A Hawaiian man has achieved a feat that many students may deem impossible. He has paid off over $50,000 in student loan debt in just 11 months by saying “yes” to an incredible array of odd jobs. Kamaka Dias, 27, graduated from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, and made the decision to pay off his debt as quickly as possible after calculating what his expenses under a loan repayment plan would look like. “I think it would have been like $500 a month for like 10 years, and I would have paid like $70,000,” the Hilo native told KHON2, “so I was like, ‘Nope! I’m not going to do that.’” Dias then launched his mission at the beginning of 2020, calling it “The Race to $50K.” He worked almost every day, documenting every job, gig, chore, and milestone on his Instagram page as the dollars mounted. Rather than charging for …
Man Pays Off $50,000 in Student Loan Debt Within a Year by Doing Over 300 Odd Jobs
January 2, 2021
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