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finally pays off Student loan debt can make buying a home nearly impossible
Not exact matches
But when I
finally set my mind to it, I
paid off $ 46,500 of
student loan debt in 2 years and 3 months.
I feel much better about
paying off my
student loans than I did when I
finally paid off the last of my credit card
debt.
Our largest
debt was
finally paid off leaving us with «only» $ 16,000 or so of
student loans!
Finally, if my child was preparing to graduate with
student loans and with contributions in a Roth IRA, I would definitely consider advising my child to withdraw only contributions from the Roth in order to
pay off / down the
student loan debt.
This may be of little consolidation if you're young and single, but things change and
student loan debt tends to hang around, with many people taking many years to
finally pay it all
off.