In this episode, we ask:

• What would you think of a young person walking up to you with a business plan?
  
• Would you loan him money?
  
• Do you have kids?
  
• Do you know someone with kids on their way to college?
  
• Who is Angie Grimm?
  
• What happened when Angie was a senior in high school?
  
• What did she learn?
  
• What’s the cost of college now?
  
• Why is college so expensive?
  
• Should every family apply for aid?
  
• What about the rules and regulations?
  
• What sort of assets penalize families?
  
• What sort of assets benefit families?
  
• What is the definition of “late stage” planning?
  
• What age should you start planning for college?
  
• How long do most students have to decide what offer to take?
  
• When is too early to start planning for college?
  
• What about picking the wrong school?
  
• What about merit packages for your student?
  
• What sort of research does Angie do for students?
  
• What about estimating the cost of college?
  
• Are colleges transparent with all of the ancillary costs?
  
• What’s Angie’s biggest frustration with the system?
  
• What about innovations?
  
• What about tuition scales based on marketable degrees?
  
• What about graduate school or advanced degrees?
  
• Why is there so much student debt?
  
• What about parent debt?
  
• What about budget planning for college?
  
• How does Bank on Yourself® type whole life insurance policies work with college planning?
  
• What about parents lending to their own students?
  
• What about the obligatory cost of just being alive?
  
• What about acceleration and recoup?
  
• Can you loan your way through retirement?
  
• Do you want your student to have even $1 in debt?
  
• What about the holistic plan for all of your kids, at the same time?
  
• What about inheritance?
  
• What does Angie love most about what she does?
  
• Would you like to work with Angie?
  
• Would you like to visit the College Solutions website?
  
• What are the three types of scholarships?
  
• What are some strategies to lower the cost of college?
  

Angie Grimm is the Lead College Funding Professional at College Solutions LLC in Amarillo TX. She is a financial professional specializing in solving the late-stage college planning problem for families.

Over the last 13 years, Angie and her team have worked with hundreds of families with college-bound students to successfully enroll in the college of their choice, improve their financial aid picture, and to pay for college on a tax-favored basis while keeping their other financial goals and retirement plans intact.

She has researched and developed extensive knowledge about the college financial aid system, benefiting families with advice and strategies that most parents don’t think about or have access to when saving and paying for college. She prides herself in helping students make an informed educational decision to pursue their educational goals. As a financial professional she assists parents to improve their financial aid picture, paying for college on a tax-favored basis, and set up a solid financial roadmap for college and retirement.

Angie resides in Amarillo, TX with her husband Mike. They have 2 children. One who has already been through the college experience and graduated debt-free. The second who is still in college and working on her degree. www.CollegeSolutionsLLC.com