Today, Brett Holzhauer joins the Student Loan Podcast to share his personal student loan debt payoff story.

Brett is a personal finance nerd who emerged from the depths of student loan hell. He paid off over $80,000 in student loans just over 7 years post-graduation through a myriad of strategies. Now, he is passionate about sharing his story and helping people build foundational wealth while still enjoying their life.

Today's episode with Brett includes:

• The strategy and method that Brett used to pay off over $80,000 in student loan debt;
• Why job hopping is not a bad idea as long as you're transparent;
• Side hustles that you can take advantage of to help pay off your student loans;
• How good credit and loan consolidation can benefit you long term in your student loan payoff journey; and
• much, much, more...

Visit the show notes for all the extra details: https://thestudentloanpodcast.com/episode89

Visit our podcast sponsor at StartNoo.com to see if StartNoo is on your campus and learn how you can exchange service hours in the community for direct payments towards your student loans or tuition.

Alarice and Kevin Scott, founders of KountryScentz, share how they went from working four jobs and living paycheck-to-paycheck to creating a side hustle that helped them pay off over $100k in student loan debt and over $300k in total debt in 3 years. 

If you find yourself looking for inspiration because you're struggling to figure out how you're going to pay off your student loans, then this episode is for you. Alarice and Kevin were gracious enough to share the details of how they achieved debt freedom. It was wasn't easy but it can be done.

In today's episode with Alarice & Kevin we discuss:

• the importance of church and community as a support system as you work on organizing your finances;
• finding accountability partners to help you along your debt payoff journey;
• using side hustles to pay off student loans quickly;
• affordable ways to have date night without breaking the bank; and
• much, much, more...

Visit the show notes for all the extra details: https://thestudentloanpodcast.com/episode88

Visit our podcast sponsor at StartNoo.com to see if StartNoo is on your campus and learn how you can exchange service hours in the community for direct payments towards your student loans or tuition.

Today, Shamil Rodriguez shares 5 ways to make college worth it. Are currently in school and looking for ways to help pay for college? Are you looking to plan for the future after you graduate? This episode is for you.

Grab a pen and paper and take notes so you can improve your odds of implementing some of the strategies discussed today.

Visit the show notes for all the extra details: https://thestudentloanpodcast.com/episode87

Visit our podcast sponsor at StartNoo to learn how you can exchange service hours in the community for direct payments towards your student loans or tuition. 

Today, Will Sealy, co-founder and CEO of the Summer joins The Student Loan Podcast to share how his company is helping simplify student loan debt. 

Prior to Summer, Will served as one of the first student loan policy experts at the CFPB and was a special assistant and policy advisor to Senator Elizabeth Warren at both the CFPB and the U.S. Department of Treasury. In 2010, Will worked on the White House team tasked with implementing the Dodd-Frank Act.

Visit the show notes for all the extra details: https://thestudentloanpodcast.com/episode86

Visit our podcast sponsor at StartNoo.com to see if StartNoo is on your campus and learn how you can exchange service hours in the community for direct payments towards your student loans or tuition.

Ann Garcia (@anngarciacfp), author of the book How to Pay for College, joins The Student Loan Podcast to share how parents and students can prepare financially to pay for college. Ann Garcia has helped thousands of families save millions of dollars on college. 

A fee-only Certified Financial Planner and managing partner of Independent Progressive Advisors, Ann specializes in helping families balance the desire to support their children’s dreams with the reality of funding their own lives.

Topics covered in today's episode with Ann include:

• Which colleges to choose based on your budget;
• Finding additional money to help fill in gaps in financial aid;
• Determining the "actual" cost of college versus the number included in your financial aid package; and
• much, much, more...

Visit the show notes for all the extra details: https://thestudentloanpodcast.com/episode85

Visit our podcast sponsor at StartNoo.com to see if StartNoo is on your campus and learn how you can exchange service hours in the community for direct payments towards your student loans or tuition.

Today, Oliver Perry (@theoliverperry), host of The Oliver Perry Show, shares how he paid off over $40,000 in student loans. Oliver has an interesting journey that many of you can relate to or may find inspiration in hearing. We take a dive into what his mindset was throughout the different periods of his life and his student loan debt payoff journey. It's not always sunshine and rainbows but the mindset that you have as you make your way through your debt payoff journey is what will set you up for success in paying off your student loans.

Outside of hosting The Oliver Perry show, being a husband & father, and serving as a military officer, Oliver likes to spend his time investing in real estate, playing golf in foreign countries, cracking jokes, and spending way too much money on MTG.

In today's episode with Oliver Perry we discuss:

• How he paid off over $40K in student loans;
• What his initial motivation was when he joined the US military and how it relates to college;
• The hustle mindset he had to adopt to meet the minimum student loan payments after graduation; and
• much, much more...

Visit our podcast sponsor at StartNoo.com to see if StartNoo is on your campus and learn how you can exchange service hours in the community for direct payments towards your student loans or tuition.

Today, Daphné and Shamil discuss 5 Ways to Improve Experiential Learning. If you are a professor or university administrator looking for ways to improve your experiential learning program next year, then this episode is for you.

Visit the show notes for all the extra details: https://thestudentloanpodcast.com/episode83

Visit our podcast sponsor at StartNoo to learn how you can exchange service hours in the community for direct payments towards your student loans or tuition. 

In today's episode, Daphné Vanessa and Shamil Rodriguez share 10 ways you can make $1K. This episode is for those of you looking for ideas to quickly and easily implement to help make extra money. With the end of the year quickly approaching, Daphné and Shamil wanted to make sure you had a few more tools in your tool belt of paying off your student loan debt. 

Visit the show notes for all the extra details: https://thestudentloanpodcast.com/episode82

Visit our podcast sponsor at StartNoo to learn how you can exchange service hours in the community for direct payments towards your student loans or tuition. 

Trent McKendrick is the founder of Lever.App which helps you pay down your student loan debt! Today, on the Student Loan Podcast, we discuss how you can use the Lever App to help pay down your student loans and get your personal finances on track.

Perfect timing for the New Year!

In today's episode with Trent McKendrick we discuss:

• How the Lever App can help you;
• The absurdity of the amount of growing interest on student loans;
• The fact that Americans now owe over $2 Trillion in student loan debt;
• Tips for how to deal with your student loan debt; and
• much, much, more...

Visit the show notes for all the extra details: https://thestudentloanpodcast.com/episode81

Visit our podcast sponsor at StartNoo.com to see if StartNoo is on your campus and learn how you can exchange service hours in the community for direct payments towards your student loans or tuition.

In today's episode, Daphné and Shamil discuss how to pay off your student loans in the new year! Instead of waiting for January, we've put together some of the tips and tricks from previous episodes in this how-to guide to help getting you rolling before the new year begins.

In today's episode we discuss:

• the money mindset you should have when deciding to tackle your student loan debt;
• the many ways you can hold yourself accountable during your debt payoff journey;
• the importance of writing down your strategy to help increase your odds of being successful; and
• much, much, more...

Visit the show notes for all the extra details: https://thestudentloanpodcast.com/episode80

Visit our podcast sponsor at StartNoo to learn how you can exchange service hours in the community for direct payments towards your student loans or tuition.