On-the-money

I enjoyed the book but found it a little lacking to the others of his I have read. Possibly it is me and I suffer to many thrillers and serial killers, hard to say. Still all in all a very good story well ploted out with Colorado as a good background and two nice people that deserved more than they had received in life. I would recommend the book actually on its fine readability.

Amy Parkens is a single mom struggling to raise her young daughter. One day a mysterious package containing $200,000.00 appears on her doorstep.

Ryan Duffy is a divorced doctor, his dying father has revealed to him there is 2 million dollars hidden in their attic.

Amy begins searching to find out who sent the money and why.

Ryan begins to search his father's past to find out who his father was blackmailing and why.

The search brings Amy and Ryan together...What is the connection between the two, and is there a connection to Amy's mother's suicide many years earlier?

You will turn the pages FAST to uncover the answers to these questions

James Grippando is an author whose talent for coming up with clever, page-turning plots is endless.

"Found Money" moves at the speed of a runaway train, and the climax is a shocker.

This book is a MUST read!

I am a major fan of Grippando. I read his The Informant and good hooked royally.
Well this book is a fast paced,cracker of a thriller.
You will never know what will happen next.
Grippando has the readers hooked till the end.
Suspense builds up and you will be surprised at the twist at the end of the book.
A real page turner i have recommended this book to all my friends.
Please dont miss this thriller which has everything packed in it.

Buy and Hold by David Schumacher contains the best real estate advice I have ever found. Solid, sensible, and easy to follow, this gem of a book covers the ins and outs of real estate investment like none other. Following this book's seven steps, amassing a small real estate fortune isn't a remote possibility, but an eventuality. As the title suggests, Schumacher (himself a millionaire many times over) advises planning and patience--the opposite of a get rich quick approach--for "what you owe today, you'll be worth tomorrow." The key is in the groundwork. Schumacher recommends a systematic assessment of any potential real estate investment and provides readers with the step-by-step knowledge they need to make the right investment choices.

The real value of this book is that it teaches you how to determine whether a given neighborhood and property are in an economically desirable area, in other words, whether the property has what Schumacher calls "growth potential." One of the best pieces of advice is for would-be investors to concern themselves more with a property's growth potential than with its current asking price. The right property in the right location will pay for itself over time, both through appreciation and rising rents. The most important aspect of real estate, Schumacher says, is how to buy since "a good buy will sell itself." I couldn't agree more.

The genius in Schumacher's approach is that he provides investors with a way to avoid risk and achieve their financial objectives at the same time. In this easy to read volume, an updated edition of his 1992 classic ("The Buy & Hold Real Estate Strategy," previously published by Wiley & Sons), Schumacher shares a life full of sound investment practices useful to beginning and seasoned investors alike. Although Schumacher draws on his own experience, the advice he dispenses is neither specific to California nor outdated; rather, it is timeless--and as relevant for an investor in a big city as a small town, in the Midwest or on the East Coast. After reading this book your view toward investing may completely change. I know mine did. Unlike the stock market, buying and holding real estate in a smart manner virtually guarantees cash flow. And in the long run what could be more important for financial security? Instead of preparing for your kids' college education with paltry interest from a savings account, why not invest in real estate and see your money grow? When moving out of your first home, why not consider converting it to income property and experience the tax benefits? Schumacher addresses these questions and more.

This book would make an outstanding addition to the library of anyone interested in building wealth. Younger readers who are just starting out in their careers stand to benefit as well. Indeed, Schumacher counsels an early investment strategy. Given the recent dot-com bust and today's volatile stock market, real estate--when it is properly researched--remains an attractive and lucrative investment. Buy and Hold delivers the goods on how to analyze neighborhoods, negotiate deals, finance loans, manage properties, pay off debt, and acquire additional investments.

Read it and grow rich!

I cannot believe that someone found this book to be worthy of only a two rating. I have bought countless Real Estate books on this site and found Schumacher's book to be the best one yet. I have only been investing for four years and currently have four properties and I have re-read this book countless times for insight, and inspiration.
Just because this book was written about properties purchaced in the 60's doesent make the information dated at all. IN fact, it proves that the lessons are timeless. The one negative review that I read stated how silly it was to think that a lesson about picking up cheap properties could possibly be applicable today. Well, they seem cheap now but in the 60's they were very expensive to Mr. Schumacher just as today's "crazy" prices are expensive to us today. Im sure 30 years from now two-hundred and fifty thousand dollars will seem like nothing to us and that is one of his points. So, Im going to keep buying one house a year and if Mr. Schmacher is right and I can hold on through the early years, then I should be sipping cocktails on my water front property not doing a whole lot of work in about 20 years.
Great book!

I bought "Buy & Hold" along with "Income for Life from Real Estate" and read both books. I found them to be quite compatible and also complementary. What one book covers only briefly, the other handles in more depth. Both make a compelling case for holding, rather than flipping properties.

Both the authors seem to have actually done the things they are recommending, which makes these books far more valuable than many of the books and tapes from "promoters".

I didn't expect much from another book of financial advice -- but, I was pleasantly surprised. Not only do Clark Howard and Mark Meltzer cover many areas, but they write in a very clear, concise manner. There are a number of useful financial tips I have already used to save a not inconsiderable amount of money. More importantly, the book will be a great reference tool for my future purchases. Thanks Clark & Mark!

Once again Clark Howard, everyone's favorite Consumer advocate, has come out with yet another wonderful book on ways to "help us pack a punch in our wallet with better ways to save more, spend less, and avoid getting ripped off!" Clark's down to earth teaching methods seem so elementary but they really do make a difference. This book is an easy read and a must for every family, single person, or young couple.

Just finished reading this book. It's somewhat mis-titled. It's not really a get rich book. It's more of a be careful and wise with your money.

This book covers things like car buying and leasing advice, how not to be taken and get a good deal, investing basics, insurance, home buying and renting, travel advice, Time-Shares, Health Clubs, etc.

Clark Howard is personally responsible for saving me $900 through this book and his radio show, all by doing simple stuff. I heard on his show about the Retirement Savings tax credit that I had failed to take in 2002 and probably would have missed this year. I will make sure to claim it this year and file an amended return last year. That was $400 saved. In the book, he also gave me a source (Costco) to shop for auto insurance that will save me $500 a year for slightly better coverage than I have now. I have checked around at many other companys and never found an offer nearly as good.

The writing is casual, fun, and full of anecdotes of how either Clark or his listeners have used his advice to save money. There's an incredible amount of common sense advice to save and protect you from getting ripped off. All of it is practical and easy. Nothing goofy like only buying 10 year old cars or recycling dental floss.

Read the book, listen to the radio show, and start saving your hard earned money!

Warning!!! DO NOT PURCHASE THIS BOOK!!!

It is a complete wast of money.
Even though this book was written a few years ago, there is absolutely nothing in it that could even possibly be helpful. Basically, they just give you a little synopsis of 100 different potential business, from catering, daycare, tutoring, etc ; Businesses that are going to cost you a lot more than you could ever make in profits. And most of the websites they give you(few and far between) and just about all of the newsgroups they give you are gone.

There are many books out there about how to make money at home with your computer, and just save yourself the time and most importantly, the money, and look somewhere else...

Finally a making money at home book that is worth buying! This is an outstanding, easy read loaded with ideas for everyone. The 100 computer-based businesses listed each come complete with resources to follow up on in addition to what to expect in the area of salary. Paul and Sarah Edwards seem to really have a knack for communicating what so many of us are looking for. Of course the book contains all of the important money and business issues as well. I highly recommend this book as a "one-stop-shop" on the subject.

My name is Stacy and I really have found Making Money At Home With Your Computer to be an asset! This was the very first money making book I have ever received. My friend got it for me for Christmas because she new I wanted to work at home. I started reading this book, the ideas were flowing through my head rapidly. My pen couldn't keep up with my ideas! I couldn't believe all the ideas I had to make a living at home for myself. I read the entire book and couldn't believe how informative it is. Today, I am a stay at home mom, working at home with my own profitable website. I have to say and I do recommend this book to anyone looking for a how to do it book. People wanting to know how to get started and ideas for home businesses, this is the book to get! This is one of the best resource books out there for anyone wanting to make money at home. This book has helped me grow my ideas for new avenues of opportunities. If you are wanting to learn how to stay at home and make a living, I strongly recommend reading this book first!

~~~~ Stacy

Too simple. Explain simple points in length boring stories. It wastes my money and time.

I generally will not trash a book that is targeted at the novice but this will be an exception. First, I am a novice at options investing so should have been right in the middle of the target market for this book. Fact is, I learned more just searching the Internet while I was waiting for the book to arrive than I learned from the book. It is just too simplistic. All the knowledge contained in this book could have been conveyed in a 20 page pamphlet rather than this 300+ page puff piece with its wide margins and large fonts. A true disappointment.

As an experienced options trader , I am familiar with the concept of writing covered calls to increase your returns. My main objective in buying this book was to be able to write in the money calls to improve my premiums in addition to avoid limiting my profits by mistiming the option sale resulting in the call option being excercised. Although this book explains the covered call concept well and is good for beginners as many reviewers mentioned it does not specifically address the technical indicators needed to assess the trend of a stock to allow a person to choose the right time to take action. My experience has shown that to be successful in writing calls you must be able to spot reversals in the trend of a stock.
Althouh some general aspects of timing are addressed in chapter 13 "timing the market vs time in the market" they are too gneral and not useful in implementing the strategies at the right time.
Many investors do not realize that a covered call strategy by itself would have cost you significant profits during the strong market of the late 90's and it is only good as long as the stock you write calls on does not move up strongly through the strike. A strategy like this without balance in using puts in combination would have resulted in severely limiting profits through the bull market.Although the author intended the book to be just for covered calls showing how a combination of puts and calls can be used together would be useful. Some of the fluff in the book could have been replaced by more meaty chapters.
All in all a good book for beginners.

As an avid Perry fan who's been reading the Jane Whitfield stories since the first came out, this is my first disappointment. It's still a decent light read, but somehow Perry loses his way.

The biggest flaw is that the lengthy discussions of intramural squabbling among Mafia families doesn't tie in well with the pursuit of Jane and her charges. Perry should have either had Jane take advantage of the mutual mistrust among the families, or made it the central thread of a separate book. Instead, we bounce from the usual cross country hide-and-seek with a series of scenes involving Mafia guys arguing.

Perry's shows his strengths in his descriptions of settings, and of some of the characters - notably Bernie Lupus (I can't get over the name) and the young girl Jane is protecting. But, for the first time, he makes the bad guys seem dull.

Having produced so many great stories, I'll forgive him for this one and hope that he returns to his usual form.

A good summer read. Or read it on a plane. Buy the paperback.

This is my first Thomas Perry novel and I really enjoyed it, but to think that the mob would trust one man, or one man's memory, to control all of their money is stretching it a little too much. I would like to read all of the prior Jane Whitefield novels to get to know her a little more (why she does this, where she and her husband met, etc.). Near the end, I just wanted the book to end - the last leg of their trip seemed to go on forever. I will read more of Thomas Perry's books.

Thomas Perry is a very imaginative writer. The character, indeed the whole concept of a guide who helps people hide is unique and therefore interesting to one who spends a lot of time reading suspense and mystery novels. My only complaint is that Jane is too good - the reader never doubts that she will get out of any jam, so the suspense is somewhat deflated. But the writing and the story more than make up for this.

As far as the presentation of the Mafia as a powerful, efficient machine, well, just suspend your disbelief and you'll do fine. It's certainly more interesting than the myth of the invincible US military we are subjected to in countless boring novels.

I'm looking for more Thomas Perry right now...

A self-described "trained philosopher" (a term which he never defines), Professor Needleman is also an undisciplined writer. Had this book not been recommended to me by one of my more intelligent students, I would have thrown it aside after reading the first few chapters. Instead, based upon my student's recommendation, I read it through to the end, and am glad I did.

The topic, the place of money in the life of the modern thinking person, is a compelling one, and Professor Needleman provides a lucid and intelligent discussion of it in the third part of the book, beginning at chapter 21. Unfortunately, you will gain nothing more by reading the first 20 chapters, which consist of undisciplined ramblings by an author who considers himself charismatic. It is as if they were written by a totally different person.

There are good ideas, interesting asides, and new philosophical propositions to spare in Money and the Secret of Life. The basic premise--that money is a technology invented, not to accumulate wealth, but to realize human potential--is certainly worth our attention. Needleman is best describing money as the great tool of capitalism and capitalism as a great metaphysical system. The problem with Money and the Meaning of Life is that Jacob Needleman set out to write an inquiry into the spiritual potential of money, then sketched out a history of Western religious thought, and ended up writing a first person narrative full of punch lines thinly disguised as surprise philosophical discoveries. Mixing Max Weber, Guradjieff, Maimonodes, King Solomon, and an anonymous businessman (who really DOES know the meaning of life) could have been a rollercoaster ride full of unexpected connections and insights; what it actually ends up being is long-winded, self-conscious, and pretentious. In terms of the capitalist object, a good product, but, word for word, not exactly a terrific value.

Could there be a subject more charged with the drama of human life? Each of us lives in some private, personal struggle with money that to a great extent dictates the course of our dreams, our search for meaning, and our compromises with deep Self. If you read nothing else about money, give yourself the great treat of opening the pages of this book. You may finally begin to comprehend why, if you have ever attempted to make money conscious, make it work for you rather than against you, take it into the domain of spirit, you have not succeeded. Not succeeded in finding deep or lasting satisfaction with it: as it squeezes you this way, frightens you that way, appears, disappears, plays with your hidden shame, seduces you to give up your heart's desire for more of it, etc. Beginning to understand why, you may also begin to have compassion for yourself in the midst of this journey, this search for The Way, in and through money. Needleman is fluent, wise, humble, and provocative as he lays out the foundation of a timely and really comprehensible thesis about the power of the most ubiquitous of elements fueling our lives and fantasies, money.

Siler knows how to write and she knows how to turn the pages. I ripped through this book and really enjoyed it. However, I found the plot a bit hard to swallow at some points (why drive a computer disk across the country? and why wouldn't the cops have nabbed the heroine's powder blue Mustang if it was all over the news?). This novel is somewhat weak, but as a first novel it oozes with potential. I'm hoping that Siler will get better in her future offerings.

Red hot and rolling, nothing comes easy for Allie Kerry, especially the money, as she races her blue '69 Mustang cross country from Seattle to Key West in Jenny Siler's excellent first novel, "Easy Money."

Siler's artful and edgy prose, fleshy characterizations, and tightly-wound plot, gain her instant access to the male-dominated pantheon of American mystery writers. Her heroine, Allie Kerry, goes against the grain of convention and offers a welcome new perspective on the Chili Palmerized genre of tough guys.

Not to be fooled, Allie Kerry is as street-smart and tough as they come. She is a free-lance courier for a Miami shyster and former lover named Joey. She makes her deliveries without asking questions and carries a gun, sometimes three, yet still fears most of all the normal life she has never had.

"Of all the sh*t I have to deal with when I'm working--bungled connections, bad packages, cops--the most difficult thing for me is the American family."

Allie Kerry lost her mother and was brought up by a doting drug-smuggling father, a Vietnam vet who carried home a dark secret that comes back to haunt them both thirty years later. He is found with a bullet in his head, and Allie suddenly finds herself battling the vicious ghosts of her father's past.

It is the news of her father's death, and a job for Joey along the way, that puts Allie on a long road home. But the pickup in a Bremerton pool hall goes bad and, moments after her contact slips a computer disk in her pocket, she finds him dead on the men's room floor. What was supposed to be easy, "easy money," turns into a cross-country chase for her life. Dead bodies litter her trail from Seattle to Key West and pile up at home in an incredibly cinematic and realistic shoot-out with the bad guys.

Jenny Siler's thriller is a triumphant debut. Her writing is solid. She draws on a colorful imagination and makes the most of her considerable talent to shape a tight story. She knows the geography between Seattle and South Florida like a Teamster, and covers Nixon's secret war in Cambodia with the insight of a vet.

"Easy Money" refuses to drag. Siler delivers original characters and authentic themes and pulsating suspense. Her star has nowhere to go but up.

Jenny Siler's debut novel is fantastic!!! She writes the thriller genre better than just about any writer I've read, and she gives us an action hero lead character that's a woman -- FINALLY. It's been said there are really only two kinds of stories: the journey, and the stranger come to town. Women have largely been denied the journey in western literature. Well, with "Easy Money", Jenny Siler gives her beautifully written, haunting heroine the journey, and what a journey Ali Kerry's cross-country odyssey is, filled with colorful characters and tense action. I can't wait to read the next one.

Try these books: Retirement Bible, J.K. Lasser's Your Winning Retirement Plan, or Ernst & Young's Retirement Planning Guide (Ernst and Young's Retirement Planning Guide).

We believe this book is invaluable. Everyone can benefit from Suze's advice regardless of whether you are now retired or planning for your retirement. Suze addresses pitfalls most people may not be aware of and how to avoid them. Contains great estate planning advice. Everyone should read this book to safeguard what we've worked so hard to obtain and ensure our estates are passed on the way we intended.

Orman provides very specific information and advice that you will not find unless you shell out big bucks to a financial advisor. For example, Orman tells you how to take money from your IRA before age 59 1/2 with NO PENALTY (substantially equal periodic payments), but adds VERY IMPORTANT advice on how to structure the portfolio to protect the nest egg. Another example of very specific, useful info includes the chapter on long-term care which gives instuctions on how to determine if you need LTC insurance, how much to buy, when to buy, what kind of company to buy from, etc.

The entire book is filled with this kind of specific info - a "must read" for the "do-it-your-self" personal financial manager.

I enjoyed this book by Terry Savage. My wife bought this book along with The Road to Wealth and The Laws of Money by Suze Orman.

In many ways, Savage pushes Orman on financial advice and savvy and is a witty writer as well. Both have credentials to write financial books, unlike other authors.

I also felt that Ms. Savage showed class in her review, thanking her fans and clearing the air o n the Microsoft issue. And at least she (Savage) writes reviews using her own name, not an alias as some other authors do.

Overall good good written by a person of quality.

I bought this book by Terry Savage along with Don't Mess with My Money by the Dolans after returning Making the Most of Your Money by Quinn.

I have to admit I felt a little strange buying this book which at first appeared to be for women, but after inspection, found this book to be outstanding and a great financial book for everyone.

Ms Savage covers everything you need to know about money from mutual funds, "chicken money", insurance and going on into retirement. Her style makes this an easy read and she is witty too.

By contrast, I bought Making the Most of Your Money by Quinn and was wholly dissappointed--returned it after one day.

Terry Savage has written an excellent book for anyone interested in truly Making the Most of their Money. In Savage's case, it is not a fancy line, but reality.

Great book Terry. I am looking forward to your next foray!

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