Comments on: Poor Credit Unsecured Loans: Credit Problems Now Relieved

By: tomiko

tomiko — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:56:32 +0000

With 20 years experience in the mortgage business, I have never seen a student loan that was in repayment treated any differently than any other long term debt. While you may be able to ask for a hardship deferal in the future, which is the only advantage on a student loan that doesn't exist on a standard installment loan, no lender wants to anticipate that circumstance. As long as the payments extend past 10 months in the future, the lender will only use your monthly payment as part of your qualifying ratios. The total debt is not that important and would only be a minor factor. What will matter more is your payment history on the student loan: it should be perfect. It all comes down to the quality of your credit history (your FICO score) and your qualifying ratios of debt/income.

Try this site

http://free-college-information-usa.blogspot.com/

Free College information on financial aid for students, scholarship, student loans and more.

By: Blogger

Blogger — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:16:15 +0000

I’m confused. Obama talked about capping student loan re-payments to approximately 10% of your annual income, and cancellation of debt after 20 years private, 10 years government service. However, isn’t that this plan? How is that “on the talks” plan different from this?

By: Dat_1_Chiq

Dat_1_Chiq — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:01:42 +0000

When your federal educational loans are in default, you have several options:

You can repay the loan in full.
You can negotiate a new payment plan with your lender.
You can "rehabilitate" your loan.
You can consolidate your loan.

Obviously option one is rarely attractive or possible for defaulted borrowers.

Option two (renegotiate) should be investigated fully – most borrowers skip this step, but it's probably the best option for most people. Call your lender and ask to speak to someone in the "Workout" Department. Explain your situation to them (there's nothing unusual about it) and ask what options are available to you for switching to a graduated, extended or income-sensitive repayment plan. If your lender will agree to change your repayment plan, a few regular payments will get your default status removed, and the new plan may be easier for you to keep up with.

Option three (rehabilitation) is really a specific form of a workout agreement. It probably won't help you much in your situation, because it requires an agreement between you and the lender that will allow you to make 9 consecutive on-time payments of some agreed-upon amount.

Option four is everyone's favorite, but you must absolutely understand what a consolidation loan will do. To keep this utterly simple – a consolidation loan is a brand new loan that will pay off your old, defaulted loan. A consolidation loan MAY lower your monthly payments, but understand how this works. A consolidation loan never lowers your payments by wiping away some of your debt – a consolidation loan lowers your payments by stretching out the length of your loan. If you pay less every month, you'll make many additional monthly payments, and – in the end – you'll pay far more back than you would have paid on the original loan.

As an example: Suppose I lent you $100 and you agreed to pay me back in 2 weeks by paying me $50 a week. You came back a few days later and explained that you weren't going to be able to afford to pay me $50 – is there something else we could do? "Oh, absolutely," I'd say, gallantly. "Instead of paying me $50 a week for 2 weeks, how about if you only pay me $10 a week for 17 weeks?"

See – in the end, you'll pay me back $170 instead of $100 – that's how a consolidation loan works. But remember – we're not talking a $100 loan for a couple of weeks – by the time you pay that $5000 loan of yours back over many years, you'll pay a few thousand more than you might have paid if you didn't consolidate that loan.

I've attached some information about consolidating from the Department of Education – take a few minutes to read it over. If you do choose to go this route, be sure to consolidate with a reputable lender (or directly with the government) and not with some fly-by-night operation that you learn about from some pay-per-click site shilled on Yahoo! Answers.

Good luck to you!

By: truth

truth — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:08:00 +0000

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By: ♥Kiki♥

♥Kiki♥ — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:08:55 +0000

Depends on the length of the loan. Google "mortgage calculator" or
"loan calculator."

By: dillsteroo

dillsteroo — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:41:41 +0000

To get a student loan, your first step is to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). You should submit your FAFSA as soon as possible – you can make estimates and correct the details later.

Once you’ve completed your FAFSA, you’ll want to visit your school’s student aid office. Ask what kind of aid you might expect.

By: guzen

guzen — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:28:15 +0000

The one thing to research t is what happens when these loans are “forgiven”. As I understand it, the law presently has the ‘forgiven’ portion of your loan tacking on to your taxable income. So if you have been paying small amounts for 25 years then all of a sudden your going to be shoved into the million dollar a year tax bracket and own Uncle Sam some fat money.

The IBR website says this is still under review, but worth checking out b4 you make a decision.

Still looks like a decent program.

By: maybell

maybell — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:26:03 +0000

No one will "take over" your loans. You will still owe the money to your lender when you are in forbearance. They will simply add interest every month while you are making payments.

If you are asking about defaulting the lender will just contract out with a collection agency to start calling and hounding you to mail them payments. If you make 6 to 12 months worth of willing and reasonable payments you can ask your lender to "rehabilitate" your loan. This is when you are issued a new loan and pay off the one in default so you can get federal fin aid again. Again, rehabilitation can only be done after you have made 6 to 12 months of payments.

Try this site

http://free-college-information-usa.blogspot.com/

Free College information on financial aid for students, scholarship, student loans and more.

By: Gregory

Gregory — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:42:42 +0000

I used direct loan consolidation. It took about 2 months.

http://www.loanconsolidation.ed.gov/

By: rails

rails — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:12:16 +0000

IBR is a great idea…however 25 yrs of payments is too much. The time it needs to be to make payments should be 5 years max.