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Student loan consolidation and repayment?

July 26, 2010 by  
Filed under Student loans

Hello everyone! I studied and have about $ 100,000. 00 in total, including Student loans Govt. subsidized / unsubsidized sales price of Stafford loans and private loans. Approximately $ 50,000 in Stafford loans at an interest rate of 6 8% and $ 50,000 in “personal signature loans” in about 10%. They are all with Sallie Mae. I am now in the grace period of six months. I school graduates will begin this spring (one in seven months) Any advice when / how / with whom do I get my loan consolidation and how my interest rate. All the possibilities, they get lower ? I have great credit, a co-signer with great honor and a full-time job. Any help determine the best way to pay these things back / lower my payments would toll.Sonstige advice is also welcome / and / or personal stories of those who have gone through this process. Thank you!

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3 Responses to “Student loan consolidation and repayment?”

  1. melbough says:

    If Sallie Mae can you say back to school, they will defer your payments until then (because they do not pay at all if you’re in school) – My friend just went through that.

  2. Found-1 says:

    Hi, I graduated with 22K of debt Stafford loans. I’ve never been a private company. I paid off my student loans every winter. 12 years later, I abschloss.Persönlich with my master, I have never been consolidated. Why? Well, it was above all the hype about consolidation. That’s all it is. . Hype. Think of it this way, why in the world Sallie Mae loan consolidation for you, if it is not that they money in the long term. Of course, the payments are lower, but as a payment plan of 10 years, you are now on a plan of 30 years. interest tons of them pay more than the higher interest rate for ten years. Also, you might be a payment on time, but you said, you have the federal government and private and you can not group them together. Beating the purpose of consolidation anyway. I was like 9 links to the Federal Republic of Germany, I studied, and as I said, I have never consolidated. I only have one payment to Sallie Mae in the month. You are automatically my money in the loan to spread happy machen.Auch When you consolidate, you will lose any pre-conditions for loans. As mandatory postponement, loan conditions for forbearance and forgiveness. . . You know, to say things. . . . If you die or be disabled, you do not pay the loan. These are normal conditions of federal loans, but not necessarily on your gefestigten.Außerdem consolidated interest-free loan is still tax deductible? Because technically, the money was borrowed for the new loan are not used for higher education. . . but repay existing debt. Something to investiage.Wenn a good job and can afford it. . . . 1000 a month, you will pay will not consolidate unless you absolutely have to.

  3. Woelfe says:

    Find-a, sometimes completely surprised me with the Antworten.HYPE left field on consolidation? If you believe not understand some of the complexities that have been modified to fixed rate loans Stafford loans before existed. Sometimes, extending the repayment period and obtain a lower rate of monthly payment can help someone in the early years to get established and enough money to pay more for their loans. I wish we had all of your long-term ability to fiscal discipline. * Grins * Oh, and by the way – do not lose the deferment forbearance options / obligations on the consolidated Federal Republic of Germany. And pay your interest for consolidated loans is eligible for federal tax purposes if they claimed as a deduction on your Rückkehr.Um the applicant: Have you fixed rate mortgage on your obligations of the Federal Republic of Germany you do not need consolidation. With 30K or more of the national debt, you can choose a longer period of up to 25 years. Talk with your lender dazu.Wir advise students, in cases where they do a lot of debt. By reducing the amount you pay per month, you can free up more money to pay to be made earlier in your private loans. This is a very important, because they cost in the end you’ll have long term. Finally, you can return to the main federal loan payments and payment sooner. Just because you change the term does not mean you have to use up to 25 years to repay the loan. Note that the longer you take to pay the more you’ll be on the duration of the loan interest you zahlen.Geben looking for a private loan consolidation. It is not financially attractive. Focus on private loans to pay first. Send your higher interest payments on loans and work your way down as you repay.