Category: College Funding SolutionsWhat is the Best College Student Loan Program in 2010 and Beyond?
If you decide to take loans to pay for your college education, you have the choice of either going to the Federal government or private lenders.
The Federal government offers loans that are relatively easy to get and don’t cost too much. Also, the [...]
If you’ve got a youngster at home, you might be wondering if pre paid college funds are worthwhile or not.
I received the following e-mail last week from “L”, a reader who is interested in knowing the best way to start savings for college for their young son:
Here’s part of what she wrote to me:
“529 [...]
You can easily get an expensive college education for a fraction of the cost.
Before you get too excited, I have a confession to make. My daughter discovered this idea….not me.
(I’m a little embarrassed that I didn’t cook it up but at least my progeny did.)
You may recall that my daughter started attending a State [...]
You can take steps now so that when you complete the financial aid forms, you’ll get more money.
I read an artcle in Investors Business Daily over the weekend that explained a neat little trick that will help. I’m going to explain it in just a second….and then I’m going to explain how the paper [...]
As you read this, I’ll be with my family on our way to drop off our daughter at college.
It’s a surreal experience. To be completely frank, I’m not sure how I feel about it.
We do have some experience with being physically apart from our children – our eldest has been overseas for more than 3 years. [...]
“Mini-Me” is going off to college in a few weeks. Here are a few ideas I came up with that might help buffer the sticker shock:
1. Insure her items.
My daughter isn’t a klutz but you never know when someone is going to use her laptop as a basketball. Here’s a company that insures college kids [...]
You can build your own ivory tower with the cash you’ll save by taking a few unconventional steps.
If you are a regular reader, you already know that I am not a big fan of sending kids to expensive colleges. Studies prove that our success in life is not a function of where we went to [...]
Looking for some government college funding solutions?
Time for a quick super practical idea to save you a ton on tuition and fund your retirement at the same time.
I learned about this from a client, Rochelle.
When her daughter went to college, she bought a small three-unit building near campus. Her daughter moved into one unit [...]
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Is college a waste of time and money?
I was talking to a young man named Andrew at a Memorial Day barbecue on Monday. He told me that he just finished college and that he [...]
It understandable that you would not know how to pay for an expensive college when you are broke.
Last week Jerry sent me an email asking for help.
As a reminder, he’s a 50’s something who is expecting a pink slip any day at work. He expects difficulties ahead finding new work and to make matters worse, [...]
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