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The Student Loan Scam: The Most Oppressive Debt in U.S. History and How We Can Fight Back

The Student Loan Scam is an exposé of the predatory nature of the $85-billion student loan industry. In this in-depth exploration, Collinge argues that student loans have become the most profitable, uncompetitive, and oppressive type of debt in American history. This has occurred in large part due to federal legislation passed since the mid-1990s that removed standard consumer protections from student loans-and allowed for massive penalties and draconian wealth-extraction mechanisms to collect this inflated debt. High school graduates can no longer put themselves through college for a few thousand dollars in loan debt. Today, the average undergraduate borrower leaves school with more than $20,000 in student loans, and for graduate students the average is a whopping $42,000. For the past twenty years, college tuition has increased at more than double the rate of inflation, with the cost largely shifting to student debt. Collinge covers the history of student loans, t
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California Mortgage Loan Brokering and Lending

Two of the best and most trusted California real estate authors, Grogan and Chambers once again deliver the textbook for real estate licensees, individuals seeking to enter the mortgage loan business, and those already actively working in the industry. The new third edition covers key topics including appraisal, credit agencies, title and escrow, and computer programs used in the industry. Important legal concepts such as trust fund handling and both federal and state compliances are also covered to meet the state's course requirements. There is extensive coverage of the forms necessary for the industry such as loan application FNMA form, credit authorization, actual escrow instructions and much more. This is also one of the approved courses for pre-license in California.

Loan Financing Guide for Small Business Owners

This book is a simple, practical, and effective step-by-step guide to achieving your financing goals in the least amount of time. Written for the small business owner, it teaches you everything about securing loans: choosing loans, applying for a loan, improving your chances of being approved for a loan, and learning everything you need to know about the loan approval process. As an added bonus, this book will help you determine when loans are not an appropriate source of financing, and provide you with inside knowledge on loan officers' expectations, preferences, and pet peeves. Loan Financing Guide for Small Business Owners is an essential tool for beginning or seasoned business owners who find themselves in the position of needing debt financing to grow their companies. The book is structured with short, to the point chapters and accompanying appendices that make it useful as a reference book once an initial page by page read through has been completed. To be successful in secur

Surviving Your Student Loans

New information about my old student loan adds more light to my future...thank you Ms Mitchell! Got several copies of this book for presents, as most everyone I know puzzles over the debits of studenthood. In my practice as a clinical social worker, many people admit they've given up hopes of engagement in higher education. Even though, it is logical that schooling leads to a better job. Repeatedly, we arrive at the same fact: Financial complexity has stopped all thought on the subject. The clear tone and concise quality of the information in this book serves as an easy invitation to continue thinking along with the author. Her abundant knowledge in this area will surely help every new and old student borrower.

Anatomy of a Mortgage: Understanding and Negotiating Commerical Real Estate Loans

For lawyers counseling borrowers or lenders in the context of a commercial real estate loan, this is a practical and effective guide to the basic concepts of real estate finance. It takes as its framework a detailed analysis of a commercial form mortgage document that addresses all important aspects of a mortgage transaction. Thanks to this structured format, Anatomy of a Mortgage is a valuable resource both for attorneys handling their first such transaction to more seasoned mortgage attorneys seeking a useful and comprehensive reference.

The SBA Loan Book

This book offers a very clear and concise explanation of the SBA loan process. It really helped me understand the fundamentals of SBA lending in a way that allowed me to use this knowledge in my practice. To be fair to the author and publisher, I giving it the full five star rating, even though some of the information in the book is out of date by now. Very informative - Highly recommended to anyone who is seeking SBA funding.

The Guerrilla Guide to Mastering Student Loan Debt

Everything You Should Know About Negotiating the Right Loan for You, Paying it Off, Protecting Your Financial Future. There is a common theme among college students these days, and those who have attended and quit as well as those (un)lucky multitudes who have graduated. Sometime during the senior year of high school, application forms to colleges are sent in, and admissions and rejection notices are sent a few months later. Along with the admissions forms comes another little form detailing the amount of aid that is extended by the college to the prospective freshperson. This is where all the fun begins, and it quickly snowballs into a pernicious form of indentured servitude.