My goal is to acchieve financial freedom, to get to a point in the next 10 years or so where I have options open to me that aren't dependent on the next pay packet.
I want to get my family finances aligned with our goals, sufficient pension coverage through work + AVCs, make additional payments against our mortgage so that if there is a 'correction' in the market / interest rates we are in comfortable position, get our rainy day savings in place, and when our SSIAs pay out re-invest in equities to ensure that we aren't dependent on the property sector.
Our long term goal is getting into property development, preferably in the residential sector initially (perhaps in the longer term into commercial), where I would like to be in a position where there is a return that will cover the initial loans, void periods, expenses and still generate some 'profit'. It doesn't seem to be a position many landlords take at the current time, but I'm looking for the longhaul buy to let with re-investing in properties not banking on capital gain.
I'm investigating a lot of different forums, online and in some books, in personal finance reporting in the media, and from reading about those who have managed it...
I want to plan for all the contingencies that we expect / fear, an area that is very personal in real terms (finacially how would we cope with a growing family / redundancy / illness...), and I would like to gain as much education in finance so that I will understand all the options, pitfalls, benefits that are possible. We are already looking to meet with an AA in the coming 6-12 months, so I don't need the guts of finance, jut to be sure that I have sufficient understanding to evaluate what options we are offered.
I've been looking for a starting point for gaining this education, and this course seems to give me an opportunity to get a lot of the ground work for doing this.
If anyone is aware of a similar course that offers similar sorts of education I would be interested, but the only other one I've found to date is a professional one that was 3 years (there was a thread recently re how to be eddie hobbs but I couldn't find it today to link).