Mary Jo Rivero, P.A.

01/07/2025

From his first public service on the county school board, to enforcing the integration of schools in Georgia, to establishing the U.S. Department of Education, President Jimmy Carter leaves a legacy of continually raising the bar in education. We celebrate his life & mourn his loss.

01/07/2025

https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/cfpb-finalizes-rule-to-remove-medical-bills-from-credit-reports/

Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized a rule to ban the inclusion of medical bills on credit reports used by lenders and prohibit lenders from using medical information in their lending decisions.

01/03/2025

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/12-personal-bankruptcy-myths-everyone-gets-wrong/ss-AA1qgc0Z?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=78093535dedc450d94c7ef320c687f57&ei=23 =14

Are you considering filing for bankruptcy? Here are 12 things that simply aren't true about the process.

10/29/2024

Note: This is a guest post from Lama Farran, a Certified Money Coach. Having guided numerous families and individuals on their quest to pay off debt, I wondered about the characteristics which make them succeed on this path. Why are they able to successfully follow-through with their commitment to ...

02/21/2024

Breaking: ED will automatically discharge $1.2 billion in loans for nearly 153,000 borrowers eligible for the shortened time to forgiveness benefit under President Joe Biden’s Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan. https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/biden-harris-administration-approves-12-billion-loan-forgiveness-over-150000-save-plan-borrowers

02/21/2024

On February 22 at 8 PM ET, join Federal Student Aid for a webinar on the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan - the most affordable student loan repayment plan ever.

Register: https://forms.office.com/g/WnUH9qjbi9

11/25/2022

https://www.kxnet.com/news/business-beat/ap-business/ap-zombie-debt-homeowners-face-foreclosure-on-old-mortgages/

Rose Prophete thought the second mortgage loan on her Brooklyn home was resolved about a decade ago — until she received paperwork claiming she owed more than $130,000. “I was shocked,” said Prophe…

11/03/2022

Topic No. 431 Canceled Debt – Is It Taxable or Not?

08/24/2022

President Joe Biden announced he will forgive $10,000 in federal student debt for most borrowers.

08/24/2022