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Graduating? Consider student loan consolidation.

It’s that time of the year again folks; the end of finals for the Class of [insert this year here]. If you’re part of the graduating class, you likely have your Commencement soon or have already taken the walk of glory to get your degree. Congratulations!

This post is devoted to you (yes, you!) to make sure that you start off your life as a degree holder right, with as little financial confusion or anxiety as possible. To get started, I recommend you take a second to read my blog post on exit counseling.

Once you have chosen your repayment plan, it is time to consider your current financial picture. Do you have a full-time job lined up already? If

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Unsecured Tenant Loans- Ensured Aid Without Security Posted By : Anthony Calvin

Are you a tenant residing in a rented flat? Do you often fall short of cash? Do lenders judge you as a risky person to lend money? Unsecured tenant loans have been especially designed for people like you. If you want to avoid any kind of rejection and embarrassment, just go with this facility. Now, being a non-homeowner doesnt mean that you cannot avail financial benefits.

The borrower can get funds that range from 1000 to 25000 which can be easily settled in the time duration of 1 to 10 years. One can do anything that he wants to from this money. Plan a vacation, go and meet up parents and friends, fulfill other household commitments and so on.

Unsecured tenant loans are the best option for renters as this aid comes without any kind of security. Full Article

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Student Loans Bad Credit: Cautious Approach is Necessary Posted By : Derik Smith

Students who have got a history of bad credit are not in a favourable state though it is generally true that they are comparatively in better position than any one who is carrying record of bad credit and who is not a student. Students may have had earlier loan or loans which they have not paid back the regularly. Defaulting or taking no step to pay back in proper time is never good as lenders are discouraged knowing such history. Still students loan bad credit may be secured by a student. How a student may achieve this is what has been discussed in the following lines.

Students reach to this condition as most of them like to support them when they are in the colleges or universities. As they are not enough mature they do not know how to manage their finance. Full Article

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Interest Rates are dropping… time to get a private loan?

If you aren’t following financial aid industry news (that’s what we’re here for, right?), you should know that a major national lender decreased their interest rate range today for private student loans.

So, you may be wondering, “What’s that mean for me?” Well, two main things:

  • Lower interest rates = less money paid over the life of the loan
  • Historically low index rate = potential to pay more over the life of the loan

Sounds counter-intuitive, right? Let’s break down the terms and uncover the hidden meanings.

Interest Rate: the percentage of a sum of money charged for its use:

  • e.g. If you lent me $100 for a year at 5% interest, when I pay you back… the total will be $105. That $5 is what

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Appealing a Financial Aid Offer – Can it be Done?

For most families, the act of opening the financial aid offer letter is a harrowing one. In just a few short sentences they will see how much a college or university is willing to offer in the way of student loans and scholarships. But what happens when that figure is too low?

Believe it or not, a student aid package that offered less than expected does not necessarily mean the end of the road. In some cases, a borrower can appeal to the school for more money. So how can this be done?

For starters, strike the word “negotiate” from your vocabulary. You are not about to haggle over the cost of a used Buick. If you call a financial aid office and tell them you want to negotiate your student loan package, it will be a very short phone call.  You are not negotiating. You

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Bad Credit Loans – Much Needed Money in the Most Testing Times

For people who do not know much about bad credit, it will often be incomprehensible as to why a financial product has been devoted solely to cater to the class. Nonetheless, the proportions that bad credit people constitute of the population, justifies the creation of a separate loan category. It is however, contestable if bad credit loans have done enough justice to its customers.

The principal contention of the borrowers is the excessively high rate of interest that they have to shell out for bad credit loans. When compared with the terms offered to the regular customers, the terms on which bad credit loans come indeed look inflated. However, this is an erroneous perspective that things are being looked through. Regular customers are those who have perfect to good credit history.

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Tax Day is past, do you need to amend your FAFSA?

Hello everyone, I hope you are all having a pleasant Patriots Day! I’d like to take a second today and remind you that if your (or your parents’) taxes for 2009 ended up being different than what you filed on your FAFSA, you can actually file an amendment now and correct the information.

Why this is useful:

Did you end up making less money over last year than you thought? If you did, this can actually increase the amount of federal aid you receive for your education. It isn’t uncommon for many parents and families to file their FAFSA with the previous years taxes (in this case, 2008) just to get the application in, and then amend the information once their taxes are filed for the current year. If th

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I go to a FFEL School. What happens next?

1) Your existing loans are not touched at all.

It’s true, they aren’t being changed in any way. So, if you have a loan (or a few) through a private bank such as Sallie Mae or Discover, you will still be going to them for customer service, repayment, etc.

2) Your school will be switching to the Federal Direct Lending Program (FDLP) by July 1, 2010.

In a nutshell, this means that if you are taking out any new federal student loans for college after June, they will all come directly through the federal government (specifically, the Department of Education). Most of this will be automated by the school, but if you want to apply for an unsubsidized Stafford or Parent PLUS loan, you’ll need to use the Direct Loan Servicing website. Quick tip: This site currently doesn’t work with the Google Chrome browser, so if it doesn’t load, try Internet Explorer or Firefox.

3) Relax and focus on school & life.

A lot of these changes currently going through the industry won’t have a direct effect on you. My best advice is to get in touch with your school’s financial aid department within the next two months and ask if there is anything special you need to do or fill out to make sure your student funds remain uninterrupted.

As always, if you have further questions or want to learn more about anything student or financial aid-related, feel free to ask a question in our forums or ask on Twitter!

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