My Challenge to Pay Off Student Loans
What I assumed was I would be able to get a job that would allow me to pay off my student loans on time.
That didn't happen. I always worked, but there just never seemed to be enough to always make my loan payments on time.
Here I am 15 years later, finally back on track, just finished a program to get my loan out of default.
Now I've decided I will have pay off my student loans by the end of 2009.
I'm going to make extra money online and paying off my student loans will be the priority for the extra money that comes in.
Who knows, maybe 2010 will be the year I pay off the mortgage, but this year, it's student loans.
(that's a picture of my college)
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How to Find Extra Money to Pay Off Student Loans
it's as simple as 10 dollars a day
I have been out of college for 15 years. My student loans should be paid off by now, unfortunately they are not, and thanks to interest I owe more now than I ever did.I might add, I am currently a work at home mom, I do freelance writing, and Internet Marketing. My income continues to increase month to month, but I'm still not at the point I was when I had a J-O-B.
This is the year I will surpass that level.
I have decided to challenge myself to get them all paid off by the end of 2009. My current student loan debt is somewhere in the upper 20 thousand range.
I'm thinking I am going to need to pay about 2 thousand dollars a month to get them paid off.
It all starts with a simple plan. If you need to make a plan here are some simple steps to be debt free in 3 years.
Here's my plan to make money online to pay off my student loans.
My Plan to Pay off My Student Loans
I have decided to focus on building a niche blog network ~ ok, with this kind of debt it'll take an empire, but it can be done.I have joined The Niche Blogger where I am learning to build profitable niche blogs.
Each blog I build will make about 10 dollars a day ~ at least by the estimation and experience of the community ownner.
So to make a 2000 dollar loan payment each month I will need to make an extra 67 dollars a day.
At 10 dollars a day per blog I will need to make 7 blogs.
Very doable. The Niche Blogger has us on a schedule to build a new blog every month. So in 7 months I should have this network built. Of course they will be making money as they grow, and as I build the network.
I plan on spending 1 to 2 hours a day on building and maintaining my blog network.
Great resources to devise Your plan to pay off student loans
or credit card debt, or your mortgage ~ you get the point.
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The Four Laws of Debt Free Prosperity (New Edition is now The 4 Laws of Financial Prosperity)
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Free and Clear: God's Roadmap to Debt-Free Living
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The Debt-Free Millionaire: Winning Strategies to Creating Great Credit and Retiring Rich
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Debt-Free on Any Income
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Here's my favorite link:
Tips to Pay off Your Student Loans Faster
1. Consolidate your loans. You will then only have one payment per month and one lender to deal with. It will also lower your payment, but keep making the same payment you were making.2. Always pay more than the minimum payment.
3. Make two payments in the month. It will cut your interest costs substantially. Just divide your monthly payment in two and make two payments instead of one.
4. Cut out one coffee a day and put it toward your debt. That's almost an extra hundred dollars a month. If you don't drink coffee look where you can cut out the extras and put it toward your debt.
5. Consult with a financial planner or get a financial planning book and make a plan.
6. Face your debt number ~ do you even know how much you owe and to whom?
7. Create a get out of debt plan and stick to it.
Learn how to use the snowball method to get out of debt
Use a debt snowball to get out of debt fast
http://www.getoutofdebtbooks.com/ - learn how to use a debt snowball to get out of debt fast. Use it to get out of credit card debt, mortgage debt, student loan debt, and IRS tax debt. This method is thoroughly explained in Dave Ramsey's The Total Money Makeover.
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The Total Debt Makeover
by David Ramsey
The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness
Amazon Price: $14.61 (as of 11/29/2009)
Finally, a book that speaks to everyone, from those who are complete financial disasters to those who pay their bills on time, but overpend and need to reduce their debt load. Too many books about debt focus only on paying your bills on time and reducing your interest rates, while ignoring the people who have too much debt and are too smart about it, never paying a late fee and keeping it all at low interest.
I have never heard Ramsey's radio show, but this book was a huge wake-up call for me. It is motivational and it will get you pumped to get intense about reducing your debt load and living only with the cash you have today. The strategies are excellent, the advice is solid, and people have turned their lives around under Ramsey's guidance. There are a lot of testimonials in this book, perhaps a few too many, but I enjoyed seeing the success stories and seeing the different kinds of people who turned to Ramsey's method.
This book has wide appeal and everyone should check it out once to give their finances a good sanity check.
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- islandgirl59 islandgirl59 Apr 9, 2009 @ 12:34 pm
- Great lens Jackie, I can personally relate to that.
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- Elizabeth Pou Elizabeth Pou Oct 8, 2008 @ 2:51 pm
- Love the lens - I like that you tell your story and I can really relate. I am planning to use some of the same ways to help pay off student loans. Thanks for the resources! If you get a chance check out my Paying Student Loans Blog.
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- Ajay_Sahota Ajay_Sahota Sep 28, 2008 @ 5:13 pm
- this is a great lens dude, i think its great that u have covered student loans here, i think its important that people thing about how to invest stock after uni too if they hav the cash! maybe u can write a little on that? :)
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