Announcement: My law firm is now accepting student loan cases where one of the “National Collegiate Trust” entities, which often have numbers such as “2007-2″ or 2006-3,” is suing the borrower and/or co-signer. So if you or someone you know have recently received a lawsuit from National Collegiate Trust, please give me a call to […]
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This will be a small seminar limited to only 8 people. Those who have student loan problems but don’t know where to turn should attend. If you end up needing to hire me afterward, I will credit the full cost of your ticket toward my fees. If you attend, first find out exactly what types
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In a word, no. First of all, the “new program” isn’t really a new program at all – it’s an extension of a program that Obama first signed into law in 2012, known as the “Pay As You Earn” program (or PAYE). Originally, the 2012 version of PAYE allowed only *new* student-loan borrowers to pay
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Looking for a reason to be happy about borrowing money from Sallie Mae? Sallie Mae, one of the country’s largest private student-loan lenders, recently announced that it will offer new private student loan borrowers their quarterly FICO credit scores for free. If you’re not familiar with the FICO score, it’s a specific credit score that
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Another bill has been introduced that would allow student loan debt to be discharged in bankruptcy under certain circumstances. Debtors who were driven into bankruptcy by medical debt or lost income due to the medical problems of a relative would be eligible for student loan debt forgiveness under a new bill that has very little
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Senator Tom Harkin has proposed a bill to make private student loans dischargeable in bankruptcy and to automatically enroll people who owe student loans in income-based repayment. Harkin’s bill, called the Higher Education Affordability Act, contains many other proposals that are less helpful to people who owe student loans now or who will in the future. As
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