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The Reality of Retiring With Parent PLUS Loans

Oct 26th, 2021 • Damian Dunn

I am 60 years old and my husband is 61. We paid off the original mortgage on our house, but have a home equity loan we are paying on of about $40,000. That I could deal with. But we have 5 children and took out parent loans over 10 or 15 years. My husband would … more »

Triaging Your Financial Crisis, Part 2

Aug 10th, 2021 • Lisa W.

This is the second part of the “financial triage” series. In Part 1, we ran through some options for raising money in a short amount of time. In order to preserve your residence or your employment or to protect your flexibility for the future, your financial triage approach is to raise funds. But it may … more »

Triaging Your Financial Crisis, Part 1

Aug 3rd, 2021 • Lisa W.

Even before COVID-19, some of us faced financial crises in our lives. Despite our very best efforts, hard work and great planning, we found ourselves faced with a financial catastrophe. Not an “I need to eat ramen noodles for a week in order to make my minimum credit card payment” crisis. (That is a problem, … more »

Take Advantage of Low Interest Rates Now!

Jun 29th, 2021 • Lisa W.

From the “Silver Linings” file cabinet, you have undoubtedly noticed that interest rates have remained low. For savers, this is not good news but if you have outstanding debt, steady income and a strong credit score, this may still be a very opportune time to consider if you can reduce the cost of what you … more »

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The Reality of Retiring With Parent PLUS Loans

Triaging Your Financial Crisis, Part 2

Triaging Your Financial Crisis, Part 1

Take Advantage of Low Interest Rates Now!

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