The Best Pocket Guide Ever for Eliminating Debt


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If you are one of the more than five million South Africans who are deeply in debt, or would like advice on how to become and stay debt-free, this is the book for you ... Figures from the National Credit Regulator Credit Bureau Monitor show that more than 9.5 million people have bad debt records, as they have fallen behind on their repayments. And this figure is bound to increase as many more turn to credit to survive rising food and fuel costs. A bleak picture indeed. But much-needed and timeous help is now at hand with this useful guide to eliminating personal debt. This condensed but highly informative book will help you to assess the extent of your debt and what to do about it; assist you in drawing up a budget and sticking to it; and provide you with options on how to best pay off your debt and create new spending habits in order to live debt-free. It is essential reading for each and every South African who finds him- or herself trapped in debt, whether you are just starting out, are in mid-career or facing retirement. Because it is possible to live a debt-free life, and live it well!




The Best Pocket Guide Ever for a Financially Secure Retirement


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Do you want to retire knowing that you can maintain the lifestyle you’ve grown accustomed to but don’t know if you have (or will have) saved enough to live on comfortably for the rest of your life? If so, this is the book for you ... Just about everyone over the age of forty worries about how their retirement years will turn out. A secure retirement is seen as the culmination of a life well lived. To retire wealthy and live a dream life free of hard work is the ultimate desire of almost everyone. However, the reality is that not many people have the resources to enjoy a perfect retirement. There are many pitfalls in everyday life that prevent this, and although some of these are unexpected and unfair, generally speaking most of them can be prevented or planned for. Whether you are just starting out or are about to retire, this reliable, highly accessible book will provide some practical guidelines on how to retire financially secure: from savings to investments and pension plans to provident funds, it will set out exactly what you need to live life to the full, right to the end, with more than enough in the kitty.




Debt-Proof Living


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Mortgages, credit card balances, student loans, car loans, and home improvement loans have become a way of life for the majority of us. And debt is putting not only our present at risk as we live paycheck to paycheck, but our futures in jeopardy as shockingly few of us have enough put away for retirement. Personal financial expert Mary Hunt wants readers to embrace the radical but simple truth that they don't need more credit or more stuff--that they can live their lives debt-free. In her classic book Debt-Proof Living, Mary reveals the secrets to getting out of debt and staying out of debt for the rest of your life. At no time in history has this liberating approach to a no-debt lifestyle been more desperately needed. Those who have been struggling to pay the bills or feel like they just can't make their finances work without taking on debt need this book. It can change their lives.




Get the Hell Out of Debt


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Erin Skye Kelly wrote Get the Hell Out of Debt after her own struggle to become consumer-debt free. She was tired of listening to middle-aged men in suits tell her to consolidate and refinance her debt when all that seemed to happen was she’d end up in more of it while they profited from it. When Kelly figured out the two most important tools to money management—and started achieving massive results—other women wanted to join in on the debt-free journey. With her sense of humor and straight-shooting sensibilities, Erin began transforming lives. This book is not only a step-by-step process that will walk you through how to pay off your debt—it’s a deeply personal journey centered around changing your mindset. As you master each of the three phases through repetition, you will create your own financial freedom, allowing you to live debt-free forever and create wealth and abundance that will positively impact your life—and the people you love and serve. No matter how much consumer debt you carry, this book is a judgment-free zone from cover-to-cover. Your dreams are welcome here.




The Best Pocket Guide Ever for Family Finances


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It is much easier to control your finances and plan your investments when you are single. But once a partner comes along and financial decisions are shared, planning can become more complicated, as different people often have different ideas about how to spend and invest money. Without some guidance on dual finances, a marriage or partnership can easily become a statistic – a major cause for break-ups is financial stress. Add children to the mix, and the financial pressure increases. But it is possible to achieve a financially successful life for your family despite the huge costs involved, and this book will show you how. If you want to marry or cohabit, have children (and provide them with a good education), build wealth and, finally, retire successfully, this book shows you how it can be done. It also sets out the financial implications of divorce and separation and how to overcome them, guides you through the financial jargon when a spouse or partner should die, and explains how to avoid any financial hardship that can so easily follow. This book is a comprehensive but easily accessible guide to financial planning throughout all stages of normal family life. A must-read for anyone who is married, is planning to get married or is cohabiting in a long-term relationship.




The Best Pocket Guide Ever for Minimising Insurance


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Would you like to pay less for your insurance premiums but still access some decent cover? Or discover just when you should have insurance and when it’s not really necessary? Then this is the book for you ... No one likes to pay for insurance, and when money is tight, many people opt to live without cover. Yet it is an essential service in the event of an emergency, an accident or a loss. Without insurance it will take you a long time after a mishap to financially get back to where you once were. But how can you get a decent amount of cover for the least amount of money, and what should be insured, and for how much? This accessible, easy to understand and highly informative guide provides you with all the tools that will enable you to minimise what you pay for insurance while enjoying the best possible cover. It looks at all of the different types of insurance, short and long term, and provides solid advice on why and what protection to choose.




The Best Pocket Guide Ever for Wealth-building Investment


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Are you just starting out and need easy-to-follow advice on how, and in what, to invest so that you can maximise your returns and build your wealth? If so, this is the book for you ... Money plays a role in nearly every aspect of our lives, and yet very few of us know how to save, where to invest and how to make our money grow. There are a great many questions surrounding successful investing and building wealth: where to invest, how to invest, how to diversify, who to trust, how to save on costs, which investments perform the best and yet are safe ... the list is endless. This reliable and highly accessible guide is aimed at the financial novice who needs clear basic guidelines on how to deal with money, and covers all aspects of investment that the average person would encounter in his or her life, from earning the first salary cheque to retirement. This book will show you that financial freedom is possible for everyone – and that means you, too!







The White Coat Investor


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Written by a practicing emergency physician, The White Coat Investor is a high-yield manual that specifically deals with the financial issues facing medical students, residents, physicians, dentists, and similar high-income professionals. Doctors are highly-educated and extensively trained at making difficult diagnoses and performing life saving procedures. However, they receive little to no training in business, personal finance, investing, insurance, taxes, estate planning, and asset protection. This book fills in the gaps and will teach you to use your high income to escape from your student loans, provide for your family, build wealth, and stop getting ripped off by unscrupulous financial professionals. Straight talk and clear explanations allow the book to be easily digested by a novice to the subject matter yet the book also contains advanced concepts specific to physicians you won't find in other financial books. This book will teach you how to: Graduate from medical school with as little debt as possible Escape from student loans within two to five years of residency graduation Purchase the right types and amounts of insurance Decide when to buy a house and how much to spend on it Learn to invest in a sensible, low-cost and effective manner with or without the assistance of an advisor Avoid investments which are designed to be sold, not bought Select advisors who give great service and advice at a fair price Become a millionaire within five to ten years of residency graduation Use a "Backdoor Roth IRA" and "Stealth IRA" to boost your retirement funds and decrease your taxes Protect your hard-won assets from professional and personal lawsuits Avoid estate taxes, avoid probate, and ensure your children and your money go where you want when you die Minimize your tax burden, keeping more of your hard-earned money Decide between an employee job and an independent contractor job Choose between sole proprietorship, Limited Liability Company, S Corporation, and C Corporation Take a look at the first pages of the book by clicking on the Look Inside feature Praise For The White Coat Investor "Much of my financial planning practice is helping doctors to correct mistakes that reading this book would have avoided in the first place." - Allan S. Roth, MBA, CPA, CFP(R), Author of How a Second Grader Beats Wall Street "Jim Dahle has done a lot of thinking about the peculiar financial problems facing physicians, and you, lucky reader, are about to reap the bounty of both his experience and his research." - William J. Bernstein, MD, Author of The Investor's Manifesto and seven other investing books "This book should be in every career counselor's office and delivered with every medical degree." - Rick Van Ness, Author of Common Sense Investing "The White Coat Investor provides an expert consult for your finances. I now feel confident I can be a millionaire at 40 without feeling like a jerk." - Joe Jones, DO "Jim Dahle has done for physician financial illiteracy what penicillin did for neurosyphilis." - Dennis Bethel, MD "An excellent practical personal finance guide for physicians in training and in practice from a non biased source we can actually trust." - Greg E Wilde, M.D Scroll up, click the buy button, and get started today!




Think Yourself Rich


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Think Yourself Rich: A Step-by-Step Guide to Financial Independence is aimed at forward thinkers who want to find the right path to financial independence. Whether you are a first-time earner or further along your career path, this easy-to-understand guide explains in clear terms how to consciously choose and plan for a debt-free lifestyle and not only survive, but thrive, on the long-term journey towards financial freedom. The book covers crucial issues about financial planning simply and succinctly, including: why it is important to get rid of all unnecessary debt as quickly as possible; when you should start saving or investing; how to plan for emergencies; how much and what kind of insurance you need; how much of your income you should save; how much of your income you should invest; and where, how and when you should invest. Information about budgets, financial plans and investments (including all-important terminology for various investment options) is interwoven with relevant real-life examples that will inspire you to set aside the time to draw up a proper financial plan – and execute it. Each chapter builds on the previous one to help you achieve your goals by sticking to your own, personal financial plan. This book will equip you to take full control of your finances and live a financially rewarding life.