property investment/more study

Wow. Sorry about the hiatus.  There’s been a fair bit going on in one way or another, so life has been pretty busy.  We’re discussing (yet) another potential property purchase; SO has stipulated that he’s only interested if it’s cash flow positive.  This has meant that I’ve been doing some fairly serious sums, together with my own cost/benefit analysis of this week’s property options.

I’ve also just started considering studying part-time.  I’ve found a couple of providers which would enable me to do the majority of study at home (sorry, I mean over the internet) to get a counselling qual that is recognised by the Australian national body of counsellors.  It would only cost about $3500 total, which is cheap, compared to going back to uni, and if I was really keen I could get it done in two years part-time.  It would give me an unrestricted license, with two specialisations (at this stage I’m looking at interpersonal relationships and workplace counselling as the areas of specialisation), which would mean that once qualified, I could practice without a supervisor, open my own business, etc.  This is all very much appealing.  Nothing like an extra string to my bow in terms of earning $$.  Plus, if we ever did have spawn, it would fit in perfectly with working from home on a limited basis.

The more I think about it, the more appealing it becomes.  Now I just have to see if I can find the $150/month over two years that’s needed.

I discussed it with SO and he’s supportive.  I guess now I have to weigh up the pros and cons, look at the  money side of things, then become a pair of Nike trainers and Just Do It.

There’s some pretty full-on decisions we’ll be making over the next few days.  Wish us luck.