Follow one person s attempt to pay off $90k in student loans in ten months
Before We Get Started I just want to mention that this is my final post on nomoreharvarddebt.com. I’m starting a venture called The Drive Away Debt Plan, or The DAD Plan for short. I’m going to be helping dads and families get their finances under control so they spend more time on things that actually [ ]
A few weeks ago, my buddy and former HBS classmate, Allan, asked me if I d like to give a talk about my debt pay-off to the youth group that he leads at his church. I was intrigued and asked who the audience would be. About a dozen young men, ages 12 to 18. I became [ ]
Yesterday I wrote about how somebody searched for can i serve jail time to pay off student loans? last week and ended up on this site. Today somebody searched for will going to prison reduce your student loan? and also ended up on this site. These are your 20s and 30s. These are the times [ ]
I check the stats for this site every so often visitors, views, referrers, etc. One slice of data that caught my eye recently is the search engine terms people type into sites like Google that get them to this site. On Thursday, I saw the usual suspects: And then Mother. Of. Pearl. Seriously? You can t make this [ ]
Hi guys, SmarterBucks recently asked me for my thoughts on if I paid off my loans too quickly. Here s my response: On August 29th 2011, I embarked on a mission to pay off $90,000 of Harvard MBA student loans as quickly as possible. By zeroing out my savings, looking for ways to increase my income, and cutting [ ]
Greetings from Austin! It’s been exactly one year to the day since I paid off my $90k of student loans in seven months. While I’ve stopped making regular updates to this blog, I do plan on providing annual updates for the loyal readers and new visitors who might be interested in a more long-term view [ ]
Roughly six months have passed since I paid off $90k of student debt in seven months and almost 13 months have passed since I launched No More Harvard Debt. I think we can all agree that it s been one hell of a ride! (I literally had a grin on my face as I typed that last [ ]
I m pumped! I just saved 70 bucks on a pair of running shoes by settling for a slightly older generation and an odd color combo. I ran my first (and so far, only) marathon back in February 2011. The day before the race, I decided I needed a new pair of shoes, so I hit [ ]
I hope you had a great Labor Day Weekend! The roommates are gone and I spent the better part of Saturday and today deep-cleaning the entire house. It turns out that one roommate had 3.5-foot fridge in his room, which explains why the energy bill was so high. The rent terms were $400/month and all [ ]
I m extremely excited to bring you Destroy Student Debt: A Combat Guide to Freedom, a book I wrote to help people pay off their student debt early. After receiving hundreds of emails asking for tips and advice for dealing with student debt, I finally took the time to put pen to paper and offer a concise [ ]