You’re Done College, Now What?
Congratulations, you’ve graduated college. Your reward… A pile of college loan debt that you can’t even begin to imagine how you’re going to ever pay it back.
Leaving college and starting out in the real world is hard enough. Having a ton of college loan debt does not make things any easier. Now you have pressure [...]
Driving Your Way to MORE College Loan Debt
Having a car during school, and having a nicer car once you have started working could be working against you and your ability to reduce your college loan debt.
A Car is NOT AN ASSET
Sure owning a car shows up as an asset on your balance sheet but really it is a depreciating asset that you [...]
Eat Your Way to Less College Loan Debt
The starving student is hardly the case these days with all of the processed foods that are available for students to eat. Students will likely add a ton to their college loan debt by grabbing fast food during their college years as this is the easy thing to do when you don’t have a lot [...]
10 Ways I Got My College Loan Debt
1. Not knowing my budget or financial situation
One way to get a crazy amount of college loan debt is to not understand your budget and expenses. I never knew this information or cared to find out as my Mom was controlling it all. Had I known this information or took time to learn it I [...]
Job Ideas to Keep You Off the College Loan Debt Train
One of the mistakes I made that led to more college loan debt than necessary was not having job while I was at college. Having a job reduces your college loan debt in the following ways:
When you are working you are making money to go towards all of the things that would otherwise add to [...]
3 Strategies for a Great Social Life WITHOUT MORE College Loan Debt
Here are some tips to help you control your social life while still being able to get work done and not accumulating more college loan debt.
1. Plan ahead and limit yourself
If you limit yourself to a certain amount of outings per week you will be able to save money that otherwise would be coming off [...]
5 Ways to INCREASE Your College Loan Debt
College loan debt is what is going to make you live with your parents for more years than what you (or they) were originally hoping for. The following five things will add to those years by increasing your college loan debt.
1. Party Hard
Let’s face it college is about partying. If you don’t find the right [...]