Long term financial planning isn't a difficult concept when you break it down. However, it is filled without a lot of mystery, misperception, and misguided attempts at help.

This creates a lot of inertia when it comes to getting started. What's important? What isn't? Do I need more money before I start investing?

Then there's the one most of my friends and colleagues are always asking - "I've been in school a long time and I have loans, shouldn't I pay those off first?"

The question list is often longer than the answer list. Sometimes people respond to a long list of questions by simply avoiding them. Unfortunately, whether you want to know the content or not, it comes into play repeatedly. From buying a house to buying a car, financial decisions impact you today, tomorrow, and 50 years from now, whether you want to or not.

Typically, we make these choices autonomously. Buying this and paying for that because we were told we are supposed to, but without any understanding of what it actually means.

Then, sometime in the future, could be 10 months or it could be 10 years, we stumble onto something that makes us think twice. We then replay all the decisions of the past and find out we could've made better ones if we just knew then what we know now.

Well, today is now. Learn those things by taking this course. A strong basic understanding will prepare you to make many decisions and arm you with the knowledge of where to turn when you don't know the answer.

Everyday you wait is another lost dollar.

A few more popular questions this course will answer:

- When should I start saving for retirement?

- How much should I save for retirement?

- Should I get a 15 or 30 year mortgage?

- What does inflation do to my money?

If you have been wondering where to start or if you've never thought about it at all, then this is the course for you!