Tag: student loans

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The brief’s key findings are: Student debt nearly tripled in real terms from 2005 to 2017, creating a financial burden that could potentially hamper retirement saving by young adults. The analysis looked at the impact of student debt on 401(k) participation and assets for young workers who attended college, both graduates and non-graduates. The results…

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Sky-high city rent, college loan payments, and the low-paying days of an early career are a bad combination for today’s Millennial. Liz Patterson Liz Patterson has solved all that.  The carpenter built herself a 96-square-foot house on top of a flatbed truck for less than $7,000 in Manitou Springs, Colorado, a hip neighborhood near Colorado…