Listen in as student debt expert and Board Member Dr. Tony Bartels in this next installment of our Student Debt Series. This episode we covering the following 4 topics:
- Consolidation deadline extended
- Loan servicers continue to be terrible
- Recertification dates
- The new SAVE plan
- Common mistakes made while using the Student Loan Repayment Simulator
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GUEST BIO:
Dr. Tony Bartels
Tony Bartels, DVM, MBA graduated in 2012 from the Colorado State University combined MBA/DVM program and is a VIN Foundation Board Member and Student Debt Expert, and an employee of the Veterinary Information Network (VIN). He and his wife, a small-animal internal medicine specialist practicing in Denver, have more than $400,000 in veterinary-school debt that they manage using federal income-driven repayment plans. By necessity (and now obsession), his professional activities include researching and speaking on veterinary-student debt, providing guidance to colleagues on loan-repayment strategies and contributing to VIN Foundation resources. Beyond debt, his professional interests include small- and exotic-animal practice. When he’s not staring holes into his colleagues’ student-loan data, Tony enjoys fly fishing, ice hockey, camping and exploring Colorado with his wife, Audra, daughter, Lucy, and their two rescued canines, Addi and Maggie.
LINKS AND INFORMATION:
VIN Foundation Student Debt Center
Check your current student loan servicers and other loan details — VIN Foundation My Student Loans tool
VIN Foundation GIVE page to support these programs & tools
VIN Foundation Blog, Related Student Debt Blog posts:
Personalized student loan Help from VIN and VIN Foundation
Infographic ONE-TIME FORGIVENESS COUNT ADJUSTMENT
One-Time Forgiveness Count Adjustment Video Case Study, 1999 DVM may save more than $65,000 in student loan costs:
Income-Driven Repayment Plan Discretionary income calculations, WikiDebt
New Grad Student Loan Repayment Playbook
Federal Student Aid Data, Consolidation, and Repayment Applications
SAVE Repayment Plan Offers Lower Monthly Loan Payments
Loan Servicers Having Trouble:
One-time Forgiveness Count Adjustment
Federal Student Loan Servicers
Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)
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Email VIN Foundation: studentdebt@vinfoundation.org
Get updates to stay tuned for the VIN Foundation webinars on student debt.
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