Episode 365

Best Strategies for Paying Off Your Dental School Loans as Soon as Possible with Mark Johnson

Host: Gary Takacs | Published Date: January 16, 2019 | Listening Time: 00:53:59

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The cost of a dental school education has risen rapidly and Dentists are graduating with very high levels of student loan debt. To help Dentists develop a successful plan to retire student loans as soon as possible, Gary invited his friend Mark Johnson to be a guest on the Thriving Dentist Show.

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In this interview Gary and Mark discuss;

  • the best time to start planning for repaying student loan debt,
  • the most important elements to consider in your loan repayment strategy,
  • everything you need to know about income based repayment plans,
  • the four variations of income based repayment plans,
  • why the time between your dental school graduation and your first day of work as a Dentist is such a critical time,
  • when you could benefit from refinancing student loan debt through a private lender versus keeping your loans in a Federal program,
  • why lowering your interest rate is not the only consideration when refinancing your student loans with a private lender,
  • biggest mistakes Dentists make in loan repayment planning and how to avoid these mistakes,
  • Public Service Loan Forgiveness programs
  • and many other tips that will help you pay off your student loans quickly!

Links for the ‘Let’s Ask David’ segment with Dr. David Hornbrook:

www.davidhornbrook.com

www.utahvalleydentallab.com

Website for Gary’s New ‘Less Insurance Dependence’ podcast: www.lessinsurancedependence.com

Link to the Less Insurance Dependence Podcast: https://apple.co/2RBzoVf

Mark’s website: www.StudentLoansRx.com

Connect with Mark on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/studentloansrx/


Gary Takacs

Gary Takacs Gary became a successful practice owner by purchasing a fixer-upper practice and developing it into a world-class dental practice. He is passionate about sharing his hard-earned insights and experiences with dental practices across the globe.

As a dental practice coach, Gary provides guidance for dental professionals on how to create a healthier practice style that lets them deliver excellent patient care while reducing depending on insurance.

More importantly, Gary’s insights are not just based on theory – as a co-owner of a dental practice, he has first-hand experience in making this transformation from a high-volume and low-fee insurance model to a fee-for-service approach that is more sustainable and promotes a patient-centric and financially healthy dental practice, and he is dedicated to sharing this knowledge with other dental practitioners via the popular Thriving Dentist Show!
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