Final payment to the loan

Big news since the last post: I PAID OFF THE STUDENT LOAN! $161,560.02 total. The original principal was just over $100,000 however the forbearance and recapitalized interest increased the principal to just over $124,000. Still, I saved over $70,000 by paying the loan off ahead of schedule. Combined with the $20,000 in consumer debt and...

Financial Responsibility

Today I was putting the numbers in excel to determine if this is the week I finish paying off my student loans. What started as $110,000 and grew to a payment total of $160,000 is now down to $2275. I have an itchy trigger finger that really wants to go to Nelnet and finish it....