Whew!! David has officially passed his last class!

This year has been challenging for us in more ways than one, and a big part of that has been David's pursuit of his MAI designation. He had two classes in August, which meant two trips to Atlanta and two weeks out of work. Thankfully he has passed all of his classes and we can go forward with our timeline to have his designation by the end of the year.

The Comp exam (Comprehensive) is only offered a few times a year and you have to have completed all of the coursework successfully to sit for the exam. If David had not passed one of his classes he would have had to wait to re-take the class and would not have been eligible to take the October Comp. Needless to say, he has had to deal with tremendous pressure at every turn. Not only is this hard on him mentally, but it is expensive at every turn as well. We have had to pay for each class and materials, plus the travel expenses, and now we have to pay $300 for him to sit for the Comp and $300 to turn in his work log to prove he has done enough appraisal work in the "real world".

I keep thinking of all of the money we could have put towards our debt, or into our savings account, if David wasn't doing his MAI work this year. All I can say is geeze, this had better pay off... but I know in the long-run it will!