{"id":5070,"date":"2025-08-01T15:35:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T15:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beyondfinance.com\/blog\/?p=5070"},"modified":"2025-08-29T15:45:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T15:45:14","slug":"graduate-exclusive-jamie-p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beyondfinance.com\/blog\/graduate-exclusive-jamie-p\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Exclusive! Jamie N. 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I actually start a new position next week! My parents, one of my in-laws, and one of my aunts live with me. I help take care of them, and they pay some rent.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I have a 15-year-old Shih Tzu named Herky. And I have season tickets to the New England Patriots!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><strong>How did you find yourself in debt?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I bought a house probably a year, year and a half, before I entered the program. It\u2019s just way more expensive than they tell you. Even knowing the industry, I wish I had taken a homeowner education class for the budgeting aspect.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I\u2019d be like, \u201cOh, I need to buy a table or a TV,\u201d and I\u2019d put it on my credit card. It just really escalated. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I got to the point where I was putting every penny of my paycheck into debt. I really didn\u2019t have any money left over.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I\u2019ve always kind of been a bad online shopper too. It didn\u2019t take long to get into a lot of debt. I just knew I needed help. There was no way I was getting out from under it.<\/em> <em>I got to the point where I was putting every penny of my paycheck into debt. I really didn\u2019t have any money left over. I just said, \u201cOkay, something\u2019s wrong. I have to fix this.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"822\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondfinance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/264B8408-11A9-4AC3-8685-DA4D465EB805-3-1024x822.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beyondfinance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/264B8408-11A9-4AC3-8685-DA4D465EB805-3-1024x822.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beyondfinance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/264B8408-11A9-4AC3-8685-DA4D465EB805-3-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beyondfinance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/264B8408-11A9-4AC3-8685-DA4D465EB805-3-768x616.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beyondfinance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/264B8408-11A9-4AC3-8685-DA4D465EB805-3.jpg 1508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jamie poses in front of the home of the Patriots, Gillette Stadium, where she holds season tickets.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Why did you choose Beyond Finance?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I had actually signed up with another company first. I signed the papers \u2014 and I just didn\u2019t like it. I got a really bad gut feeling. I told them I found another way to do it. I googled companies and Beyond had a good rating.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The call with Beyond wasn\u2019t a sales pitch. It felt like they wanted to help me and understood what I was going through. They told me I wasn\u2019t alone. I remember getting off the phone and thinking, \u201cOkay, I at least made that first step.\u201d That first step was really important.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><strong>What\u2019s happened since graduating?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Graduating was amazing. It was the ultimate relief to say, \u201cI\u2019m done.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Now, I have about $5,000 in an emergency fund that I didn\u2019t have before. I probably had less than $500 in my bank account when I started this whole process. That\u2019s huge. As a homeowner, you just never know what\u2019s going to come up.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I was able to refinance my auto loan after graduation too, and I wouldn\u2019t have qualified for that if I hadn\u2019t gotten rid of all the debt.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Next year I turn 40. A few friend groups want to do 40th birthday trips \u2014 and if I hadn\u2019t gone through Beyond, there\u2019s no way I could afford to go. But I have that money in a bank account now.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We haven\u2019t booked it yet, but we\u2019re talking about a cruise \u2014 like Boston to Bermuda. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondfinance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6430-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beyondfinance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6430-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.beyondfinance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6430-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.beyondfinance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6430-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.beyondfinance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6430-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.beyondfinance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6430-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jamie with one of the friends she&#8217;s planning her cruise with.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I\u2019m way more responsible than I was before. 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