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Re: 401k withdrawal Oh man, do NOT do this. DO NOT. Other people have done the math much better than I have, so I'm just going to add my voice to the chorus as a form of support.…
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Re: The Official 2018 Debt Smackdown I'm in! Just put my goal in the spreadsheet, and in my journal. It's a big one: $40,000, all of it student loans. We have a big hole, but luckily a big shovel.…
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Re: Overwhelming Student Loan Debt @Law School Debt That makes sense--if you only have another year or so before your daughter graduates, then it definitely seems like you're doing the right thing!…
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Re: Overwhelming Student Loan Debt There are lots of factors to consider here and you've gotten some really good advice. I would second the advice about really considering whether the private school job is worth it.…
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Overwhelming Student Loan Debt @Law School Debt I'm so happy I could help a little. The thing is that you do have to say no sometimes (even most times), both to your kids and to yourself, but--again--YOU CAN DO IT,…
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- 3 yrs ago
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- Dealing with Debt
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Re: Overwhelming Student Loan Debt Hello! First of all, you're not alone. Lots of us have been in your shoes, and some of us still are :) We have two kids (2 and 7) and a staggering amount of student loan debt (around 200K),…
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Re: Debt Snowball in YNAB I budget our regular student loan payments in a regular category and then our overpayments in a category I call "Freedom". I have close-enough balances as tracking accounts and update those every…
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- 4 yrs ago
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Re: Mega debt This may be an unpopular opinion, but ... are you fully paying for the kid in college? S/he has years of earning ahead of him/ her to pay off loans at rates that, while higher than (in my opinion),…
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