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SoFi Answers the Call to Refinance Student Loans and Provides Unique Community Benefits
This is a guest post written by SoFi’s CEO, Mike Cagney.
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Recently, there’s been a lot of talk amongst leaders in Washington about how to improve the painful process of repaying student loans. At SoFi, we feel your pain and work hard to offer more flexible, more affordable options for our borrowers. One idea that’s getting a lot of attention is increasing the options for refinancing debt after graduation. The only lender currently focused on refinancing private and federal student loans is SoFi.
We recognized early on that borrowers who have made timely payments on their loans, graduated from school, and have a job should be able to refinance their student loans at a lower interest rate. This may be why, after resuming lending by invitation, the media became increasingly interested in what we are doing.
In a recent article posted on MainStreet.com SoFi General Counsel Rob Lavet had this to say about SoFi’s ReFi products:
“We can offer a better deal than the federal government in terms of rates […].We offer borrowers who meet our underwriting criteria a package that pays off their federal and existing private student loans at a rate as low as 5.49%. Some lenders will do a consolidation on private loans, but we’re the first lender to offer to refinance a federal loan at a lower rate.”
Journalists from the USA TODAY, The Chronicle for Higher Education, the American Banker among others, also found themselves reporting on how SoFi is “using social communities and offering refinancing of student loans.“ It is this social community aspect that makes refinancing with SoFi so valuable. By connecting borrowers with a community literally invested in their success, the benefits of a SoFi loan go beyond saving money.
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You know what they say: You can’t choose your family, but you can choose your financial planner. Or something like that. One of the great things of being in charge of your money is choosing who (if anyone) will help you manage it. The choice isn’t always an easy one. How will you know that your planner is reputable and trustworthy?
These five red flags may be good indications of whether the financial planner sitting across from you is someone you should trust with your money. LearnVest Planning also provides an innovative 7-step program for your money where you work one-on-one with a financial planner. To see if this program is right for you, start with a free financial consultation.
1. She Isn’t Certified
“There are a lot of good planners out there who aren’t Certified Financial Panners™,” says Samantha Vient, CFP®, of LearnVest Planning Services. “However, CFPs® are required to adhere to the CFP® Board’s standards of professional conduct.We believe it’s always a good idea to work with someone who has the CFP® designation, which is issued after completing a CFP® Board-approved personal financial planning curriculum, passing a rigorous exam issued by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, meeting experience requirements and passing an ethics and background check.
2. He Offers to Manage Your Money for “Free”
Financial planners are usually paid in one of two ways: Either through fee-only, which can be a set fee, hourly, retainer or a percentage of the assets they manage for you, or through commission, which means the planner is paid each time he buys or sells an investment.Fee-only payment structures can be more desirable to some clients, as there’s no financial incentive based on assets under management for a planner to buy or sell, whereas working on commission encourages planners to make trades, rather than solely look out for your best interest—called a “fiduciary” duty. (You want to be sure that the planner you choose is a fiduciary.)
LearnVest Planning Services provides the services of fee-only Certified Financial Planners™. Get started for free with a 15-minute financial consultation.
3. She Says She Outperforms the Market
“If a financial planner tells you that she can outperform the market, that’s a major red flag,” Vient explains. “In fact, due to government regulations, it’s illegal to advertise statements that promise a specific return.”Outperforming the market—that is, getting better investment returns than the market average—is extremely difficult to do consistently, and requires taking a lot of risks with your investments. It’s rare to find a financial planner who can consistently outperform the market—and results are never guaranteed. Either way, in the pursuit of these high returns, she’ll be exposing your investments to much higher risk than you may be comfortable with.
Instead, look for a CFP® who, when looking at your portfolio, can advise on proper asset allocation based on your risk tolerance and time horizon, as well as through economic ups and downs.
4. She Doesn’t Ask About Your Financial Goals
“Your planner isn’t just there to crunch the numbers,” Vient advises. “She’s helping you make a plan for your money and your life. You should be looking for someone who has similar values to you.”Ideally, you’ll likely want to work with someone who is in a similar life stage. Are you a parent? A planner with children may be better able to understand your need to save for college. Does your CFP® have a specialty? Some planners have an area of expertise, like insurance, estate planning, divorce or retirement—a fact you might want to consider if that’s a particular need of yours.
When meeting a potential planner, remember that you’re allowed to ask questions about their experience and priorities: “Do you think it’s more important to save for retirement or pay off debt? How do you feel about supporting kids through college? How do you mitigate investment risk as your clients get older?”
The choices you make with your money are intensely personal. The person who helps you make these choices should be able to understand and accept your financial priorities, and help you use your money to meet them.
5. His Management Style Makes You Uncomfortable
Financial planners can manage your money for you or manage your money with you. As different people have different needs when it comes to money management, there is no right way to work with a planner—it’s up to you to decide how hands-on you want him to be.
When you sign on with a financial planner, there will be a written agreement of how the two of you will manage your money. Read this carefully, and ask questions if you’re unsure about anything. Are you signing your accounts over to this planner? Will he check in with you before making a trade, or when rebalancing your accounts? If you’re uncomfortable with anything in the agreement, bring it up immediately.Learn more about LearnVest Planning and our financial planners by visiting learnvest.com. To book your free consultation today, email FA_Support@learnvest.com or complete your request online.
LearnVest Planning Services is a registered investment adviser. The opinions expressed in this article are that of LearnVest Planning Services, a registered investment adviser. The advice provided may not be suitable for your individual situation and you should discuss your situation with a financial professional.
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I am ex-Citigroup. They told us that buying C would make us rich. What a crock.
And Sandy used to ogle my assistant, even in public meetings. It was hilarious.
Lousy leader and a letch.
you mad bro?
That attitude is why you are ex-Citi and I did more than just oogle her.
Gross is right. No way to argue it. Weill is suffering from dementia when he was the king of consolidating banks and striving for a global financial institution. Who the fuck is he kidding?javascript:%20hideMsgBox();
She looks much better in her DB avatar than her in the Twitter one.
thanks for the insight.
she?
(pmco)
Really, Bill?
That interview was a total waste of airtime. "We need to break up the ibanks from the deposit taking banks. Have banks for deposits and lending."
What is he running for political office? What a joke.
I admire Sandy's balls of steel, he retired(cashed out of the giant steaming turd he built) in 2006 when the split adjusted price of C stock was $500.
letch = wretch + leetch?
To be fair, he should be getting credit for admitting colossal failure rather than scorn. The scorn should have been every other day for the last five years.
Put differently, current C shareholders are reaping the benefits of what Sandy sowed?
Sounds like someone has some sand stuck in their vagina mustache.
Somebody should punch that guy in the face!
- D. Fuld
Try to keep up. You're embarrassing all of us.
Letch = one who is lecherous
Worst comment since 2007.
Amen to that brother !
– J. Corzine
How's that Dow 5k prediction going, Billy-boy?
Sandy can't you see I'm in misery
We made a start now were apart
There's nothing left for me
Love has flown all alone
I sit and wonder why-yi-yi-yi
Why, you left me oh Sandy
Just as good as my sell treasuries call
By balls of steel do you mean he resisted retirement for so long his board essentially threw him out? If so yes, he has balls of steel. Big wealthy balls of steel.
"and it's a rare swing and a miss by PermaGuestII! He was really baffled by the knuckler coming at him." In other words, I believe the commenter was aware of the meaning of the word letch and was making a funny by deconstructing the word.
- Usual Big Fan of PermaGuestII
Citi- we do chicken right
Sandy, your wife was good. No hard feelings.
No by balls of steel I meant the massive cajones it takes to go on cable TV and disown the clusterfuck he coined "supermarket banking" with a straight face.
My bad! After posting I realized that the majority of folks commenting on here only respond positively to frat humor and dick jokes. I will try harder next time..
"only respond positively to frat humor and dick jokes."
nope. they respond to things that are funny. for example- know what's not funny? Lyrics from Grease.
Use me like you used that assistant
I smiled.
- guy who agrees that the new aggressive commenters are likely under the age of 25 but still would have gone Bruce Springsteen Sandy over Grease Sandy.
figured that this crowd wasn't cool enough to recognize the Springsteen song as it is one of his deeper cuts..
I'm so sorry, I was wrong. Let's be friends.
-Hitler
Still on the Street, thanks. Just not with those creeps and crooks.
Since "oogle" is not a word, I am guessing that they did not make English mandatory at Dartmouth.
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