With over two million copies of his books in print, Robert G. Allen has become a national phenomenon. His innovative investment strategies have helped thousands create their own wealth, and in this new and revised edition of Creating Wealth you'll discover the Allen way to financial success.
Programmed to think that saving is good, debt and risk-taking bad, we disqualify ourselves from ever having a chance at big money. The first step in creating wealth is to stop thinking poor. Then you're ready to create your own version of the Allen plan, keyed to integrating real estate with other wealth-generating investments.
These principles and others can start you on the path of financial self-reliance:
* The Automatic Pilot Principle
* Enormous Profits in Discounted Mortgages
* Numismatics: the Secret of the Midas Touch
* Liquid Money and Where to Pour It
* Insulating Your Assets from Liability and Lawyers
Part One The Foundation
1 We Were Programmed to Fail from the Moment We Were Born
2 Developing a Wealthy Mindset
3 A Fool and His Money Are Soon Parted
Part Two The Creating Wealth Strategy
4 Launching Yourself into Financial Self-Reliance
5 The Automatic Pilot Principle
Part Three Concentrating: Being in the Right Place at the Right Time
6 Cookie Cutters: Geese That Lay Golden Eggs
7 The Lazy Man's Method: Making the Opportunities Come to You
8 The Win/Win Philosophy: How to Achieve Win/Win Wealth in a Win/Lose World
9 Leverage: I Love Debt!
10 Overcoming the Three Major Problems That Leverage Creates
11 I Hate Real Estate!
Part Four Perpetuating Wealth: Spreading the Risk
12 The Coming Enormous Profits in Discounted Mortgages
13 Numismatics: The Secret of the Midas Touch
14 Liquid Money and Where to Pour It
15 Limited Partnerships: Getting a Piece of the Action
16 How the Rich Pay Little or Nothing in Taxes
17 Insulting Your Assets from Lust, Liability, and Lawyers
18 Do-It-Yourself Financial Counseling
Part Five Real Wealth
19 Education: The Shortest Distance Between Wealth and Poverty
20 Wealth Is Thoughts, Not Things
Postscript You Can Take It With You
Index
Robert G. Allen is an investor, author and lecturer. His first book, Nothing Down, was a colossal #1 best-seller, remaining on the prestigious New York Times best-seller list for over 100 weeks in 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, and 1985. His two-day seminar has been taught to over 100,000 graduates, who buy in excess of one billion dollars' worth of real estate per year on their way to financial freedom. He is on the Board of Directors of The Allen Group, which, among other things, publishes a monthly newsletter entitled The Real Estate Advisor. He lives in Provo, Utah, with his wife Daryl and their three children. Aimee, Aaron, and Hunter.