I would recommend John LeBlanc of the CFW Group.  He is also known as "Johnny" or "help is here" on the website forums.

John provides a tremendous amount of support and knowledge.  There are services that he charges for, however, he is quite generous with his time and again, his advice.

John provides reassurence and helps to calm fears.  For many of us, lack of knowledge and perspective can create great fears within us.  Once you talk to John those fears seem to subside slowly.  He is patient, attentive, and genuinely concerned about your financial and emotional well-being.

John is currently assisting me to navigate through the student loan minefield. 

I also would like to recommend John Leblanc at the CFW Group.

Communicates clearly and positively, very generous with time and info. I think these services would be very worth paying for. It was interesting to hear that he has plans to do pro-active information workshops so that hopefully people can avoid these minefields BEFORE we drop into them as students.

I don't know if someone else said this, but it's true -- after the first phone call, I felt a great weight had lifted from my shoulders.

I will be able to leave "rabbit in the headlights" mode and start dealing effectively with student loan problems with John's input and assistance.

Thanks!

Marginal Gal

I also would recommend that if you are struggling with Student Loan difficulties that you please call John LeBlanc with the CFW. I called him very recently about what I was dealing with regarding my loans -- it wasn't pretty -- and I have to say that it was so relieving to finally find someone who is on my side. First (and most importantly) he calmed me down and made me see that what these people were doing to me was wrong and causing me more stress than I could possibly handle. Second we dealt with the problem together. He let me see that these people were lying to me and playing all sorts of underhanded games with me to get me to pay more money in less than 24 hours than I could possibly pull together in 3 months. We are still very much in the early stages of dealing with this but it doesn't seem so hopeless to me now and I believe without doubt that this person will not provide me with a 'Band-Aid fix' to this problem but will help me to work out a solution for the long-term. I say this because he does not hold back information and is very generous with his time and his patience.

There is a fee associated with getting John to help you out, but I can assure that it will be money well spent. I am not afraid to pick up my phone at work anymore. I am not afraid of going into my bank account and finding my money gone. I am not afraid that someone is going to take half of my paycheck from me. I feel like a weight has been lifted from my shoulders and that, my friends, is priceless.

Isabelle

"If you want to walk on water, you've got to get out of the boat!!!"

-John Ortberg

I'd like to give a strong recommendation to John LeBlanc of the CFW Group. I found out about him here on the forums and am very grateful for the service he provided me with.

I had been contacted by a collection agency due to defaulting on my student loans and while I tried to deal with the agency they were hostile and threatening even tho I did want to pay them. Being a nervous person and having just recovered from illness I was very afraid that if I had to deal with the collection agencies mistreating me I would once again become ill. Collection agencies use various tactics to instill fear and urgency and the problem is that on some people, they do work. I happen to know myself well enough to know I'm one of those people and that worried me a lot.

I went searching on the net trying to find information on how to deal with these people and found this board (and I think it's a fabulous site thank you for keeping it up Mark) I looked thru all the information here and also noticed John's postings. It was the answer I needed and he's been just so great at putting an end to the stress that dealing with the collection agencies was causing. Within a week I could breathe easy and I am making payments happily without any more phone calls demanding more.

John knows all the ins and outs when dealing with these agencies and is a service well worth looking into. It costs money but in my case, I can only say; well worth the cost! I don't have to worry about answering my phone or the phone calls that were embarrassing me at work and best of all I can pay off my loan in an orderly manner with a payment schedule that I can afford.

Calliastro