Should You Co-sign A Student Loan?

You should co-sign a student loan only if you can afford to pay it back yourself, because you may have to. Co-signing makes you legally liable to repay the loan if the primary borrower can’t. And if you can’t afford to make payments, your credit will be damaged. If you can afford to co-sign, you... Anna Helhoski is a writer at NerdWallet.

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