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Is MyRichUncle on the verge of bankruptcy

A popular site for student loans, the cleverly named MyRichUncle.com, has slammed the brakes on its student lending activities. Here is what it says on their website: Thank you for your interest in MyRichUncle. At this time, we have paused our private student loan...

J.D. on 3TV Good Morning Arizona

these are the links to see J.D. on Good Morning Arizona Episode 1 air date 8/27/08 https://www.azfamily.com/video/gmaz-index.html?nvid=276518 College is expensive, where should you start Episode 2 air date 9/16/08...

Warn your students: deceptive credit practices

Yesterday I mentioned about a settlement by a bunch of the biggest student lenders in the country, whom NY Attorney General Cuomo alleged were engaged in deceptive lending practices. See the article titled “Deceptive student loan practice, caught in the act”. The Wall...

Deceptive student loan practice, caught in the act

USA Today ran a brief paragraph on an upsetting story.  Eight student lenders, including some of the biggest (Nelnet, GMAC bank, among others), coughed up $1,400,000.00 dollars to settle NY Attorney General Cuomo’s probe in their alleged unfair and deceptive...

Private student loans tougher to find

“PRIVATE STUDENT LOANS TOUGHER TO FIND” by Sandra Block, USA Today Your child will be a college freshman this year, and you’re a little apprehensive. Will she pass Econ 101?  Eat her vegetables?  Come home for Thanksgiving with an anarchist boyfriend...

When is the best time to start college planning

Ideally, many planners agree that the cost of college is a burden on most families, which is why they suggest starting to save for college the first year your child is born. This would give a typical family 17 to 18 years to save. However, most families have not done...