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Doctor vs Plumber: What’s the Better Financial Decision?
- February 21, 2017
- Posted by: Travis
- Category: Doctor
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At some point in your life, you probably had a member of your extended family tell you to forgo college and just be a plumber. Apparently, there’s good reason. I thought it would be fun to run some numbers and compare being a doctor or a plumber. We’re analyzing the two occupations solely on how
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This Hospital Pharmacist Student Loan Benefit Could Be Worth Over $100,000
- February 17, 2017
- Posted by: Travis
- Category: Pharmacist
If you work as a pharmacist at a not for profit hospital or community medical center and have student loans, you need to read this article. If that describes you, taking the right actions with your student loans could literally save you up to $100,000 or more. There are probably thousands of pharmacists around the
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The Verdict is in: Law School Student Debt is Criminally High
- December 9, 2016
- Posted by: Travis
- Category: Lawyer
Any soon to be or newly minted JD can tell you that law school student debt is criminally high. However, the range of the offense is large and varies from 3rd degree misdemeanor to 1st degree murder. On one hand, there are law schools like University of Alabama, where new graduates have a little over $69,000 in student
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Veterinary Residents Earn Six Figure Salaries Thanks to Student Loans
- November 16, 2016
- Posted by: Travis
- Category: Veterinarian
Pretend you are brand new Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. Your first year out of graduation, you do a veterinary internship and make about $30,000. Then you do a veterinary residency program for 3-5 years and make $40,000 each year. Clearly this is a horrible financial decision compared to an immediate $75,000 salary in private practice right? Veterinary
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Veterinarians Are Treated Horribly Under Student Loan Rules
- October 25, 2016
- Posted by: Travis
- Category: Veterinarian
If you’re a veterinarian, want to be one, are training to be one, or love someone who is, you should know about the extreme unfairness towards the profession that exists today. Veterinarians are treated horribly under student loan rules. Students graduate with huge balances, are not eligible for the best forgiveness options, and don’t earn high