The College Investor Audio Show

The College Investor podcast is a daily audio show that's dedicated to bringing you the best of TheCollegeInvestor.com. We discuss a variety of topics, all relating to millennial money - including student loan debt, investing, earning more money, and more! Robert Farrington, the founder of The College Investor and a Millennial Money Expert, shares how to get out of student loan debt so that you can start investing and building wealth for the future. Instead of cutting expenses and living a frugal life, he advocates side hustling and entrepreneurship to earn extra money to achieve your financial goals.

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  Education Department Extends 1% Student Loan Auto Pay Discount Deadline To December 31

  Oct 7, 20269 min

  The U.S. Department of Education announced on September 29, 2026 that it was extending the enrollment window for its temporary 1% student loan interest rate reduction by three months. Borrowers who enroll in auto pay by December 31, 2026, or who are already enrolled, keep the reduced rate through June 30, 2028. The original deadline would have closed at the end of September. The 1% discount replaced the old 0.25% auto pay discount on July 1, 2026 for eligible borrowers. The Department says nearly 2 million borrowers have signed up for auto pay since the benefit was announced this summer. Under Secretary of Education Nicholas Kent said in the statement that the discount is already lifting repayment rates across the federal portfolio, which has been struggling as 9.3 million borrowers sit in default .

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  Senate Passes The Protect College Sports Act: What It Means For NIL Money And Families

  Oct 6, 20268 min

  The U.S. Senate passed the Protect College Sports Act (PDF File) by a 77-22 vote late Monday, after nearly six hours of debate and seven amendments. Drafted by Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Maria Cantwell (D-Washington), the bill would write the House v. NCAA settlement into federal law, including the revenue-sharing model that turned schools into direct payers of their athletes. This is exactly what we broke down in how NIL athletes actually make money . For families, this is a money story as much as a sports story. Athletes can now get paid directly from schools, collectives, and brands, but each dollar carries self-employment tax , financial aid consequences, and agent commissions. The bill would replace today’s patchwork of state NIL laws with one national rulebook, according to a Senate Commerce Committee fact sheet on the bill.

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  89 Groups Demand Congress Take Action As Student Loan Errors Hit Borrowers

  Oct 5, 20268 min

  A coalition of 89 advocacy groups, unions, and nonprofits is asking Congress to convene an emergency hearing on the student loan system, citing servicing errors and confusion that have followed the repayment overhaul that took effect July 1 . The letter (PDF File), was led by Protect Borrowers and Young Invincibles and signed by groups including the AFL-CIO, the American Federation of Teachers , the National Education Association, the NAACP, and the UAW. The letter went to the chairs and ranking members of four committees: Senate HELP (Bill Cassidy and Bernie Sanders), Senate Banking (Tim Scott and Elizabeth Warren), House Education and Workforce (Tim Walberg and Bobby Scott), and House Financial Services (French Hill and Maxine Waters). It asks them to “ engage in critical oversight and convene an emergency hearing ” to hold the Education Department and its federal student loan servicers accountable.

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  My Student Loans Are Finally Being Forgiven. Could I Owe Taxes On Them?

  Oct 4, 202611 min

  I’m expecting to get my student loans forgiven soon. I’m at about $148,000. I borrowed $65,000 for a social work degree back in 2001 and I’ve paid something every single month since. A coworker mentioned you pay taxes on this and now I don’t know what to think. I make $58,000 a year. I’ve got about $14,000 in a retirement plan, $3,000 in savings, and other debt. I can’t afford to pay more taxes. Does this even apply to me? And is there something I should be doing before the end of the year?

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  9.3 Million Federal Student Loan Borrowers Are Now In Default, New FSA Data Shows

  Oct 3, 202612 min

  Federal Student Aid posted its quarterly portfolio update on September 22, 2026 , and the data through June 30 shows student loan defaults still rising. The number of borrowers with defaulted loans in the federally managed portfolio grew by about 400,000 during the quarter to more than 9.3 million. Those borrowers owe $234 billion, roughly 14% of the $1.64 trillion portfolio the Department of Education manages directly. That total now sits above the 9 million figure cited just last week when senators pressed the Education Department over its $1 billion servicing fund . The six-month trend is ugly. When FSA released its December 2025 numbers in March, 7.7 million borrowers held $180 billion in defaulted federal student loans . Compared with that report, the defaulted portfolio has added roughly 1.6 million borrowers and $54 billion in the first half of 2026. The overall portfolio tracked on the FSA Data Center now covers 42.3 million recipients and more than $1.7 trillion, up nearly 4% in dollars from June 2025, and student loan default accounts for a growing slice of it.

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