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My wife graduated from medical school with more than $300,000 in student loans to her name. During her three-year residency, some of that debt sat in deferment, quietly accruing about $20 per day in interest. The larger non-deferred balance grew, albeit…
If you have an existing FHA mortgage, you may qualify for a special type of refinancing product known as an FHA streamline refinance. Although it’s important to do your due diligence and carefully consider other refinance options — as well…
Sallie Mae’s private student loan is its flagship credit product. Depending on the loan type, it’s known either as a Smart Option Student Loan (undergraduate, career training) or simply as a Sallie Mae student loan (graduate and professional studies). Sallie…
It’s a big decision to join the military. Members of the Armed Forces face a slew of risks to their physical safety and psychological well-being. They make many trade-offs in their personal lives as well, from frequent moves to new towns…
Suppose you’re a homeowner with a hideous master bathroom. You’d like to remodel, but you don’t see how you can afford it. According to HomeAdvisor, the average cost for that job is around $9,400, and there’s no way you can squeeze that amount out of…
For real estate investors, juggling multiple property deals and loans can get complicated. Blanket loans often help simplify matters. Borrowers take out a single loan to cover multiple properties. Even so, blanket loans come with their own quirks and have…
Depending on who you ask, hard money loans are either the easiest and best source of funding for real estate investors or nightmare loans of last resort. Who’s right? Hard money loans are neither inherently good nor evil; they’re merely…
Student loan debt in the United States rises six times faster than the economy at large, with the average student borrower’s debt clocking in at nearly $40,000, according to EducationData.org. If you want to dodge that bullet, look to the…
If you see a line for “PMI” on your monthly mortgage statement, you’re paying for private mortgage insurance. But what is it actually for? Who has to pay for it, and who doesn’t? Most importantly, how can you avoid it…
Getting a mortgage is overwhelming. You have seemingly endless loan options, all of which read like a foreign language. And each type of mortgage comes with its own separate set of rules, which add even more confusion. If you’ve never…
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