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Student Loan Tips

August 19th, 2009 by George

The Money's There... Now Go For It!

MAKE MORE MONEY BY GOING BACK TO SCHOOL

Post-graduate students make on average $75,000 a year compared to high school graduates, who usually peak out around $31,000. This is according to an article that explains why going back to school is one of the best ways to increase your earning power in the job market. Recessions typically don’t last very long compared to the long-term benefits that a solid education can have on your potential ability to command a higher salary than your bong-smoking counterparts that choose to ’screw the system’ and do nothing about their current situation.

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Tags: Applications, Cash, College, George Panayotou, Money, OSAP, School, Screw You Recession, Student Loans, university
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Pay Back Time

August 18th, 2009 by Romi

Bill always pays his bills on time.

Fact: Paying the bills is the least enjoyable thing to do, ever. Period.

Fact: You kind of have to do it anyways.

Fact: It’s REALLY important that you do, seriously.

If you’ve ever seen Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, you’ll know that not paying someone back has serious consequences. For those of us who don’t enter high stakes card games, not paying for our expenses on time can still have negative implications. If you don’t learn to be punctual with payments now, you’re screwing yourself over in the long run.

To put this into perspective, let’s look at the outcomes of some scenarios where bills are paid late:

Mortgages: (more…)

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Tags: A. Farber, credit delinquency, Credit Scores, Debt, Jeremy Kroll, Lock Stock and Two smoking Barrels, Mortgage, Recession, Romi Levine, Screw You Recession, Student Debt, Student Loans, Utilities
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Debt Perception (Part 1 of 3)

August 4th, 2009 by Romi

As warned on Monday, I’m focusing my energy this week on debt. Hopefully my New York trip doesn’t put me in it and hopefully this video will keep you out of it.

I had the opportunity to talk with Jeremy “The Bulldog” Kroll of A. Farber & Partners. A. Farber deals with, in the most simple of terms, people who are having money problems and need a way to resolve them.

Originally, I was going to shorten the interview into a ten minute YouTube slot but I think that you would benefit from the extended (three part) version since there is a lot to be said about all things debt-related.

Part one deals with Student Debt [How much student debt is too much?, How to prioritize paying off loans and other expenses, How long should it take to pay off student loans?]

But wait, there’s more!

Parts two and three will be posted on Thursday and Friday respectively. Part II covers getting in and out of debt and Part III focuses of debt avoidance and budgeting.

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Tags: A. Farber, Bankruptcy, debt perception, Jeremy Kroll, Recession, Romi Levine, Screw You Recession, Student Debt, Student Loans
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Tips on Getting a Credit Card

June 18th, 2009 by D.J.

Yesterday, I interviewed a financial advisor about things we should all keep in mind when getting a credit card.

I often try to be funny. Sometimes it works out well. Sometimes it does not. Yesterday’s interview was a rather strange situation because there really wasn’t a whole lot of room to be funny. I hugged him at the end, but I wouldn’t call that funny. I would call that good journalistic appreciation. The man shared a lot of information with me. He deserved a hug.

So this video may not be super funny and it may be a little long, but I sure did learn a lot. Check out the video, and see if you learn some stuff too. For example, did you know that even if you pay off some bad credit, the blemish still shows up on your record for seven years!? Oh, you did know that? Well shut the hell up, smart-ass.

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Tags: Credit Card, D.J. Demers, Finance, Recession, Screw You Recession, Student Loans
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$*%@ing Students Loans And Credit Card Debt

March 5th, 2009 by Mandi

Think of them like leopard print leggings and just get rid of them.

So, was chatting with a friend of mine who is better with money than Zac Efron is with eyebrows, and, as I do, was hounding him for ways to make me rich. And after doing what he always does, which is to roll his eyes and tell me to stop taking cabs to the closest subway station and recognize my shopping problem, he actually gave me a pretty good tip.
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Tags: Credit Cards, Debt Management, Recession, Recessionista, Savings, Screw You Recession, Student Loans
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rachel
plan weekly meals and buy whatever you can in bulk,hands wash your clothes when ever you can and grow a garden or if you have a family member that has a garden ask if you can get some fresh veggies when there ready to come out
Giovanna
VD? ohhhh Venereal Disease. Interesting…
Pizzi
Excellent article. Being ?real? and passionate are very important. Readers can tell when the writer cares about the subject at hand. Thank you.
Gaeta
I Love the way you write…thanks for posting
Derekp
I think i’ve seen this somewhere before…but it’s not bad at all
Rath
You have a decent blog here. I would encourage you to keep writing and posting as often as you are inspired to do so. In the long run, it will really pay off as more and more people will begin to visit, read and refer others. ProExtender
dawn
Now that we have some nice hot weather…save using your dryer and hang your clothes out to dry..Get a clothesline and pins from the dollar store…watch out for the pigeons though….
lasierra
great blog! I’m glad I finally found a decent blog that I liked. Just subscribed to the feed and looking forward to future updates.
Theresa
Waste less food by taking more trips to the grocery store, but buy less. Plan fresh meals ahead, buy what you need when you need it. Also, frequent local markets for great deals!
Leigh
Buy Tim Horton's not Starbucks.

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$*%@ing Students Loans And Credit Card Debt

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