How Ebony Horton Paid Off $220,000 Worth Of Student Loans In 3 Years

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Link: How Ebony Horton paid off $220,000 worth of student loans in 3 years - Business Insider

 

...Back home in Joliet, Illinois, Horton took a job as an operations manager at the nonprofit her mother runs. The salary was comparable to what she made in DC, but the cost of living was drastically less. She increased her student-loan payments, setting the lofty goal of paying them off entirely in a year.

 

Horton and her boyfriend tied the knot soon after the move. Horton's mother gave the couple a condo that she had purchased at an auction for $13,000 as a wedding gift. It became crucial in wiping away the hefty student-loan tab.

 

Horton and her husband lived in the condo for three months, but then they decided to move in with her grandparents down the street and started renting out the condo to bring in extra income...

 

...To anyone who feels overwhelmed by the prospect of taking on student loans — or paying back any debt they've incurred — Horton has a simple message: "I just want them to feel empowered that they can pay if off. If I can do it, anybody can."

 

I just don't know what students today have to worry about. Just follow the example of this girl and then they will be set for life.

 

[DJ-1701]

Oh boy... sounds like her expensive education didn't teach her common sense and the recognition of great fortune and family. Edited March 15, 2017 by DJ-1701

[dry]

More accurate title: Girl reaps rewards of wise investments, made thanks to family's generosity and nepotism.

[localzuk]

Given a condo. Yeah. That happens to everyone doesn't it?

[Narwhal]

Girl who gets given an apartment and a job manages to pay off her loan because her parents and grandparents were willing to support her and her husband so they have two incomes and minimal outgoings. Yeah, I could do that.