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Released: August 27, 2012
Pare student debt or boost savings? Can’t go wrong either way
Source: Liz Weston - The L.A. Times
Dear Liz, I'm not sure whether I should be aggressively paying off the balance of my student loans or saving that money for a down payment for an apartment. I graduated from law school with $150,000 in federal and private loans. Over the last few years I've paid off most of that, but I still have about $50,000 in federal loans with a rate fixed at 3.75%.Read Full Article: Pare student debt or boost savings? Can’t go wrong either way
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