Student Loans and Debt
My Inevitable Rant About Student Loans
I feel like I’m beating a dead horse when I talk about this subject (am I allowed to use this analogy as a vet???), but I need to talk about student loans. To be quite frank, this student loan issue was a huge catalyst for me starting this blog. I graduated 15 years ago with…
Read MoreDebt Payoff: An Interview With The Debtist
This post is an interview with the blogger, The Debtist. I had originally heard her story on a Choose FI podcast episode, and I knew that I had to write a blog post about her story. I reached out to her and she was gracious enough to do this interview. Here’s her take on her…
Read MorePaying Off Over $550k in Student Debt: Changing Your Mindset
As someone who promotes the idea of financial independence, the idea can be tougher for those that are coming out of school with an inordinate amount of debt. How can one think about financial independence when repaying your student loans is such an onerous task? This is why I was so intrigued by a recent…
Read MoreStudent Loan Repayment Advice for Veterinarians: Where To Turn?
Updated September 2021 Let’s say you have a ton of student debt. You need help figuring out how to pay this thing off. Your veterinary program didn’t do such a great job on giving you the tools to do this before you graduated. So now you are on your own with your degree (yes!) and…
Read MorePaying Off Student Loan Debt: A Case Study
(Edited to add: The Student Loan Planner is now a featured resource on this blog! Find out more on my Student Loan Advice page!) It’s hard enough figuring out our own personal finances. Adding another person into the mix can make it much more difficult. Especially when that person has six-figure debt. In my case,…
Read More10 Tips For Veterinarians Paying Back Over $100,000 In Student Debt
(Editor’s note: I am excited to introduce my first guest post, Travis Hornsby of Student Loan Planner! He was inspired to start his business after seeing the difficulties of student loan repayment first-hand with his physician wife. He has been featured on multiple podcasts and blogs, and it is evident that he has a passion…
Read MoreShould You Treat Your Student Loans Like A Mortgage?
Many moons ago, around this time of year, I graduated from veterinary school. One of my last memories prior to graduation was my exit interview for my student loans. The memories are a little fuzzy now, but what I remember very clearly was the counselor handing me a packet of paper with a bunch of…
Read MoreStudent Loan Repayment Overview
I am honestly shocked and dismayed at how complicated it has become to pay back student loans. Back when I was in school, there were fewer options, which actually made the process easier because you didn’t have to research so many choices. Now, due to the ballooning costs of postsecondary education throughout the country, there…
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