I've spent a lot of time in the last few years trying to help parents and their college bound students realize there is a source of money to help pay for college that does not have to be paid back. Every college and university has funds they can use to support and encourage the students …
Category: College Money Now!
Access to free money for college
The Impact of College Debt
My Comments: You've read my posts before where I push to help parents and their students find the money to pay for college. Far and away the best source is money that belongs to someone else. No, you don't steal it, but you do set yourself up in such a way that colleges and universities …
Top 15 Best Paying College Degrees
NBER study looks at what college grads can expect to earn in their chosen fields My Comments: If you are a parent of a high school child, paying for the college education of your student has got to be discussed and resolved at home long before the decision is made about which school to attend. …
We Need Your Help!
My Comments: If you follow my writings, you know that I spend time and energy on an idea to help parents of high school age children find free money for their college education. Free money in this sense is money that schools are willing to spend to encourage an applicant they want, to enroll in …
Parents Struggling To Cover College Costs, Survey Says
My Comments: I have a solution to this problem. But try as I will, very few parents of high school age children have expressed a willingness to talk with me about it. As a financial planner, I’ve very aware of the financial pressure that comes from wanting your children to go to college and earn …
Continue reading Parents Struggling To Cover College Costs, Survey Says
Realistic Planning: There’s More to Life Than Retirement
My Comments: This article is about someone who put all three of his children through college and saw them graduate with no debt. As he says, "Woo-Hoo!" Many of you with children in high school, or perhaps already in college, are doing your best to help your kids get into or through college with money …
Continue reading Realistic Planning: There’s More to Life Than Retirement
Seeking Creative Ways to Pay High College Costs
My Comments: I'm very involved with a foundation out of Tucson, AZ that has the ability to help parents find endowment money to pay for college. A typical result when you engage with the foundation is $60,000, spread over four years, that does not have to be paid back. In spite of this record, many …
Continue reading Seeking Creative Ways to Pay High College Costs
Realistic Planning: There’s More to Life Than Retirement
By Bob Seawright (Bob Seawright is chief investment and information officer for Madison Avenue Securities in San Diego.) On the day I write this column, I made my last payment towards the education of my children. Had I paid via actual paper draft rather than electronic transfer, I would have waited to receive the cancelled …
Continue reading Realistic Planning: There’s More to Life Than Retirement
Top 15 Best Paying College Degrees
My Comments: The most compelling argument in favor of a college education is that it leads to economic advantages. In simple terms, more money. Yes, there are probably other reasons to be properly educated, among them those who are committed at an early age to follow a path of service to humanity. But for most …
Managing Your Student Loans
If this is Tuesday, (and I think it is; we just got back from a trip to California and six days of sleep deprivation) then today is when I write something about the problems of paying for a college education. This article comes from a MDPreferred.com, an organization I work with to help physicians navigate …
Helping Define Your Financial Future 