College Planning: Repayment & Refinancing with Mackensie Ellis

About this episode

This episode discusses loan repayment options and refinancing for students with expert Mackensie Ellis.

On this week's episode of "Financial Planning: Explained”, host Michael Menninger, CFP welcomes back Mackensie Ellis. Mackensie is a student loan professional at Juno. Juno student loans uses collective bargaining power to negotiate better rates on undergraduate, graduate, and refinance student loans. In this episode, Mackensie and Mike talk about loan repayment after graduation. The two get into refinance options, loan deferment, and public service loan forgiveness. This is a great episode for students of any age or students who have recently graduated looking for repayment options. ​For more information on Menninger & Associates Financial Planning visit https://maaplanning.com.

People in this episode

Host: Michael Menninger

Guest: Mackensie Ellis

Topics covered

• college planning
• student loans
• loan repayment
• refinancing
• public service loan forgiveness

Keywords

• student loans
• loan repayment
• refinancing
• deferment
• public service loan forgiveness

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Juno, Menninger & Associates Financial Planning

Places: United States

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