What Do I Do If I Default On My Student Loans?

CNBC reported today that more than 1.1 million borrowers defaulted on their federal student loans last year. If you have been struggling to pay your student loans, you are not alone.   According to a Consumer Federation of America analysis of U.S. Department of Education data, the number of people who have defaulted on their federal student …

How We Saved Our Client Over $100,000 on a Navient Student Loan Debt Settlement

I have a very, very happy client right now, considering I saved her over $100,000 on a Navient student loan debt settlement.  My client in California is in her early 30s, newly married and facing the fact that she owed in excess of $143,000 to Navient for her private student loan.  She had stayed current …

I Co-Signed for a Private Student Loan Owed to National Collegiate Student Loan Trust

Many of my clients are co-signers on private student loans owed to National Collegiate Student Loan Trust.  Most of them are parents who co-signed on their child’s private student loan.  The loan that they co-signed on was NOT originally with National Collegiate Student Loan Trust (NCT), so they are very confused when they receive notice …

Options If Sued by National Collegiate Student Loan Trust in South Carolina

If you are sued by National Collegiate Student Loan Trust in South Carolina, then you need to know your options.  Oftentimes consumers receive notice of a lawsuit filed against them by National Collegiate Student Loan Trust and they have no idea who that is and why they are being sued.  National Collegiate Student Loan Trust …

Options If Sued by National Collegiate Student Loan Trust in North Carolina

You need to know your options if you have been sued by National Collegiate Student Loan Trust in North Carolina.  Many consumers don’t know who National Collegiate Student Loan Trust is even after they have been sued.  A student loan goes into “default” when the borrower cannot pay the loan payments anymore.   The loan is …

Options If Sued by National Collegiate Student Loan Trust in Virginia

Have you been sued by National Collegiate Student Loan Trust in Virginia?  Do you know who National Collegiate Student Loan Trust is?  Many who are sued by them do not. When someone cannot pay their student loan anymore, that loan goes into “default”. National Collegiate Student Loan Trust is an entity that purchases defaulted private …

How to Stop a Bank Levy by National Collegiate Student Loan Trust

If you’re wondering how to stop a bank levy by a private student loan lender, such as National Collegiate Student Loan Trust, then you are not alone. National Collegiate Student Loan Trust purchased your student loan a very short time after the loan funded and prior to any payments becoming due. The loans are serviced …

How to Get Out of Default

Private student loans are not unlike credit cards. If you find that you can’t pay your private student loan, your loan will go into default and you will need to find a way how to get out of default.  According to Motley Fool, 43 million Americans collectively owe $1.3 trillion in student loans.  Students who …

How to Defend a Student Loan Lawsuit from Wells Fargo

I received a call a few months ago from a very worried young man that wanted to know how to defend a student loan lawsuit from Wells Fargo.  He owed Wells Fargo $16,421 in private student loans.  His loan had gone into default, because he could not pay his student loan.  My client, like so …