Student Loans

• McFly1955

  

  Wife and I had about $50,000 total between us (4 diff loans) when we graduated in 2007 and started repaying in 2008.
  
  Down to like $19,000 left on them, we've been hitting them pretty hard for the last 2 years.
  
  So, we will be down from 4 loans to 2 by the end of the year, which saves like $300/mo in payments (we are still paying extra, though).
  
  Hope to have them gone totally within 1-2 years max.
• raiderbuck

  Never had student loan debt. Paid for via academic scholarships, and about 25% from my parents (Thank God). My GF has about $12k remaining.
• jpake1

  

  Put myself through college. 58K was taken out, and no interest paid on it during 4 years. Ive been paying the minimum of 362. I now have a new house paid in cash, so its time for me to hit it hard. Trying to live off one salary while banking the other.
• gut

  jpake1;1285864 wrote:Put myself through college. 58K was taken out, and no interest paid on it during 4 years. Ive been paying the minimum of 362. I now have a new house paid in cash, so its time for me to hit it hard. Trying to live off one salary while banking the other.

  Could you not get a loan for your house (they are brutally tough these days)? Otherwise, you should consider getting a loan for the house and using it to pay off (I assume) more expensive interest rates on your student loans. But you'll have to factor in closing costs, as well.