Education Loan Finance Review: ELFI Student Loans and Refinancing
In 2020, students left college with an average of $28,400 in loans. For millions of people, student loans and high interest rates are a significant...
Student Loan Deadlines for 2022-2023: COVID Relief, FAFSA and More
What are the COVID-19 student loan relief deadlines for federal debt repayments? When do you need to file your FAFSA for this year? You may...
MyFedLoan Review: Managing Your Student Loan Repayment
MyFedLoan might not be your federal loan servicer anymore — or for much longer. FedLoan Servicing, which operates the MyFedLoan online platform, is due to...
How to Fix Federal Student Loan Servicing
Federal student loan servicers are more than just a headache for borrowers. The government entrusts these companies to manage over a trillion dollars in federal...
Oklahoma Student Loan Authority Review: What Borrowers Need to Know
The Department of Education is in charge of issuing federal loans to college students, but once repayment rolls around, they rely on third-party servicers to...
Firstmark Student Loan Services Review: What You Should Know
If you borrowed private student loans, you probably won’t pay them back directly to your lender. Instead, you’ll send payments to a third-party loan servicer,...
Has the Government Successfully Fixed Public Service Loan Forgiveness?
When the first batch of Public Service Loan Forgiveness applications arrived, over 99% of borrowers were rejected.At the time, the hope was that the initial...
Navient Student Loans: Updates on the Former Servicer
Note that the situation for student loans has changed due to the impact of the coronavirus outbreak and relief efforts from the government, student loan...
Best Colleges for First-Generation Students
First-generation college students — those whose parents didn’t complete a four-year college degree — face unique challenges during an already challenging time of life. They...
IBR and PAYE Strategy in Community Property States
On their own, income-driven repayment plans like Income-Based Repayment (IBR) and Pay As You Earn (PAYE) can be complicated. When borrowers get married, the repayment...