Journey to Flight School

Introduction Over the weekend my parents were in town and we decided to take a drive to Caldwell to see Silverhawk and look for a place for me to live when I start flight school in September. Today’s blog will talk about our trip to Caldwell and finding housing. Looking in Caldwell After a half hour of driving to Caldwell from Garden City, we visited Silverhawk Aviation Academy. After looking at the school we drove around town, but we did not see a lot of apartment complexes, so we ultimately decided to drive to Nampa to see how far it would be from Silverhawk. Farmstead Apartments Just three miles down the road from Silverhawk Aviation we found the Farmstead Apartments located on Cherry Lane in Nampa. These apartments are really nice and have just been built in the last couple of years. When we got to the apartments we went on a tour with their lease manager and she told us a lot of good information about the apartments and the amenities they offer. I am looking at moving into one of ...

  Introduction In September I will start my flight school training at Silverhawk Aviation Academy. Today’s blog will go over the steps I need to take to be prepared when I start in September Step 1: Financing Silverhawk is a partner with Sallie Mae Loans. You can visit the Sallie Mae website and fill out an application, in 24 hours you will hear back from them regarding your eligibility to take out loans. When it comes to paying back your loans you can have fixed or variable interests. There are three options you can do while you are going to flight school. Option 1 is to make interest-only payments while in school. Option 2 is to pay a fixed amount each month while in school. Option 3 is to make no payments until after school. I will probably go with option 3 so I do not have to worry about paying anything while I am training.  Step 2: Find Housing After I graduate in May I am going to start looking for housing.  I do not know a lot about Caldwell so I will have to do so...