I want to start on the chfc and cfp but the courses are 8k through American college. Is there a better alternative out there? I definitely think there's value in them but that's a bit steep for me

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Most firms will reimburse you. If you work for a firm that does not reimburse you, you might want to go work for somebody who does. If they don’t value your education probably not a place you should continue your career

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I think I paid around $2k for Bryant University online CFP course

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+1 on Bryant. You definitely get what you pay for but if you can teach yourself from the material, you can save a ton of money.

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👆 agree with El Presidente. Bryant U is much cheaper than $8k. It’s online and go at your own pace to knock it out. Absolutely no reason to get both. The ChFC is an alternative to the CFP - minor differences that shouldn’t cost you an additional $6k

I wanted both CFP and ChFC, so I went through American College. Started with the CFP and all my courses also applied to ChFC. Hindsight, now that I’ve had CFP for 12 years and the ChFC for a little less, I agree with the other commenters that both aren’t really needed. I did learn a bit more about business succession planning and funding buy-sell agreements from the ChFC, but there are other, less expensive ways to learn that stuff. If I did it all over again, I’d have pursued either the CFA or CIMA instead of the ChFC

Most firms also have a discount for this so you may want to check with your firm

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