It’s time for a Friday Flight! These episodes are all about the week’s financial news and the impact on your personal finances. There are a lot of headlines out there, but we distill it down to specific takeaways that will allow you to kick off the weekend informed and help you to continue to make smart money moves. In this episode we cover some relevant and helpful stories like: how you should come have beers with us in Atlanta, Buy Nothing groups to save, work stress leading to overspending, new car prices at all time highs, the solution to sky high car payments, “We’ve been trying to reach you about your car’s extended warranty”, Florida man wins the lottery, @jack cries hyperinflation, bots scooping up scarce Christmas gifts, student loan forgiveness made easy, & what to do about federal student loan transfers.

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  • Mark it on your calendars! – we’re having an Atlanta How to Money beer hang over at the Monday Night Garage at 7:45pm on Friday November 5th!
  • In addition to joining a local Buy Nothing group, check out the HTM group on Facebook too.
  • If you think you might have additional student loan payments that previously didn’t qualify for PSLF, go to StudentAid.gov/PSLFWaiver in order to apply as the eligibility requirements have been temporarily expanded. We incorrectly said that you only have until October 31, 2021. But we got that wrong- you have until October 31, 2022!
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2 comments on “Friday Flight: Buy Nothing Groups, Student Loan Forgiveness Made Easy, & @jack Cries Hyperinflation! – Episode 429

  1. Lauren F Oct 30, 2021

    Hi Guys, I appreciated the information about the PSLF updates. I clicked on the link you provided for more information, and the only date the appeared repeatedly on the page was October 31, 2022. Am I missing something or did the year get read wrong?