Student Loan Planner

By Travis Hornsby

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Travis helps you navigate the insane world of student loans, especially if you owe $20,000 to $1 million. If you've ever spent too much time on the phone with your loan servicer, this is the show for you. Every week we share tips on loan forgiveness, investing, crushing debt, and how to get to financial freedom when you owe more than most people's mortgage.

Episode Date
What Happens After the IDR Waiver?
Apr 23, 2024
Roth IRA Disasters to Avoid
Apr 16, 2024
Last Call for the IDR Waiver
Apr 09, 2024
The Dept of Education Shifts PSLF Processing from MOHELA: The Real Reason and Borrower Impact
Apr 03, 2024
Why Most Borrowers Will Get Forgiveness Now (Even Those With Small Balances)
Apr 02, 2024
MOhela MO Problems
Mar 26, 2024
The Tax Bomb Cliff Is Coming
Mar 19, 2024
You Have a New Job. Now What?
Mar 12, 2024
Till Debt Do Us Part
Mar 05, 2024
Emergency pod: IDR Recertification Pause Extended
Mar 01, 2024
Tips I’ve Learned as a Business Owner
Feb 27, 2024
Tax FAQs from Student Loan Borrowers
Feb 20, 2024
Which Tik Tok Finance Tips Get You Arrested?
Feb 13, 2024
Financially Undressing: A Talk About Your Debt
Feb 06, 2024
Using Real Estate to Lower Student Loan Payments
Jan 30, 2024
Married Filing Separately Traps to Avoid
Jan 23, 2024
Timeline and Predictions for Student Loans in 2024
Jan 16, 2024
10 Ways to Save $1,000 in 2024
Jan 09, 2024
Your Top 10 Financial Dreams for 2024
Jan 02, 2024
What to Know About Student Loans for 2024
Dec 26, 2023
FinCon Panel Discussion: Insider Advice on Student Loan Repayment, Default, Rehabilitation and Consolidation
Dec 21, 2023
40 Essential Power Moves to Conquer Student Loan Repayment (Pt 2)
Dec 19, 2023
40 Essential Power Moves to Conquer Student Loan Repayment (Pt 1)
Dec 12, 2023
Final countdown for the IDR Waiver
Dec 05, 2023
Expert Strategies for College Funding, Even If Time Isn’t On Your Side
Nov 28, 2023
Smart Money Moves for Parents: Understanding FMLA, Retirement, and More
Nov 21, 2023
Tax Loopholes That Could Save You Five Figures
Nov 14, 2023
The Coming Married Filing Separate Bonanza
Nov 07, 2023
Why Are We Doing Financial Planning Now?
Oct 31, 2023
Student Loan Forgiveness, Refunds, and Fresh Starts for Borrowers
Oct 24, 2023
A New Subsidy Strategy Has Arrived
Oct 17, 2023
Expert Insights: How Student Loans Impact Financial Planning
Oct 10, 2023
Traps to Avoid as Payments Resume
Oct 03, 2023
Your Top Questions as Payments Resume
Sep 26, 2023
From Borrowing to Empowering: Navigating Student Loans with Meredith Jones, DVM, CSLP®, and Gabe Rooker
Sep 19, 2023
Top Questions About The SAVE Plan Answered
Sep 12, 2023
Master Student Loan Consolidation, Income Recertification and Parent PLUS Repayment
Sep 05, 2023
The Student Loan Pause Has Ended. Now What?
Aug 29, 2023
Emergency pod: Deadline to ask for student loan refunds is next week
Aug 23, 2023
Building Bridges, Changing Lives: Student Loan Planning and Personal Finance Insights with Sam Silberstein
Aug 22, 2023
New Lawsuits, Payment Confusion and PSLF Regulations
Aug 15, 2023
Introducing New Student Loan Planner Consultant Scotty McDonald
Aug 08, 2023
Key Student Loan Deadlines to Know in 2023 and Beyond
Aug 01, 2023
What’s Stopping You from Getting Financial Help? Overcoming Challenges to Live Your Best Life
Jul 25, 2023
Why the New IDR Regulations are a Pandora’s Box
Jul 18, 2023
Introducing the SAVE Plan: The Biggest Change to Student Loans Ever
Jul 11, 2023
How to Make Sure Student Loans Dont Interfere With Your Retirement
Jul 04, 2023
Emergency Pod: Cancelation Update
Jun 30, 2023
Disability Insurance Planning with Dan Rooker, CFP®, CSLP®, and Lauryn Williams, CFP®, CSLP®
Jun 27, 2023
How to Handle "Advice Anxiety"
Jun 20, 2023
The Importance of Being Your Own Advocate in Student Loan Repayment
Jun 13, 2023
We Know When the Pause Will End
Jun 06, 2023
Demystifying Life Insurance Myths with Rob Bertman and Lauryn Williams
May 30, 2023
Navigating the Maze: Insights into Student Loan Forbearance, Recertification, and Forgiveness
May 23, 2023
The Debt Ceiling Could Pose Big Risks to Borrowers
May 16, 2023
Student Debt Across the Generations
May 09, 2023
The $3 Mentality and Long-Term Financial Planning
May 02, 2023
The IDR Waiver FAQ is Here!
Apr 25, 2023
Navigating Public Service Loan Forgiveness: Cases, Nuances, and Updates
Apr 18, 2023
Could Forgiven Debt Get Reinstated?
Apr 11, 2023
How Congress Could End the Student Loan Pause and Cancellation
Apr 04, 2023
How is the PSLF waiver going?
Mar 28, 2023
How the Silicon Valley Bank Collapse Impacts Student Loans
Mar 21, 2023
Sofi Sues To End The Student Loan Pause
Mar 14, 2023
Avoid the Siren Songs of Student Loans
Mar 07, 2023
Emergency Pod on the Supreme Court Case
Mar 02, 2023
What Comes After the Student Loan Cancellation Lawsuit
Feb 28, 2023
Intentional Budgeting: Spend Sustainably Without Sacrificing Your Dream Life
Feb 21, 2023
Free College for Everyone with New IDR
Feb 14, 2023
Grab Bag Q&A: Navigating the Student Loan Repayment Maze
Feb 07, 2023
Optimizing Your Finances: Do's and Don'ts for Reaching Financial Goals
Jan 31, 2023
New REPAYE Plan: What it Means and Why it's a Game Changer for Borrowers
Jan 24, 2023
How the Modified REPAYE Plan Could Cut Student Loan Payments In Half for Millions of Borrowers
Jan 17, 2023
51 Ways to Save $1,000 in 2023 and Start Investing Bigtime
Jan 09, 2023
How to Become Wealthy and Reach Financial Independence Faster This Year
Jan 03, 2023
Where to Keep Your Money in 2023: A Guide for Student Loan Borrowers
Dec 27, 2022
Unwrapping the Gift of Education from Parent PLUS Loans
Dec 20, 2022
Top Student Loan Questions and Answers
Dec 13, 2022
Year-End Financial Checklist for 2022: Tax Tips, Student Loan Repayment, Investing, and More
Dec 06, 2022
The Backdoor PSLF Waiver and Payment Pause Extension Explained
Nov 29, 2022
Revenge of the Judges: What Borrowers Can Expect After the Texas Ruling
Nov 22, 2022
Student Loan Cancellation Is Blocked. Now What?
Nov 15, 2022
Could the New IDR Plan Be Delayed? (Plus Top Listener Questions Answered)
Nov 08, 2022
Urgent Student Loan Updates for Borrowers
Nov 01, 2022
How to Get Last-Minute Credit Added to Your PSLF Payment Count
Oct 24, 2022
Can the Student Loan Lawsuits Stop Cancellation?
Oct 18, 2022
Student Loan Cancellation and Why It’s Not Too Late to Take Advantage of the PSLF Waiver
Oct 11, 2022
Student Loan Deadlines, Forgiveness, and Must-Have Self-Care Ideas
Oct 04, 2022
The PSLF and IDR Waivers Are Safe (For Now)
Oct 03, 2022
Student Loan Relief Might Get Blocked
Sep 29, 2022
What Democrats and Republicans are Proposing for the Future of Student Loans
Sep 27, 2022
When PSLF Isn’t Right For You: Why Miranda Walked Away From Forgiveness
Sep 20, 2022
Fertility and Alternative Conception While You Have Student Loan Debt
Sep 13, 2022
Student Loan Cancellation Complaints and Challenges
Sep 06, 2022
PSLF Problem-Solving: Employment Certification, Timelines, & Reconsideration Requests
Aug 30, 2022
Emergency Pod: Biden Cancels 10k + New IDR Plan
Aug 25, 2022
How to Optimize Your Student Loans and Finances Using Case Studies from Real Borrowers
Aug 23, 2022
The 5 MAJOR Costs of Bad Student Loan Policy & How to Overcome Them
Aug 16, 2022
The Difference Between Financial Planners, Financial Coaches, and Sales Representatives
Aug 09, 2022
Shocking Numbers about the PSLF Waiver and the IDR Waiver, Plus Special Guest Taylor from the SLP Community
Aug 02, 2022
Every Loan Has a Story: Private Student Loans and How They Work with Ascent CEO and Co-Founder Ken Ruggiero
Jul 26, 2022
Busting Common PSLF Waiver Misconceptions, New Updates on Interest Capitalization, and an SLP Pricing Announcement
Jul 19, 2022
Biden’s Student Loan Changes & What They Mean for Your Student Loan Debt
Jul 12, 2022
Answering Your Sweet v. Cardona Questions, Waiver Updates and More!
Jul 05, 2022
Answering Your Questions About IDR Waivers, Disability Insurance & Reducing Student Loan Repayments
Jun 28, 2022
Updates on the Limited PSLF Waiver and the MOHELA Transfer
Jun 21, 2022
Five Tools You Need to Create a Winning Financial Plan
Jun 14, 2022
The Lies You’re Told About Financial Planning
Jun 07, 2022
How to Create Inspiring Goals that Empower You to Pay Off Your Student Loans
May 31, 2022
More Student Loan Companies Are Going Out of Business
May 24, 2022
The Racial Wealth Divide
May 17, 2022
Riding the Rapids: Decoding Student Loan Cancellation, Waivers and Survey Results
May 10, 2022
The Income-Driven Repayment Waiver: What You Need to Know
May 03, 2022
How to Help Your Friends Qualify for the PSLF Waiver
Apr 26, 2022
The Basics of Student Loan Repayment: Which Plan to Choose, How to Make Payments, & When to Recertify Your Income
Apr 19, 2022
Where We are with Student Loan Repayment Extensions, and a Big Announcement!
Apr 12, 2022
Emergency Pod: Student Loan Pause Extended Until August 31
Apr 05, 2022
Afraid of Student Loan Debt? There Are Some Excellent Reasons Not to Be
Apr 05, 2022
The Student Loan Serving Industry is BROKEN: How Can We Fix It?
Mar 29, 2022
Using a 529 Plan to Save for Your Kids’ Education and More with Mary Morris
Mar 22, 2022
Introducing New Student Loan Planner Consultants James and Sim!
Mar 15, 2022
What Interest Rate Chaos Means for Your Finances
Mar 08, 2022
The TRUE Cost of Your Graduate Degree
Mar 01, 2022
Common Student Loan Scams and the Potential Benefits of the ICR Plan
Feb 22, 2022
How to Save Money on Taxes with Olympian and Student Loan Planner Lauryn Williams
Feb 15, 2022
Five Reasons Student Loans Are Totally Worth It
Feb 08, 2022
What to Know About Recertification on an Income-Driven Plan
Feb 01, 2022
Will You Get Money from the Navient Lawsuit Settlement?
Jan 25, 2022
Everything You Need to Know About the PSLF Waiver Program in 2022
Jan 18, 2022
How to Achieve a Six-Figure Net Worth in 2022
Jan 11, 2022
Investing in 2022: Take Control of Your Finances
Jan 04, 2022
Signs You’re Doing Better Than You Think
Dec 28, 2021
Emergency Pod: Biden Extends Student Loan Pause
Dec 22, 2021
Refinancing Your Student Loans Amid Temporary Expanded PSLF
Dec 21, 2021
Answering Your Questions About the EICR Plan, the PSLF Waiver, and How to Know When to Recertify Your Student Loan
Dec 14, 2021
What We’re Seeing in the Field: PSLF Waivers and Servicer Changes In Action
Dec 07, 2021
How Inflation Impacts Student Loan Borrowers
Nov 30, 2021
$700 million in Student Loans Forgiven in a Single Day
Nov 23, 2021
What We Know About the New New IBR
Nov 16, 2021
Financial Freedom by Investing in Real Estate with Coach Carson
Nov 09, 2021
Navient is Gone
Nov 02, 2021
The Biggest PSLF Expansion in History
Oct 26, 2021
How To Protect the Next Generation from Student Debt
Oct 19, 2021
How to Plan for a New Financial Normal After the Pandemic
Oct 12, 2021
Servicers Fired, PSLF Changes, and a New IBR Plan
Oct 05, 2021
Making a Big Law Escape Plan with Jessica Medina
Sep 28, 2021
Student Loan Loopholes That Don’t Work
Sep 21, 2021
Six Student Loan Loopholes that Borrowers can Take Advantage Of
Sep 14, 2021
The Future of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
Sep 07, 2021
Is Your Student Debt a Good Thing?
Aug 31, 2021
Why Median & Average Student Loan Statistics Are Ridiculous
Aug 24, 2021
Navigating Today’s Crazy Housing Market
Aug 17, 2021
How to Jump to the Next Rung of the Economic Ladder
Aug 10, 2021
How to Invest (Even If You’ve Never Done It Before)
Aug 03, 2021
The Debt Trap with Josh Mitchell
Jul 27, 2021
What Happens When You Move States as a Student Loan Borrower?
Jul 20, 2021
Transforming How You View and Manage Money with Jesse Mecham of YNAB
Jul 13, 2021
Emergency Pod: FedLoan is Fired, Now What?
Jul 08, 2021
Investing while in School
Jul 06, 2021
Side Hustles and Their Impact on Student Loans
Jun 29, 2021
How to Define and Achieve Your New American Dream
Jun 22, 2021
Top Advice to Dads for Helping their Kids with Student Loans
Jun 15, 2021
What is the PSLF Snowball? [Rebroadcast]
Jun 08, 2021
Frequent Student Loan Fails and FAQs with Lauryn Williams, CFP®, CSLP®
Jun 01, 2021
The Model Minority Myth
May 25, 2021
How to Get Ready to Spend Money Again Post Pandemic
May 18, 2021
The Looming Legal Fight over Cancellation
May 11, 2021
The Challenges Women Face When Up Against Student Loan Debt
May 04, 2021
Putting Your Goals First and Student Loans Last
Apr 27, 2021
The Mental Health Burden of Student Loans
Apr 20, 2021
Can You Settle Your Debt?
Apr 13, 2021
Will Rising Interest Rates Hurt Me?
Apr 06, 2021
Beware Hidden Agendas in the Student Loan Industry
Mar 30, 2021
Student Loan Forgiveness Is Tax-Free Now. Or Is It?
Mar 23, 2021
Is 2021 a Bubble for Investing?
Mar 16, 2021
What You Need to Know About Taxes in 2021
Mar 09, 2021
Will President Biden Block Student Loan Cancelation?
Mar 02, 2021
The Perfect Income for Peak Happiness as a Student Loan Borrower
Feb 23, 2021
Is It Ever a Good Idea to Abandon Student Loan Forgiveness?
Feb 16, 2021
Be a Clydesdale, Not a Pony: Why Borrowers Shouldn’t Be Afraid of Taking More Professional Risks
Feb 09, 2021
My Thoughts on What President Biden’s Interest and Payment Freeze Means for the Future of Student Loans
Feb 02, 2021
Ron Lieber, NY Times Columnist, on Debunking the Complexity of College Education and the Financial Aid System
Jan 26, 2021
Feeling Frustrated About Your Student Debt? Here’s the High Cost of Student Loan Complexity
Jan 19, 2021
Get Rich When You Can't Predict 2021
Jan 12, 2021
Save for Your Kids Education Using a 529 College Savings Plan
Jan 05, 2021
Best Student Loan Repayment Strategy Tips by Occupation
Dec 29, 2020
Why Your Student Loan Strategy Depends on Where You Live
Dec 22, 2020
Fighting Debt with Weapons from the Last War
Dec 15, 2020
Student Loan Repayment, Student Debt Cancelation and Justin Sloan, CFA, CFP, from Buckingham Strategic Wealth on How to Save for Retirement
Dec 08, 2020
Why The First Degree to Cost $700,000 is Worth It
Dec 01, 2020
Declining Reimbursement Rates, plus What Trump's Finances Show About Student Loans
Nov 24, 2020
What President Biden Might Do to Student Loans
Nov 17, 2020
Why Your Retirement Accounts Don't Matter Nearly As Much As You Think
Nov 10, 2020
5 Biggest Risks To Your Finances Post-Election
Nov 03, 2020
What Will Happen to Student Loans After the Election?
Oct 27, 2020
Back to Basics: What You Need to Know About IDR Plans
Oct 20, 2020
Scary Student Loan Stories
Oct 13, 2020
Your Student Loan Questions Answered
Oct 06, 2020
Best Tips for Financial Planning: How to Balance Saving, Investing, and Paying off Debt with Student Loans
Sep 29, 2020
Unique Student Loan Considerations for Physicians
Sep 22, 2020
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly About Student Loans and Your Personal Finances
Sep 15, 2020
How to Love Your Job (Or Leave It) - Despite your Debt
Sep 08, 2020
Best and Worst Jobs During the Pandemic
Sep 01, 2020
How Student Loans are like being a California or New York resident
Aug 25, 2020
What the Trump Student Loan Order Means
Aug 18, 2020
Pandemic Recession Investing Q&A
Aug 11, 2020
Should You Stay in a Job Because of Loan Forgiveness?
Aug 04, 2020
How can you invest when everything is so expensive?
Jul 28, 2020
Compassion Fatigue, Moral Distress, and Mental Health in Veterinary Medicine
Jul 21, 2020
The Coming Chaos in Student Loan Servicing
Jul 14, 2020
Nicole Hatcher on Being a PA and Systemic Racism in Medicine
Jul 07, 2020
What does the future of student loan refinancing look like after the pandemic?
Jun 30, 2020
The Danger of Becoming an Accidental Landlord
Jun 23, 2020
How to Plan Pre-Student Loan Debt
Jun 16, 2020
Shrinking the Racial Wealth Gap, with Lauryn Williams
Jun 09, 2020
The mental health challenges of student loans
Jun 02, 2020
The Double Debt Loophole for Married Couples Explained
May 26, 2020
What Business Owner Dentists, Vets, Optometrists, and Lawyers Need to Know, with Tom Bodin
May 19, 2020
Paying Nothing, Borrowing the Max, and What this Recession Means for Student Loan Policy
May 12, 2020
Some Good student Loan News (people are still saving money)
May 05, 2020
Your Quarantine Stories
Apr 28, 2020
Student Loan Default Guide: How to help yourself or your friend
Apr 21, 2020
Is there any hope for veterinarians? With Diana Care
Apr 14, 2020
Q&A about the stimulus and what it means for you
Apr 07, 2020
Conquering anxiety and depression after 300k of film school debt, with Stephanie Bousley
Mar 31, 2020
Getting relief on your loans during economic disaster
Mar 24, 2020
Coronavirus, Asymmetric Bets, and Your Questions
Mar 17, 2020
Tax Guide for Student Loan Borrowers
Mar 10, 2020
Your interest is not nearly as bad as you think
Mar 03, 2020
Avoid Fraud and Fake Experts with Jantz Hoffman
Feb 25, 2020
Election Hot Takes with Lauryn Williams
Feb 18, 2020
Student Loan Travisties
Feb 11, 2020
How Money From Your Employer For Loans Can Hurt You
Feb 04, 2020
Student Loan Hacks You Haven't Heard Before with Meagan Landress
Jan 28, 2020
How Taxes and Student Loans Get Weird in a Hurry with Ben Nanney
Jan 21, 2020
Course Launch Recap
Jan 14, 2020
Go from Six Figure Debt to Six Figure Net Worth in 2020
Jan 07, 2020
You Could Work Twice as Hard or Learn About Growing Your Assets
Dec 31, 2019
Why Your Student Loans Don’t Matter
Dec 24, 2019
Debating the Future of PSLF and Student Loans with Dr. Ben White
Dec 17, 2019
Top Gifts for Student Loan Borrowers
Dec 10, 2019
How to Solve the Student Loan Crisis According to Borrowers
Dec 03, 2019
Becoming a PA with Savanna Perry
Nov 26, 2019
Bad Decisions by Physicians with Ryan Inman
Nov 19, 2019
Reflections After 3 Years of Helping Borrowers with Student Loans
Nov 12, 2019
Physician on FIRE Shares Secrets of Early Retirement
Nov 05, 2019
How the economy impacts what rates you get on student loan refinancing
Oct 29, 2019
Can You Retire Before Mom and Dad? With Robert Berger
Oct 22, 2019
Why you should start a business (yes, really)
Oct 15, 2019
Is this the best time ever to be a dentist? With Reese Harper
Oct 08, 2019
Why do financial advisers give lousy student loan advice?
Oct 01, 2019
The first couple in history to BOTH get tax free loan forgiveness
Sep 24, 2019
The Refinancing Ladder approach
Sep 17, 2019
26 ReasonsThat Make Your Student Loan Plan Unique
Sep 10, 2019
How Vanguard's website (and roboadvisors) cost America billions of dollars
Sep 03, 2019
Your Questions Answered (our voicemail works!)
Aug 27, 2019
Case study on whether parents should help pay for graduate school
Aug 20, 2019
Only sweat the big stuff (because the small stuff doesn't matter)
Aug 13, 2019
10 most common student loan servicer mistakes
Aug 06, 2019
Is your savings rate good or bad?
Jul 30, 2019
Private Loans: When you should use them
Jul 23, 2019
Explaining 529s with Collegebacker CEO Jordan Lee
Jul 16, 2019
Dr. Zachary Kingsberg on starting your own practice
Jul 09, 2019
Real Estate Investing with lots of Student Loans: Is it possible?
Jul 02, 2019
The Risk of PSLF and Taxable Forgiveness is Vastly Overestimated
Jun 25, 2019
Student Loan Success (and carnage) Stories
Jun 18, 2019
Resident physician tips on optimizing loan forgiveness
Jun 11, 2019
Robert Farrington on the Fastest Ways to Get Out of Debt
Jun 04, 2019
SLP Consultants Debate Shady (and Legit) Payment Strategies
May 28, 2019
Don't be an investing disaster like most student loan borrowers
May 21, 2019
What dental, medical, veterinary and pharmacy residency programs are worth it?
May 14, 2019
Mark Stucker shares secrets of going to undergrad debt free
May 07, 2019
National security professional reveals personal FedLoan trainwreck
Apr 30, 2019
Alex reveals the financial life and challenges of a marriage and family therapist
Apr 23, 2019
Becoming a millionaire with six figures of student debt
Apr 16, 2019
Tim Ulbrich of Your Financial Pharmacist discusses the future of the pharmacist profession
Apr 09, 2019
Justin Harvey shares his passion for helping student loan borrowers
Apr 02, 2019
Moving to Dubai with massive dental school debt with David Donelson
Mar 26, 2019
Lauryn's path from Olympic gold medalist to student loan consultant
Mar 19, 2019
How to deal with the tax bomb from vet school with Amanda Ensor
Mar 12, 2019
Can you work part time (or not at all) with more than $100,000 of student loans?
Mar 05, 2019
Law school in the most expensive city in America with Jessica Cox
Feb 26, 2019
Student Loan Hacks if you're over 50
Feb 19, 2019
Military careers to lower law school debt with Eric Meissner JD
Feb 12, 2019
Are Student Loans good debt or bad debt?
Feb 05, 2019
Our first client veterinarian Elaina Petrone shares how it all started
Jan 29, 2019
How the FIRE movement could help you as a six figure student loan borrower
Jan 22, 2019
The Cost of Becoming a Naturopath with Katelyn Bailey
Jan 15, 2019
The Breadwinner Loophole with pediatric dentist, Dr. Quinn Yost
Jan 08, 2019
Where do people lose most of their money? | Robert Bertman
Jan 01, 2019
Paying down debt from nursing school with Jenna
Dec 25, 2018
Dealing with Dental School Debt | Samantha the Debtist
Dec 17, 2018
The PSLF Snowball Effect
Dec 16, 2018
Introducing: The Student Loan Planner Podcast
Dec 11, 2018