CliffsNotes Graduation Debt: How to Manage Student Loans and Live Your Life

Author:   Reyna Gobel
Publisher:   Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN:  

9780470506899


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   29 March 2010
Format:   Paperback
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Graduation Debt is different from the competition because it provides a step-by-step road map for effectively managing student loan debt and having a successful financial life. Yet, it's completely positive. The focus is less on sacrifice and more on not wasting money, so readers can live better lives while paying off debt. The book's content is divided into small subsections geared toward those neck-deep in student debt. The brevity of each section makes the book digestible to those who aren't inclined to focus on their finances. Readers are encouraged to take action steps such as finding long lost student loans that may have gone into default, discovering payment plans they can afford, consolidating loans when it makes sense to do so, saving money on eating out and groceries, improving credit scores, tweaking their debt-to-income ratios that's needed to buy a home, discussing their student loan and non-student loan debt with their significant others. By the end of the book readers will be on the road to managing all their debt and having extra money for vacations and other fun stuff, too. AUTHOR: Reyna Gobel, M.B.A., M.J., is a freelance journalist who specializes in financial fitness. Her financial advice appears regularly on www.investopedia.com and Yahoo! Finance, as well as other print and online outlets.

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Author:   Reyna Gobel
Publisher:   Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:  

9780470506899


ISBN 10:   047050689
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   29 March 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

Table of Contents

About the Author. Introduction. 1 Evaluating Your Student Debt Situation. 2 Organizing Your Student Debt Payments. 3 Consolidating Your Federal Loans. 4 Managing Your Private Loans and Payoff Strategies. 5 Budgeting for Your Lifestyle and Your Loans. 6 Paying Off Your Non-Student-Loan Debt. 7 Understanding How Your Debt Looks to Lenders. 8 Surviving Debt and Relationships. 9 Budgeting During Inflation. 10 Budgeting Through Layoffs, Pay Cuts, and Career Changes. 11 Paying Off Your Student Loans Early. 12 Reaping the Rewards of a Frugal Lifestyle. Index.

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For a good how-to manual, pick up Graduation Debt: How to Manage Student Loans and Live Your Life, by financial blogger Reyna Gobel.&#8211; Claudia Buck, Sacramento Bee http: //www.sacbee.com/2010/06/27/2850627/digging-out-of-debt.html <p> Reyna Gobel has a message for college graduates who, like her, find themselves carrying around student loan debt the size of a small mortgage: Don&#8217;t wait until you pay it back to start living your life. &#8211; Kimberly Palmer, Usnews.com http: //money.usnews.com/money/blogs/alpha-consumer/2010/6/18/the-smart-way-to-pay-off-student-loans.html <p> True to the CliffsNotes brand, this compact guide walks you through the student loan labyrinth starting with know what you owe. &#8211; Michelle Singletary, The Washington Post http: //www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/05/AR2010060500721_2.html?sid=ST2010060503047 <p> Rather than take a judgmental approach, Gobel acknowledges that young people make mistakes &#8211; the idea for


For a good how-to manual, pick up Graduation Debt: How to Manage Student Loans and Live Your Life, by financial blogger Reyna Gobel.- Claudia Buck, Sacramento Bee http://www.sacbee.com/2010/06/27/2850627/digging-out-of-debt.html Reyna Gobel has a message for college graduates who, like her, find themselves carrying around student loan debt the size of a small mortgage: Don't wait until you pay it back to start living your life. - Kimberly Palmer, Usnews.com http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/alpha-consumer/2010/6/18/the-smart-way-to-pay-off-student-loans.html True to the CliffsNotes brand, this compact guide walks you through the student loan labyrinth starting with know what you owe. - Michelle Singletary, The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/05/AR2010060500721-2.html?sid=ST2010060503047 Rather than take a judgmental approach, Gobel acknowledges that young people make mistakes - the idea for the book came from her own botched approach to student loans -- and makes realistic suggestions to fix problems. - foxbusiness.com, Emily Driscoll http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/personal-finance/financial-planning/college-education/break-free-gigantic-graduation-debt/


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Reyna Gobel, M.B.A., M.J., is a freelance journalist who specializes in financial fitness. Her financial advice appears regularly on www.investopedia.com and Yahoo! Finance, as well as other print and online outlets.

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