Taming The High Cost of College
College Financial Planning
These days, no one should be choosing a college sight unseen. We all want to find a college where our children can thrive, and college visits are the first step in finding a good fit for the right price.
In this article, I explain the five types of college visits and how they can help you find the right school, avoid mistakes, and put your student on the path to a bright future.
It is crucial for juniors and their parents to get started on the college process. The whole college process is going to take a lot of time, effort and money. The more you learn and the better you plan, the less painful college will be. Here are the first 5 areas that you and your student should focus on to get the ball rolling:
An inheritance can be a financial windfall if you’re a beneficiary, and one of the most common ways that people use money that they’ve inherited is to help pay for college costs. However, if you’re not careful and don’t understand the assets you’re inheriting or how to manage them properly, you could end up losing a lot of money. Here is what you need to know and how to avoid the biggest mistakes with inherited assets.
I’ve never met a family that didn’t like the idea of paying less for college. Here’s how you can do it by starting with school data and using five smart strategies to find more generous and affordable schools, pay less, and even negotiate a better deal.
Choosing a college major and a potential career can be a big challenge for many students, and it’s often a struggle for parents too. Should you push your child toward a particular major or career? Should you help them decide? What do you do if they’re undecided? Get answers to these and many other questions in my latest blog with loads of helpful advice.