Affording college apartments

cewillm
Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:54:14 +0000

Sorry, I should have added more detail.

sblake — I understand the financial aid part, and I am planning on changing my FAFSA accordingly when I do it again. I don’t know if my aid is need or academic. I only accept a AES scholarship for about $2000 and a school academic scholarship; I don’t take the loans because I have the money and when I do take a Stafford, they always change the actual amount I get, leaving me with more to pay when I think everything’s taken care of.

The transport of the bill isn’t an issue, it’s the lazy lawyer work. The account is handled by a lawyer and she is extremely sloppy. The problem is any school bill sits in her office for a month before being sent to my aunt in California, which only takes a few days. Obviously changing lawyers is not an option.

thumper — I can’t directly access the account, it’s a fund left from my grandmom in a group trust (along with money for my father, uncle, aunt, and so on). The account stipulation is that I can only use it for school until I’m 21. And, as stated, getting access to it on a monthly basis is impossible because of a lazy lawyer.

Heck, even for my semester bill, it usually takes at least 3 months. For Spring 2008, I sent out a bill in Feb. and it didn’t get paid until August.

This is why I am thinking a private loan, perhaps backed by AES, is the way to go.