by Gen Dobson | May 22, 2014 | AFSLR, AP Student Loan Relief, Degrees of Success, Department of Education, FFELP loans, IBR, Student Loan Debt, Uncategorized
When companies cross their fingers behind their backs By Genevieve Dobson I am very saddened by a turn of events that occurred yesterday. I received a call from a company called AP Student Loan Relief (Lying companies website) and was told a plethora of lies. Here...
by Gen Dobson | Dec 25, 2013 | Degrees of Success, Direct Loans, Higher Education, Sallie Mae, Student Loan Debt, student loan payment options, Uncategorized
Learning to ask the right questionsMany times handling our debt properly all comes down to understanding how to ask the right questions. In order to do this we have to learn some basic analytic skills of knowing how to ask questions until the answer that seems to...
by Gen Dobson | Nov 28, 2013 | College cost, Debt Management, Degrees of Success, Department of Education, IBR, Student Loan Management, student loan payment options, Uncategorized
Thinking outside-the-box By Genevieve Dobson As you will see in my most recent video shown below you must think outside-the-box when you deal with student loan debt. Student loans have different rules and regulations and different repayment options. Especially when...
by Gen Dobson | Nov 20, 2013 | budgeting, College cost, Debt, Debt Management, Degrees of Success, Delinquency, Department of Education, financial crisis, Late Payments, No money, Planning, Student Loan Debt, Student Loan Management, Uncategorized
Budgeting your student loans is crucial. By Genevieve Dobson Just like any other debt you owe you have to plan on how you will pay back your student loans. Key to success with handling student loan debt or any debt is sitting down and calculating how much you owe and...
by Gen Dobson | Nov 12, 2013 | Degrees of Success, Department of Education, Direct Loans, Student Loan Consolidation, Student Loan Debt, Student Loan Management, Uncategorized
Do you really know why you think you want to consolidate? By: Genevieve Dobson Back around 2004/2005 consolidation of Federal loans was a no brainer. You were taking a variable rate loan and locking it into a rate of around 2.875%. Plus if you did your research...
by Gen Dobson | Oct 1, 2013 | American dream, Default, Degrees of Success, Delinquency, Department of Education, Higher Education, Late Payments, No Jobs, No money, Sallie Mae, Student Loan Management, Uncategorized
Its time to take a stand against the dragon By: Genevieve Dobson The media, the universities and the lenders all realize how much trouble students are in but other than a bunch of talk nothing is being done about it. It’s as though we see the dragon sitting on...
