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Estate Planning (20 hours)
Financial Planning for Tough Times (10 hours)
Forecasting for Real Estate Wealth (10 hours)
Investing in Income Properties (20 hours)
New Rules for Estate and Tax Planning (10 hours) **NEW**
New Strategies for Investing in Real Estate (10 hours)
Nonprofit Financial Planning (15 hours)
Planning for Retirement (15 hours)
Real Estate Investing (15 hours)
Reverse Mortgages (10 hours)
Social Security, Medicare & Pensions (20 hours)
Solving Money Problems (20 hours)
Start Over, Finish Rich (5 hours) **NEW**
Stock Market Investing (10 hours)
Total Money Makeover (15 hours)
| This course covers everything from the basics about wills and trusts to sophisticated tax-saving strategies. Get straightforward, plain-English explanations of practically every estate planning device available. Learn how to choose the right type of trust, avoid probate, provide for children, minimize gift and estate taxes, protect a business, deal with second or subsequent marriages and understand when to use a will. Includes sample estate plans. Note: Some of the material contained in the text is not valid in Louisiana. Course level: Basic. Prerequisites: None. Course includes text, interactive study guide, final exam, and grading service. |  |
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Course Number: FP434 |
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| If you already have the book, you can order the rest of the course for $100.00. | |
| Study with a Friend--Extra tests are only $40 | |
Financial Planning for Tough Times
| This course is filled with essential strategies including: investing for today's market by going for yield and protecting your retirement savings; handling homeowner issues such as dealing with tapped-out home equity and sales at a loss; managing your everyday needs by stretching the dollar and tackling credit card debt; reaching educational goals with no/low cost alternatives, scholarships, and IRAs; recovering from losing a job, and making the most of tax rules for severance packages, unemployment benefits, and job-seeking expenses; and much more. This course will also introduce you to various steps the government is taking, including credits for small businesses, mortgage relief, stimulus packages, and more, to deal with an economic downturn. Course level: Basic. Prerequisites: None. Course includes text, interactive study guide, final exam, and grading service. |  |
Course Number: FP939 |
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| If you already have the book, you can order the rest of the course for $50.00. | |
| Study with a Friend--Extra tests are only $20 | |
Forecasting for Real Estate Wealth
| Real estate market trending expert Ed Ross gives you the tools and the knowledge you need to take advantage of the great deals created by falling real estate prices. You'll learn the questions every real estate investor needs to ask before buying, selling, or holding any property and find out how to calculate the value of any property in a given neighborhood, predict which property you should invest in for maximum return, secure low-cost financing when lenders are reluctant to lend, maximize your property's appreciation, calculate your true rate of return, and develop investment strategies that build wealth in both difficult and robust markets. Course level: Basic. Prerequisites: None. Includes text, interactive study guide, final exam, and grading service. |  |
Course Number: FP878 |
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| If you already have the book, you can order the rest of the course for $50.00. | |
| Study with a Friend--Extra tests are only $20 | |
Investing in Income Properties
| Real estate offers a powerful alternative for people seeking investment opportunities beyond the stock market. In fact, one of the best kept secrets in the country is that fortunes are being made every day in income-producing properties. And even though the housing market is still in a significant slump, income-producing properties—also known as commercial real estate—remain healthy and vibrant. Course level: Basic. Prerequisites: None. Course includes text, interactive study guide, final exam, and grading service. |  |
CourseNumber: FP866 |
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| If you already have the book, you can order the rest of the course for $100.00. | |
| Study with a Friend--Extra tests are only $40 | |
New Rules for Estate and Tax Planning
| This course offers valuable advice and solid strategies to help you plan your estate under today's tax rules. Packed with up-to-the-minute facts, it covers essential issues including how new legislation will impact inheritances and trusts, the do's and don'ts of gifting, retirement planning, and much more. The text also offers useful planning with regard to trusts, charitable contributions, life insurance, and wills and outlines the best ways to preserve your wealth through proper planning strategies. Course level: Basic. Prerequisites: None. Course includes text, interactive study guide, final exam, and grading service. |  |
Course Number: FP1018 |
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| If you already have the book, you can order the rest of the course for $50.00. | |
| Study with a Friend--Extra tests are only $20 | |
New Strategies for Investing in Real Estate
| This course offers a detailed look at the state of various market sectors - including commercial, residential, and leisure real estate - and provides direction as to where they are headed, so you can make the right decisions on property investments during the coming years. Recent developments have hurt many real estate investors, but they have also opened the door to potentially profitable new opportunities down the road. Filled with in-depth insights and expert advice, the text offers effective strategies for taking advantage of this situation and making the most of your time in such a dynamic market. Course level: Basic. Prerequisites: None. Course includes text, interactive study guide, final exam, and grading service. |  |
Course Number: FP908 |
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| If you already have the book, you can order the rest of the course for $50.00. | |
| Study with a Friend--Extra tests are only $20 | |
| This course presents straightforward strategies to make financial management a smoother and more successful process. The text includes a glossary of tax and financial terms unique to nonprofits, explores how to structure your organization for fiscal strength, and presents easy-to-use procedures that make financial management a more streamlined and effective process. This course also provides worksheets, forms and checklists and covers major functional issues in financial planning, including roles and responsibilities, budgeting, asset management, and financial analysis. Course level: Basic. Prerequisites: None. Includes text, interactive study guide, final exam, and grading service. |  |
Course Number: FP833 |
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| If you already have the book, you can order the rest of the course for $75.00. | |
| Study with a Friend--Extra tests are only $30 | |
| This course will help you calculate how much money you will need for retirement, how much you can count on from Social Security and pensions, and how to fill the gap. You will learn how to get the most from your pension and 401(k), decide between traditional and Roth IRAs, maximize tax-favored savings plans if you’re self-employed, handle early-retirement offers and lump-sum distributions to avoid pension-payout traps, protect your nest egg with the right amounts and types of insurance, and more. Course level: Basic. Prerequisites: None. Course includes text, interactive study guide, final exam, and grading service. |  |
Course Number: FP842 |
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| If you already have the book, you can order the rest of the course for $75.00. | |
| Study with a Friend--Extra tests are only $30 | |
| No matter what the market does, real estate still offers plenty of moneymaking opportunities. This course presents the tools and knowledge new investors need to get started profitably. You will learn how to find great deals on properties with big potential, make value-adding improvements to any property, flip investment properties for fast profit, manage rental properties hassle-free, utilize creative financing options and other people’s money, and more. Course level: Basic. Prerequisites: None. Course includes text, interactive study guide, final exam, and grading service. |  |
Course Number: FP881 |
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| If you already have the book, you can order the rest of the course for $75.00. | |
| Study with a Friend--Extra tests are only $30 | |
| Live on your equity—without selling or refinancing your home! Reverse mortgages allow seniors to convert part of their home equity into tax-free income, letting them easily borrow against the value of their home without selling it. This straightforward, simple guide explains every aspect of the reverse mortgage, including tax ramifications, associated fees and costs, great things you can do with your reverse mortgage payout, calculating a reverse mortgage based on the owner's age, the home's location and value, and how to structure your payout as a lump sum, monthly payments, or credit. Today's reverse mortgages are non-recourse loans and lenders do not share in any appreciation or accrued equity. Safe and simple, reverse mortgages are a valuable option for senior homeowners having trouble living on a fixed income or in need of extra cash for any unforeseen expense. Course level: Basic. Prerequisites: None. Course includes text, interactive study guide, final exam, and grading service. |  |
Course Number: FP635 |
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| If you already have the book, you can order the rest of the course for $50.00. | |
| Study with a Friend--Extra tests are only $20 | |
Social Security, Medicare & Pensions
| Help your clients get the most retirement and pension income and the best medical coverage. Find out what benefits are available and how to claim them as quickly and easily as possible. Learn how to qualify for Medicare and Medicaid. Find out exactly how much your benefits will be at the age you plan to claim them; time your retirement to claim your benefits at the best time for you; appeal any denied claims; learn how to fill out and file every important document. Course level: Basic. Prerequisites: None. Course includes text, interactive study guide, final exam, and grading service. |  |
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Course Number: FP433 |
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| If you already have the book, you can order the rest of the course for $100.00. | |
| Study with a Friend--Extra tests are only $40 | |
This course will help with all aspects of personal debt. It includes all the strategies (including worksheets) necessary to get out of debt and rebuild your credit. Shows you how to prioritize debts, create a budget, negotiate with creditors, stop collector harassment, challenge wage attachments, contend with repossessions, respond to creditor lawsuits, qualify for a mortgage and rebuild credit. It also covers the latest bankruptcy laws, the Fair Debt Collection Act and the new credit-scoring system used by come credit bureaus. Couse level: Basic. Prerequisites: None. Course includes text, interactive study guide, final exam, and grading service. |
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Course Number: FP924 |
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| If you already have the book, you can order the rest of the course for $100.00. | |
| Study with a Friend--Extra tests are only $40 | |
This course supplies the ten crucial moves you must make to get back on track and recapture your dreams of a richer future. You'll learn how to get out of debt, fix your credit, rebuild your 401k plan, improve your 529 plan, take smart risks, reorganize your financial life for the high tech age, update your real estate plan, change your thinking about money, and recommit to wealth. Course level: Basic. Prerequisites: None. Includes text, interactive study guide, final exam, and grading service. |
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Course Number: FP1037 |
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| If you already have the book, you can order the rest of the course for $25.00. | |
| Study with a Friend--Extra tests are only $20 | |
The text for this course has established itself as a clear, concise, and highly effective approach to stocks and investment strategy. Includes: strategies on how to double the Dow with one simple investment, and the latest products required for this approach; methods investors can use to avoid disasters such as Enron and WorldCom; thoroughly updated reference lists, including new websites, new software, new brokers, and new publications; and more. Much has changed in the markets, and investors need the right information to keep pace. Course level: Basic. Prerequisites: None. Course includes text, interactive study guide, final exam, and grading service. |
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Course Number: FP812 |
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| If you already have the book, you can order the rest of the course for $50.00. | |
| Study with a Friend--Extra tests are only $20 | |
In this course, respected financial expert Dave Ramsey offers a comprehensive plan for getting out of debt and achieving financial health. Against a playful backdrop of fitness terminology, Dave gives solid, hard-hitting advice needed to make your goals a reality. Filled with both the “hope” and the “how-to,” the text includes: useful worksheets and forms; readable and informative charts and graphs; the four factors that keep people from getting in shape financially; and more. Course level: Basic. Prerequisites: None. Course includes text, interactive study guide, final exam, and grading service. |
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Course Number: FP1052 |
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| If you already have the book, you can order the rest of the course for $75.00. | |
| Study with a Friend--Extra tests are only $30 | |