Building Wealth in a Paycheck-to-Paycheck World (Paperback)

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How to save, invest, and amass real wealth on even the tightest budget

What can a neighborhood butcher from Portland, Oregon tell regular working stiffs about achieving their dreams of financial independence? Everything! Inside these pages, Paul Petillo, the renowned creator of bluecollardollar.com gives you all of the tools, tips, and advice you need to understand your financial situation and make it much, much better--whatever your current income. Sure, you're thinking, but can I become as wealthy as that lofty top1% of taxpayers who get all the breaks? Quite possibly.

Okay, but what are the risks? Petillo's straight, simple advice is tailor-made for people who don't have a lot of money to spare--or to lose. You'll learn safe, proven wealth-building strategies that cover all the major components of a cautious, balanced financial plan. Paul Petillo shows you how to:

*Invest in mutual funds, bonds, real estate, and annuities
*Avoid financial disasters
*Tracking your debt and create a plan for staying out of it
*Make a roadmap for buying a home, saving for college, and retiring rich
*Find safe, rewarding investments right in your own backyard
*Play the market without buying stocks

So don't just sit around waiting for your ship to come in. Read Building Wealth in a Paycheck to Paycheck World and launch it yourself!

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How to save, invest, and amass real wealth on even the tightest budget

What can a neighborhood butcher from Portland, Oregon tell regular working stiffs about achieving their dreams of financial independence? Everything! Inside these pages, Paul Petillo, the renowned creator of bluecollardollar.com gives you all of the tools, tips, and advice you need to understand your financial situation and make it much, much better--whatever your current income. Sure, you're thinking, but can I become as wealthy as that lofty top1% of taxpayers who get all the breaks? Quite possibly.

Okay, but what are the risks? Petillo's straight, simple advice is tailor-made for people who don't have a lot of money to spare--or to lose. You'll learn safe, proven wealth-building strategies that cover all the major components of a cautious, balanced financial plan. Paul Petillo shows you how to:

• Invest in mutual funds, bonds, real estate, and annuities
• Avoid financial disasters
• Tracking your debt and create a plan for staying out of it
• Make a roadmap for buying a home, saving for college, and retiring rich
• Find safe, rewarding investments right in your own backyard
• Play the market without buying stocks

So don't just sit around waiting for your ship to come in. Read Building Wealth in a Paycheck to Paycheck World and launch it yourself!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 204 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (October 2, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071423761
• ISBN-13: 978-0071423762
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,277,974 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great book for me and the masses., March 19, 2005

By	Gabe DeLang "Gabe DeLang" (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews

In his new book, Building Wealth in a Paycheck-to-Paycheck World, Paul Petillo shines a light on the path to economic empowerment for all the sorry saps like me who've never learned the art of saving and investing our hard earned money. It's all too easy in this consumer based market to spend every dime we make without having anything solid to show for it.

But, as it turns out, I can save and invest my income so that as the years roll on I'll have substantial wealth as a reward for my hard work. Petillo breaks it down for us with easy to obsorb instructions and insites.

I highly recommend his book to anyone weary of the never ending hand-to-mouth cycle of earning and spending.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The real deal for working folks, February 11, 2005

By	B. Neville "chargersfreak" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Speaking as someone who doesn't have a trust fund or live off the dividends from their investments--in other words, someone who needs their paycheck to survive--I found this book to be invaluable. The author definitely knows his stuff, and he gets beyond the usual spin on the "spend less than you earn" convention wisdom that usually comes packaged in books like this--instead, he offers real-life investing strategies that work. If you're serious about building wealth and your last name isn't Rockefeller, then this is the book for you.

1 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Great title but a big DISAPPOINTMENT, June 29, 2005

By	R. Wheeler "cashcowz" (Springfield, Va United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The Title was excellent, but the book broke down into storytelling and facts about investing from someone who probably only uses CNBC as a factfinding reference. Very simplistic advice, goes into detail on Mutual Funds, REITs(defines them).Such things anyone past junior high school age would know.
I should write my own tomes and pocket the money, that would be my own fix for other sources of income. You'd be better served reading "Rich Dad, Poor Dad"