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Summary: Not just for parents
Review: I don't have children, but I still found this book very valuable. If you are looking for a "how-to" book, this isn't it. However, if you are looking for particular views on financial philosophies of the wealthy, this book is great. There is some repetition, but it is a very easy read and quite interesting.
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Summary: Not for everybody's reading
Review: The book gives a strong insight of financial freedom, yet the simplicity it presents could create misleading to some people understanding of the real financial world. I notice those who wrote the comment about this book has lost some of the important points that the author tried to deliver.
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Summary: Take Advise from People Who Have Done What You Want to Do
Review: The author could be more conservative on words, but he has a valuable theme. Have you ever met a rich public school teacher? If not, why would you expect a broke teacher to provide much help in creating wealth? This book may shock the educrats who believe that formal schooling is on the path to financial success. Not a "how to" manual but a "where to look" resourse.
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Summary: The Visual Visionary
Review: This book teaches finance visually, and more importantly it explains WHY financial skills are important, and how they fit into life. The author drives home each point by vividly illustrating it. He helps to create a picture in your mind that will help you retain this powerful information. Rich Dad, Poor Dad is a story that teaches for those of us who were not blessed with two fathers and Robert's unique paradigm.
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Summary: Rich Dad Poor Dad---best book for great (retired) future
Review: Though I am only 21 this book has done something that no one else has been able to do. It has sparked my interest in the financial world which is only going to help me reach my main goal. Retiring early! It provides wonderful insights to how the rich live and gives me hope that with my hidden intelligence that I can do the same.
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Summary: Life Changing
Review: I have to say this is one of the best books I've read. It's principles make so much sense. One week after reading it I quit my job, now I'm preparing to live the life the Rich Dad recommends. I never plan to work for someone else again. Not only is the advice invaluable, but it is such an easy read too, I couldn't pu the book down!
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Summary: A single chapter would suffice
Review: Boy... this guy sure stretched his material out pretty far. I mean, on numerous occasions I had to check to make sure that I was actually making progress because I was reading the exact same words I read on the previous page. The idea of avoiding high liability costs is an important one, but you can't help but think that 20-30 pages would have been more than enough.
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Summary: It can change your life too!
Review: Soon after reading this book in early 1999, My wife and I sold our so called dream home and moved into a smaller home with a much smaller mortgage. We now apply Robert's philosophies of assests and liabilities to our financial decisions. As a result we are much happier and have a much, much heftier net worth compared to this time last year. We are most certainly builing a financial base and education to take us to the next level. If you want financial well being or beyond, then this book gives you the critical information that is necessary to make it possible. Good Luck!
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Summary: Not a bad purchase
Review: I purchased this book for my 17 son. He is totally new to money matters. This book should serve him well for he has many years ahead of him to build his up his assets. Neverless, the wisdom in this book is nothing new and is pretty much common sense - reduce your expense so you can start investing in money producing investments. The author spends too time with his good dad - bad dad stories when I would rather read more concrete examples demonstrating his "financial literacy". Also I think he discounts education a little too much. Education is still the best vehicle for the middle class to increase their income so they can start asset investing. Try doing that on minimum wage.
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Summary: Useful tips, mixed with a lot of risky ideas and filler
Review: I found this book to be interesting, and it gave some very useful hints. It even provides a 10 step program to beoming rich. The thing that I did not like was how the author seemed to be promoting real estate and other high risk investments like penny stocks. Much of the book was dedicated to how he made his money in real estate. While that was interesting, it was not useful because most people don't make their money this way. I did like this book because the overall message was to educate yourself about finance. I recommend that you highlight or take notes on the important points you find, and ignore the rest.
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