Entrepreneurs: Defer Your Student Loans Using SLIBRP
Its not easy being an entrepreneur. Paying back student loans while founding a startup can be one too many things hanging over your head. Fortunately, there is an answer: The Student Loan Income Based Repayment Plan. (A great acronym: SLIBRP! Pronounced "sly burp") For example, if you owe $100,000 in student loans at 6.8% and you can live on $17,000 per year you can effectively defer all student loan payments until your startup takes off. Here is the official US Government site where you can learn more and calculate your numbers. SLIBRP One way of looking at this if you…