Posted 29 weeks 7 hours ago by Sarah Winfrey
Investment
It's getting to be that kind of year again--the time when you anticipate filling out your tax returns, sighing with relief, and then realizing that you're not finished with forms yet. If you're a student looking at loans, there's at least one more to go, the dreaded FAFSA. Up until a few years ago, I approached the FAFSA with some trepidation. It wasn't the form itself--that wasn't bad at all. The problem came when I thought about taking out even more money than I already had to finance my education. Was it really worth it? Would I ever be able to pay them back? Was I getting myself further and further into debt needlessly and uselessly?
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Posted 32 weeks 1 day ago by Mark P. Cussen
Personal Finance
This new legislation provides relief in a number of areas for students and their parents struggling to pay for college. Find out how this Act can benefit you!
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Posted 36 weeks 2 days ago by Andrea Dickson
Lifestyle
Do you find it as difficult to talk to friends about money as I do? If you had friends that you believed were about to go into bankruptcy, would you do anything to try and stop them? Is it worth risking a friendship to discuss delicate matters like money?
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Posted 52 weeks 5 hours ago by Julie Rains
Personal Finance
Is your student-loan debt causing stress, influencing you to make financial decisions that are not necessarily in your best long-term interests, and delaying your entry into what your parents may perceive as adulthood? If so, you aren’t alone.
Having earned my bachelor’s degree with no student-loan debt (thanks to the extremely low tuition of my public university and my parent’s generosity) and before graduate school became a near necessity to landing a good job way back in the 80s (perhaps about the time your parents graduated), I had an inkling that things have changed since then. Apparently, they have.
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"Learn from the mistakes of others, because you can’t live long enough to make them all yourself." (Anonymous)
I’ve asked my fellow bloggers here at Wise Bread to tell you about their worst financial mistakes (and have included mine). Hopefully, wherever you may be in your living-large journey, you can learn from us. After you've read our story, we want to hear yours! Tell us your worst financial mistake in the comments and be entered into a random drawing for a $25 Amazon Gift Certificate!
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