughter’s student loan is in collection. I know at this time they are deferring all payments,late fees,. I would..

Student Loans – Forbearance

Hi Terry! I currently owe around $75,000 in federal student loans with subsidized/unsubsidized and parent plus loans, with them being..

529 accounts to repay student loans

Can 529 money be used to pay student loan debt after students have graduated?

Paying for college

Hi Terry Would it be worth it for me to borrow money from a home equity loan or line of..

529 Plan

My children are supposed to begin college in the Fall. Does it make sense for us to still contribute to..

529 Plans

I have a BrightStart Illinois 529 plan for my son who is 21 and already in college and for my..

College funds

Hi Terry I’m here again my daughter is planning on going to her first yr of college we have enough..

Grandparent gift

Gift to greatgrandchildren $1,000 in Monetta Core Growth – Fund 1 about 7 yrs. ago. More “grands”. Saw Stockpile.com in..

Roth IRA, college choices

I have about 200k in index funds VgTAx and VITAX and some individual names, how can I move this into..

Parent plus loan

Can we pay just the interest on our Plus Loans? We are retired and living on one pension and Social..

College borrowing

Hi Terry you answered my ? once about borrowing for college and said do a home equity loan and the..

College for kids

What is the best “Company and fund” out their that out preformed all of the rest. Their are so many..

Student Loans

My daughter is choosing between two colleges. College A costs less but the full $5500 in Stafford loans are unsubsidized...

529 Account

We are blessed with a 1 year old Granddaughter who lives in AZ. We live in Illinois and wish to..

HOW TO PAY FOR COLLEGE — HELP!

How in the world do people pay for college? I saved some, but not nearly enough. How do you go..

School Loans- PSLF or re-fi

Upon graduation from grad school, I was put on a standard repayment plan just to find out after a few..

Student Loan I co-signed

My daughter suffers from depression and cannot hold employment. I have been paying two of her Sallie Mae/Navient student loans...

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