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Posted on 10/8/13 at 11:34 am to PrettyBird
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Just curious, why $10k?
That's my comfort number. What you should do is figure out exactly how much money it takes you to live each month. Then save 9 months worth of bill paying ability in a savings account or some other liquid account. Then start working on the student loans.
Look I do this for a living. I plan peoples financial lives. Do what I say grasshopper.
Posted on 10/8/13 at 11:42 am to PrettyBird
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Easy for me to do but these loans are sitting on my shoulders.
You're going to get a lot of different opinions here, and most of them have some validity.
Each individual has different debt tolerances. You have to figure out your own tolerance. Just from reading some of your comments in this thread, it seems like you aren't comfortable with debt. I can relate.
So if that's the case, then you should just figure out the best way to get it paid off. You don't have to put all of your extra income towards the debt. For instance, if you have $1000 per month extra to put in both debt and savings, then maybe you could distribute it 90%-10% debt to savings, or even 75%-25%. Just figure out what works best for you, but base it on your individual values and how comfortable you feel with debt.
This post was edited on 10/8/13 at 11:43 am
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