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We asked Yahoo News readers to share their stories of living... 10 Aug 2012 | 08:00 pm
We asked Yahoo News readers to share their stories of living with mortgages that are underwater. Over the next week, we’ll be sharing their stories here. Ben, Jill and Carlyn Wilson Verona, PA Purc...
We asked Yahoo News readers to share their stories of living... 10 Aug 2012 | 01:36 am
We asked Yahoo News readers to share their stories of living with mortgages that are underwater. Over the next week, we’ll be sharing their stories here. Emilie Peck Minneapolis Purchased in 2004 ....
'I pay on the loan monthly, but I still owe pretty much the same principal amount I did when I graduated' 3 Jul 2012 | 09:58 pm
I was able to get through undergrad without having to get loans. But the summer before I entered graduate school, my parents got divorced and were no longer going to be able to help pay for my Master’...
'North Korea and student loan debt have this in common: both are difficult to get out of.' 29 Jun 2012 | 07:57 pm
North Korea and student loan debt have this in common: both are difficult to get out of. At the time of writing, my student loan debt sits over $40,000, divided up into three different loans, which a...
'Maybe one day I’ll go back to school ... but I think I’ll be vacationing on Mars before that comes about' 28 Jun 2012 | 08:01 pm
My name is Kyle, I’m 27 and I graduated from ITT Tech in 2008 with a drafting/design degree. At a cost of $40,000. $20k a year, now that’s a lot, but figured it was the first step in the right directi...
'It was only recently that I have been able to start paying my loans down' 28 Jun 2012 | 03:33 am
The decision of taking out student loans was never really a question. Growing up in the mid-90s, the pervasive mentality was that successful people went to college. College people were smart. In an er...
'I wish I knew then what I know now, I would not have gone to college' 27 Jun 2012 | 10:49 pm
I had to go to work right out of high school. Yet ever since I knew what one was I wanted to be a teacher. So with no savings I decided to take out loans. I went to the University of Phoenix online...
'I don't necessarily think that someone else should have to pay for my loans, but I don't think that I should either.' 25 Jun 2012 | 07:53 pm
Down But Not Out started as a project to gather the stories of those dealing with long-term unemployment in the summer of 2011. We continue to gather stories of how Americans are coping with a rocky e...
'Sort of like being the only sober person at a part of drunks' 26 Dec 2011 | 12:00 pm
My husband is officially laid off today, after 26 years with the company and roughly 2 weeks before Christmas. We have scaled back tremendously—no gift baskets to relatives, only cards. No big present...
'I do not have a new years resolution. Well maybe never to be where I am again.' 26 Dec 2011 | 09:00 am
I am a mother of three living in Reno, NV. The holidays this year are rough. I am still without work and my husband is just starting his job on Monday and we do not know if it will even pay the bills...
