“So, my student loan payments are more than my monthly rent?” exclaimed my sister-in-law, Kari. “More than a mortgage payment, to be honest,” I replied. Kari is finishing up her junior year of college in May and was curious about what life after college would like like. She brought her student loan balances and I brought my financial calculator.

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