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Title: Start Late, Finish Rich: A No-Fail Plan for Achieving Financial Freedom at Any Age (Finish Rich Book Series)
ISBN: 0767919475
Author:
David Bach
Publicate Date: 2006-01-02
Publish: 2006-01-02
List Price: $14.95
Average Customer Rating: 4.0
Format: Paperback
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1: Anodyne and repetitive
Start Late, Finish Rich is a part of the Finish Rich series of financial advice books that David Bach has written. This one seems to mostly be a reprise of "The Automatic Millionaire." Bach has added a section about real estate investing and starting businesses; other then that it is pretty much the same book. Definitely not worth the purchase if you have read "The Automatic Millionaire."
Most of the book is filled with advise that is solid, as far as I can tell, but not original. This would certainly be helpful to people who have no idea how to invest, or what they need to do to prepare for retirement. If you have read anything at all about the topic most of the advise is likely to be familiar.
Part four, the section on how to make more money is of little value, in my opinion. The advise seems to be superficial summaries of what you find in books on similar topics. They are too shallow to give you much to go on. Many of them seem dangerous to me, in that they may encourage people to get into difficult complex businesses with out sufficient preparation. The anecdotes from his friends success do not seem at all applicable to the audience the rest of the book is aimed at.
The book is written in a friendly encouraging tone, and avoids financial jargon.
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2: Practical money mgmt advice is more valuable than ever
Bach takes a long time to make a point, and he repeats his points ad nauseam, but the core financial advice [in all of his books] is inarguably practical, easy to understand, and very helpful when applied.
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3: Start Late, Finish Rich
Loved the book!!! It had many helpful tips to get you back on track to save for retirement.
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4: This book motivated me....
This book is easy to read and covers a lot of different topics with ideas that can be put to practical use. I am on my second read and this book has motivated me to up my percentage going in to my 401k. So although there's not too much that I wasn't already aware of after reading this book, I feel that reinforcing principles is a good thing and if a book can motivate me enough to take positive action with my financial situation, then it's a book that is well worth reading!!!
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5: Bach bets you can still strike it rich
The shelves are full of books on personal finance and retirement. Many cover a familiar list of sound principles: Save, get out of debt, pay down your mortgage, add to your retirement investments and live fully. However, getAbstract finds that David Bach's books are effective in their own distinctive way because of his emphasis on quality of life and simplicity (like using automatic deductions to meet your fiscal goals). Bach's bestsellers have developed a wide following. If he is your preferred financial guru, you will enjoy this guide to a better fiscal future.
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