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Summary: Online financial planner courses are provided by a number of companies, and they cover material that needs to be known by anybody who wishes to pass the exam. Discover why online courses aren't always preferable with help from a financial strategist and consultant in this free video on personal financial planner courses.
Ted Schmidt has spent the last 21 years as a financial strategist and consultant. He is active in the Hendersonville Chamber of Commerce and the Real Estate Investors of Nashville.read more
"Online financial planner courses are just like online everything else. There is a number of companies out there that provide this kind of training. Some are more reputable than others, some are endorsed, some are not. There is just a certain amount of material that needs to be covered to prepare for the exam and an easy way to do it is to not leave your home while you are taking the class and just take it online and that amount of information you can't do it in one night for sure. You have got to do it over time. The problem with doing it online is that you don't have any peer group, you don't have any live teacher to hold you accountable as you go alone, it is all home work and that is difficult for many of us humans to discipline ourselves to adhere to and so you don't get as much out of an online class as you would being able to go and sit in a classroom. That's why people go to college. You can take the courses online or by correspondence or by going to live classroom but when the day is done you don't get to take the test online. You are going to have to sit and be proctored and it is timed and so on and so forth and so the online class is fine as long as you'll discipline yourself to do it."