April 28, 2010 - 10:35 pm
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I have a series of student loans – a few from Direct Loan Servicing Center, Nelnet and Sallie Mae. How can I get these consolidated with the best rate and are there any cash back perks or other incentives for consolidating these loans?
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December 30, 2009 - 6:17 pm
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I just transferred undergraduate schools and still have some student loans from my previous school (Sallie Mae and Federal Direct loans). Is there some sort of clearing house that my new enrollment status will be sent to so that the loan agencies know that I haven’t just stopped going to school (and thus cause [...]
December 23, 2009 - 12:25 am
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If I am a US citizen with student loans (about 13k) will I be allowed to leave the States?
I am planning on moving to another country for a period of time in order to get married to my fiancee. However, I intend to return to the States and pay the loans in any case.
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November 24, 2009 - 9:40 am
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My student loans are through NelNet and I received a letter from NelNet instructing me to stop making payments. The reason they give is that my student loan account has been paid by a claim and now has a zero balance. I have had student loans since 1995; but I also have filed [...]
October 27, 2009 - 12:02 am
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When I attended college my student loans were put in my fathers name.
Now that I have graduated, I would like to take over the payments.
The loan company (Nelnet) won’t let us and say we have to either make payments to my parents or get a personal loan to cover it.
My husband and I are [...]
October 26, 2009 - 3:07 pm
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They say it would be like accruing debt to pay off debt. But how come I can use my CC to pay off auto loans, or mortgage? I wish I could use my CC to get cash back or miles while paying off my student loans
I have the money to make the payments cash, but [...]
October 18, 2009 - 6:27 pm
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I have $60,000 in various student loans, but since consolidating my combined payment is only $300/month. I have no other debt. Do lenders view student loan debt differently due to the flexibility of the loans? Also, would they look more at the total amount of the debt or the monthly payment when determining the rate [...]
October 8, 2009 - 10:29 am
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Like if I have $1000 now gathered from working as a student for 2 years, can I use that to pay some of the loan back? Or, is it that once I start paying back loans, I can’t stop, and I must consistently pay them back every month?
Also, do student loans have minimum sums [...]
September 26, 2009 - 7:58 pm
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Are there people that specialize in preparing, organizing, and knowing exactly what, how much, everything for a student loan. Some one like a financail adviser except for student loans?
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September 6, 2009 - 5:00 am
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Is it usually a monthly bill? If so what could be considered the average monthly payment on student loans? Once I get my undergrad degree I plan to take a year off before I go to graduate school, and will start getting some of my bills that year off, and want to know what I’m [...]
March 14, 2008 - 6:05 pm
If you paid interest on student loans, then you should have received a 1098. This is reported on line 33 of your 1040. As long as you didn’t have more than 57,500 in AGI, then that’s it- it’s pretty simple. If you did, then you need to get the instructions, because you have to subtract out the limit and go through a calculation to determine how much of the interest you get to deduct.
If you are sure you paid interest and not just principle, contact the lender or go to their website. Usually, you can print tax forms directly from the website. I’d try that first.
Good luck. :0)
March 18, 2008 - 5:32 am
Interest on qualified student loans should be reported on form 1098.
If you have federal student loans and you do all of your payments and account notices online, you may not get a 1098 form in the mail. This was my situation. I just logged into my student loan account online and there is a link for tax documents. It shows me my 1098 and gives me the option to print it for my records.