Comments on: Should I pay off student loans or start a retirement account? http://studentloanquestions.org/student-loans/should-i-pay-off-student-loans-or-start-a-retirement-account Answers to all of your questions about student loans. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:19:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: absteal http://studentloanquestions.org/student-loans/should-i-pay-off-student-loans-or-start-a-retirement-account/comment-page-1#comment-1917 absteal Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:19:11 +0000 http://studentloanquestions.org/student-loans/should-i-pay-off-student-loans-or-start-a-retirement-account#comment-1917 Start your IRA. Student loan interest is soo low, and doesn't really affect your credit. Start your IRA. Student loan interest is soo low, and doesn’t really affect your credit.

]]> By: alwaysundersiege http://studentloanquestions.org/student-loans/should-i-pay-off-student-loans-or-start-a-retirement-account/comment-page-1#comment-1916 alwaysundersiege Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:34:11 +0000 http://studentloanquestions.org/student-loans/should-i-pay-off-student-loans-or-start-a-retirement-account#comment-1916 Pay off your loans first. Its simple, you'll get more interest from the loans than you will from the IRA. The more you put it off, the deeper the hole you'll be in. Pay off large amounts of your college debt until it is completely gone then start putting money away for savings. Pay off your loans first. Its simple, you’ll get more interest from the loans than you will from the IRA. The more you put it off, the deeper the hole you’ll be in.

Pay off large amounts of your college debt until it is completely gone then start putting money away for savings.

]]> By: junkmail_625 http://studentloanquestions.org/student-loans/should-i-pay-off-student-loans-or-start-a-retirement-account/comment-page-1#comment-1915 junkmail_625 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:48:40 +0000 http://studentloanquestions.org/student-loans/should-i-pay-off-student-loans-or-start-a-retirement-account#comment-1915 Do some of each, if you can afford to. Pay the loans (the sooner you pay those off the less interest you'll have to pay!) while putting the minimum into an IRA. Do some of each, if you can afford to. Pay the loans (the sooner you pay those off the less interest you’ll have to pay!) while putting the minimum into an IRA.

]]> By: ?AstrologerJuliAnne? http://studentloanquestions.org/student-loans/should-i-pay-off-student-loans-or-start-a-retirement-account/comment-page-1#comment-1914 ?AstrologerJuliAnne? Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:19:05 +0000 http://studentloanquestions.org/student-loans/should-i-pay-off-student-loans-or-start-a-retirement-account#comment-1914 What interest are those student loans at? If it is really low, I would start a retirement account. What interest are those student loans at? If it is really low, I would start a retirement account.

]]> By: Worldly25 http://studentloanquestions.org/student-loans/should-i-pay-off-student-loans-or-start-a-retirement-account/comment-page-1#comment-1913 Worldly25 Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:52:50 +0000 http://studentloanquestions.org/student-loans/should-i-pay-off-student-loans-or-start-a-retirement-account#comment-1913 Pay off the loans. Pay as much as you can afford each month. Once paid, keep writing a check for the same amount and deposit into an emergency savings account first. This should equal 8 to 12 months of salary. This is in case of job loss you can afford to live till finding another. Once that is done. Start your retirement savings. Pay off the loans. Pay as much as you can afford each month. Once paid, keep writing a check for the same amount and deposit into an emergency savings account first. This should equal 8 to 12 months of salary. This is in case of job loss you can afford to live till finding another. Once that is done. Start your retirement savings.

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