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The sooner you pay off your student loans, the earlier you will be able to enjoy your long-awaited financial freedom and all the perks that come with it. Here are a few things you should consider doing in order to pay off your student loans faster.
Pay back more than the minimum whenever you can
This is the single most effective way to pay off those student loans faster. Instead of using that surprise work bonus, or your birthday checks, or salary raise on a new wardrobe, add the money to your next loan payments. Every little bit adds up and will reduce the principal amount significantly.
Consolidate and refinance
With refinancing, you deal with one consolidated loan and one monthly payment. However you must be selective about which loans you consolidate so that you end up paying a lower rate of interest.
Trim your budget
There are several things that we think of a necessities that are in fact luxuries. Take stock of your lifestyle and think about where you can cut back. Do you really need to buy a brand new vehicle or that 55” TV? If you could tone it down a bit and settle for a used car and a smaller TV, right there you would have saved a few hundred dollars or more that could go towards your student loan payment.
Every little counts when you want to pay back your student loans faster so explore different opportunities and don’t discount any because you feel it will not make a difference in the end. It will.
