Books

Under Construction - Books From Which You Will Learn To Invest

Depending on you current level of "financial intelligence" and in what area you want to specialize, you will be learning from the following great books and games, in order of sophistication (basic to sophisticated):

The Total Money Makeover - by Dave Ramsey

Rich Dad, Poor Dad - by Robert Kiyosaki

The Cash Flow Game - by Robert Kiyosaki

The 4-Hour Workweek - Tim Ferriss

The Millionaire Next Door - Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko

The Cashflow Quadrant - Robert Kiyosaki

2 Years To A Million In Real Estate - Matt Martinez

Value Investing Made Easy - Janet Lowe

Value Investing In Real Estate - Gary Eldred, PhD - Be careful with this one. His arguments against stock investing all depend on leverage, and so are somewhat flawed, but with that in mind, he makes some good points about value investing, irrespective of asset class.

Buffettology - Mary Buffett

How To Read A Financial Report - John A. Tracy

Investing In Duplexes, Triplexes and Quads - Larry Loftis, Esq.

Buy and Hold - David Schumacher, PhD

The Intelligent Investor - Benjamin Graham (Commentaries by Jason Zweig)

The Essays Of Warren Buffett - Cunningham

Note: If you want to save yourself the $75/hr, just read and understand all the above books and games, and you probably won't need old Coach Ben to guide you.

"The smart man learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others." - Ancient Chinese Proverb (et al)

"The average millionaire reads one non-fiction book a month." - paraphrase from Dave Ramsey on the Dave Ramsey Show.