NHSC- Loan Repayment or Scholarship?
The National Health Service Corps offers both a loan repayment program and a scholarship program, but the scholarship program is way better, especially for dentists.
The National Health Service Corps offers both a loan repayment program and a scholarship program, but the scholarship program is way better, especially for dentists.
First Republic Bank has emerged onto the physician student loan refinancing market with a bang- offering the lowest rates...if you live in the right cities.
Student loans stink. To make matters worse, figuring out what to do with them can seem complicated. Here I present a flowchart that should help clear up the confusion.
Parents often want to help their child financially in medical, dental, or law school. There are many ways to do so, but laws can be complex.
Student loan management is a critical aspect of financial planning for doctors. Most doctors are going to want to refinance their loans at some point, but perhaps not in residency as rates are a little higher and the new REPAYE program is in some ways more attractive.
REPAYE is a new federal student loan management program. It is essentially a combination of PAYE and IBR, with a few new features thrown in. Learn the rules and do the math to see what is right for you.
Student loans really suck. But starting in 2013 refinancing them became possible again. This competitive marketplace is constantly evolving for your benefit and there are now six companies offering a special deal to WCI readers to refinance their student loans to as low as 1.9% variable, including two that will refinance your loans even while you're still in residency!
[Updated Editor's Note: Welcome WSJ readers! I see that Josh Mitchell's recent article, US Student-Loan Forgiveness Program Proves Costly, links to this site claiming that some call the PSLF a "Docto...
[Editor's Note: This is a guest post written by my business manager. We have a serious financial relationship and immense financial conflicts of interest as you might expect. In fact, this is probably...
[Editor's Note: This is a guest post from Joshua Thompson, CFP, EA, a financial advisor and a frequent blog commenter who submitted a guest post last year on comparing disability insurance contracts....
I'm running two posts this week about student loans, this one today and a guest post tomorrow. Today's post will be about whether or not to refinance as a resident, a very complicated topic. Tomorrow'...
The first goal for most doctors is to get back to a net worth of zero. It will be far easier to do that if you don't have any credit card debt and if you "go nuts" on your student loans for your first year or two out of residency.
[Editor's Note: This is a guest post from Amanda Liu, DO, a PGY1. She is a single mother of a young child who owns a home. However, what is remarkable about her story is the tiny amount of student loa...
[Editor's Note: This guest post grew out of an email interaction I had with a regular reader who is a member of a two physician couple. I was surprised to hear that while she had zero debt, he had a r...
I have a really exciting piece of news for you. But first, I need to get my traditional disclosure out of the way. For a number of years it was basically impossible to refinance your student loans to...