WCI #119: How to Pay for College with Robert Farrington
White Coat Investor Podcast
Dr. Jim Dahle of the White Coat Investor
4.9 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 15 August 2019
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
This episode we interview Robert Farrington, the founder of thecollegeinvestor.com, https://thecollegeinvestor.com/ where he provides lots of information for young investors, for indebted people with student loans, and millennials in particular. Robert, Mr. Money Mustache, and myself started our blogs about the same time, though both of theirs are bigger than mine. His message is about getting out of student loan debt and starting to invest. Whether it's millennials or not, his goal is to help people navigate the complex world of student loan debt, so that they can build wealth as early as possible. We discuss the order of operations for paying for college. There are nine basic ways to pay for college. You should max out each of them before moving on to the next step. We discuss each of those steps as well as the repayment plans available. If you are struggling under the weight of student loans this episode will provide you information and encouragement to get rid of those student loans and begin building wealth as soon as possible. To find the best deals for refinancing your student loans go to https://www.whitecoatinvestor.com/student-loan-refinancing/
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is the White Code Investor Podcast, where we help those who wear the White Code get a fair shake on Wall Street. |
| 0:06.0 | We've been helping doctors and other high-income professionals stop doing dumb things with their money since 2011. |
| 0:12.0 | Here is your host, Dr. Jim Dolly. |
| 0:18.0 | This is White Code Investor Podcast No. 119, Paying for College with Robert Farrington. |
| 0:23.0 | Still not sure what to do with your student loans? |
| 0:26.0 | Well, with how to tackle that giant debt in an ever-changing political climate, the experts student-loanadvice.com are here to help guide you through the best options to manage your loans. |
| 0:36.0 | Our experienced staff have consulted on over $250 million in student loan debt, and the average student loan advice.com client has saved over $190,000. |
| 0:46.0 | You will receive a customized student loan plan using the principles of the White Code Investor. |
| 0:50.0 | Get answers to all of your student loan questions, gain clarity about your financial future, and start down the right path toward financial freedom. |
| 0:57.0 | Book a consult today at studentloneadvice.com. You can do this, and the White Code Investor can help. |
| 1:05.0 | All right, if you haven't checked out our new financial advisor page, our recommended financial advisor page, I recommend you go check that out. |
| 1:12.0 | You can find it at whitecodeinvestor.com slash financial-advisors. |
| 1:17.0 | This page is something that I have been working on for years. |
| 1:22.0 | Even from the very beginning of this blog, I have been getting questions from people basically asking for recommendations for financial advisors. |
| 1:29.0 | And so in the beginning, I just threw a few names up there of people I knew were good, and that's kind of how it started. |
| 1:34.0 | And then I had people start approaching me to be listed on that page. |
| 1:38.0 | You know, I ended up turning lots of them down, obviously, because I think most financial advisors really aren't very good. |
| 1:44.0 | And then eventually it just became so much work we started charging for it. |
| 1:48.0 | I said I'm doing too much analyzing all these different firms and trying to figure out who are the good ones to be given it away for free. |
| 1:53.0 | So we started actually, it was one of our ads that you could buy. You could buy a listing on the page. |
| 1:59.0 | So long as you passed my criteria. |
| 2:02.0 | And so I put an application in place, basically asked all the questions that I think you ought to ask a financial advisor when you hire them. |
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