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Are all my sources of income considered when calculating the repayment of my student loan?

Actually, I have two questions. I have a student loan income-based repayment, from my studies in the UK. Are any other income sources rather than my salary considered?. For example, a rent I get from ...
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What is the cheapest way to pay off this loan?

I recently took out a loan in order to buy a car for work. The contract is over a five year term, with a total of 60 monthly repayments, at an interest rate of 13% pa. The way the lender wants me to ...
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What's the interest rate in this example of irregular payments?

Loaned out $10K, with the following payments (like, these are all the payments there will ever be) Period 1 2 3 4 5 6 $0 $0 $0 $0 $26K $4K How would I ...
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Where should my money go first?

I have $7000 in cash. What should I pay toward first? Car Loan $17,000 @ 3.4% $532 a month payment Credit Card $3000 @ 0% interest till March 2019 Credit Card $3800 @ 0% interest till Nov 2019 Credit ...
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How long do I have to pay back a 401(k) loan?

I have a loan taken out on my 401k through Fidelity. The loan originated on this date: 12/19/2017. I will be leaving my current workplace and moving to a new workplace that uses John Hancock 401k. ...
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Pay off loan with MESP 529?

I made a bad decision and took a 401k loan last year. I question whether I could pay off the loan with a 529 account I have through Michigan education savings plan. I would not be pulling any money ...
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Lump sum vs interest free loan

I'm considering buying a service which will cost around £6000 (which I consider to be a significant amount). There is a financing option available which allows the amount to be paid off over 24 months,...
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Is it a good idea to make a lump-sum payment to pay off a personal loan, even if I want to build credit history?

I have recently received some money that I could use to repay my personal loan, however I am not sure if doing that, is a better idea than continuing paying the loan normally, with instalments taken ...
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Partially vs. Fully Amortized Loan

Isn't the article beneath wrong to interpret a Fully Amortized Loan as a loan with 7 years maturity? Isn't the correct comparator a Fully Amortized Loan with 30 years maturity, and 30 years ...
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How does Sallie Mae calculate its payment?

Short Version Can anyone figure out how Sallie Mae comes up with its personal loan payment amount? Long Version I have a friend who took out a personal loan with Sallie Mae, and their payment ...
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What is nelnet doing with my auto-debit student loan payments?

I recently (A few months ago) bumped up my loan repayment. My repayment just started this year. So, I took a look at how nelnet is allocating my auto debit, and my payment history looks like this: ...
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Options for paying for a nonreturnable leased vehicle

Late last year, my girlfriend's car was stolen and subsequently destroyed. This car was a leased vehicle. For reasons beyond her control‡, the insurance had lapsed a few months prior. The ...
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Is there any loan forgiveness or help for a large Federal parent student loan?

If a parent has a federal student loan for her child's education of over 100 thousand dollars, and she is having trouble paying off, is there any sort of forgiveness, or help?
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Does early repayment affect the credit score?

If I take the personal loan, start making payments regularly and then decide to completely repay it - what will happen to my credit rating? Would it improve, decrease or not be affected?
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Student loan repayment question (UK)

I have significant student loan debt. I am on plan 2 repayment and just received my first payslip. I earn £22k and so by their rules I need to pay back 9% of my annual salary over £21k that being in ...
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How come more interest than principal is paid at the start of repayment? [duplicate]

How come more interest than principal is paid at the start of home loan repayment? What's the rationale?
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Are there any regulations regards end of loan payment procedures?

When I was a student, one of my student loans was a Federal Perkins Loan. I was done paying the loan fully about 5 months ago. Since then I called couple times to the university asking about it, and ...
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Term loan overpayment options: applied to principal, or...?

Twice in my life now (as of yesterday) I've found myself in a very confusion situation after having made higher-than-scheduled payments on a term loan for an extended period of time. The first time, ...
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Student Loans: Income-based repayment & income tax bomb

Situation: I have a pretty sizable student loan burden ($150,000 with 6% interest), where I can't afford the regular payments (about $2000/month) with my current salary ($60,000) at job I'm starting ...
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Paying off loan early: Apply overpayment toward balance vs advance payment due date?

I want to pay off half of my high interest student loan with a lump sum. I have 2 options when applying the payment: to apply the amount to my balance or to advance the due date (i.e. to apply ...
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Tackling an obscene amount of student loans

So, in my journey to get to where I am today, I spent a good 7 years getting a Master's degree. This, of course, led me down the path of student loans. Currently I sit at just over 100k in student ...
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Repayment of loan I made to my own LLC

I loaned $60,000 to my own single owner LLC over the past 6 moths to pay for start up, salaries, rent and business expenses to get it started. It is now moving towards profit and can afford to start ...
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Calculate money owed on shared loan

I am in an interesting situation that I am looking for help with. I went to college a number of years ago, as did my brother. My mother had two student loans (one for each of us) and a few years ago,...
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Fixing Credit With Several Small Debts

I am a recent graduate from the U.S. with a checkered credit history. I have a few items in collection now totaling about $750 or so. Previously, my attitude would have been to let these slide until ...
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Ask rebate in loan repayment

The interest rate made my loan to a very large amount from the one which i borrowed since I could not pay it for some time(I missed some EMI). Now I have money to pay it full, Can I ask bank to allow ...
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How do investments on projects work

I am a newbie with loans and investments. I really want to know the difference between loans and investments on a project. I have a solar project for which I am looking for investments. I heard that ...
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Can anyone help me understand my loan payment?

My loan was $40500 for five years with 9% interest per year. I do not understand the total I would have to pay. I have been paying 700 per month since 2006 and it feels like I've been paying forever. ...
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Is the repayment of monies loaned to my company considered income?

I have been working diligently for years to get my business off the ground. I have been funding its monthly operation via my personal funds, each month lending the company (an LLC) just enough to pay ...
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Are 401K loan repayments considered tax deductible?

I took out a 401k loan 1.5 years back for a home down payment. The loan had a 36 month term, and I was making payments thro' payroll deductions from my employer. I recently quit that job, and I am ...
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To pay off a student loan, should I save up a lump sum payoff payment or pay extra each month?

I am a new college graduate with a student loan of $17k at 6.8% interest. The monthly minimum payment due is $193. I have been paying the minimum amount, and then taking that same amount and placing ...
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