Remake America: $175,000 in Student Loans

On this week’s Remake America, meet a couple with $175k in student loans and major trust issues. What advice would you give them?

Cederia and her husband Richarde owe $175,000 in student loans. When financial expert Farnoosh Torabi sat down with Cederia to help figure out how to handle her debt, she discovered that this couple not only has a hard time communicating about money, they don’t even share a bank account.

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